Lepton

7°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 5° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:32

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

35 reported · August 2026▲ 30% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson7
• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Vehicle crime6

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Huddersfield · West Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

632 reported road collisions (2025)

189 killed or seriously injured · 805 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

160 food businesses within 2 miles

• 139 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stocksmoor (4.3 km)
• 38 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,427 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Kirklees · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£782 average monthly rent▲ 12.8% YoY

• 1 bed £584
• 2 bed £712
• 3 bed £866

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

5,300 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (1.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (1.5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: R N Golden LTD-Hyundai (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

433,216 residents in Kirklees · 1,060/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK17,249
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,043
• Net moves−1,794

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 85 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,441 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 193,280)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

201 schools · 65,248 pupils

142 primary · 24 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 72 of 88 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

179 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kirklees

394 CQC-registered services

• Care homes127
• GP practices80
• Dentists81
• Homecare agencies83
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kirklees

• Not in the Green Belt
• 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

428 applications decided

88.8% granted · 380 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Harpreet Uppal

Labour

Huddersfield

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Con 9
• LD 6
• Grn 12
• Ref 26
• Oth 16

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £45,500 avg

e.g. Finance Manager, Accounts Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£700 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,911 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 195,699 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Biomass 38% · Gas 12% · Imports 3%

93 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58 women · 57.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in HD8

• Dearne Valley Health Centre
• Shepley Primary Care Limited
• Kirkburton Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Huddersfield:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 248 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND132 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills112 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks104 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth99 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Lepton, West Yorkshire · 0.9 km

  Lepton is a village in Huddersfield, in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. It is 4.25 miles (7 km) to the east of Huddersfield on the A642 road, 120 metres (390 ft) ab…

• Whitley Beaumont · 1.0 km

  Whitley Beaumont was an estate near Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Northern England. Whitley Hall was the seat of the Beaumont family. Part of the former estate is now used as a Scout campsite.

• Fenay Bridge and Lepton railway station · 1.1 km

  Fenay Bridge and Lepton railway station served the villages of Lepton and Fenay Bridge, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1867 to 1965 on the Kirkburton Branch.

• Gawthorpe, Kirklees · 1.5 km

  Gawthorpe, also known as Gawthorp, is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Huddersfield. The nearest major road i…

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  Woodsome Hall · 1.5 km

  Woodsome Hall is a 16th-century country house in the parish of Almondbury, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is now the clubhouse of Woodsome Hall Golf Club and a Grade I listed building.

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  Highburton · 1.6 km

  Highburton is part of the township of Kirkburton, a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is five miles southeast of Huddersfield. It occupies much of the high ground that can be found at the top of the…

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