Menston

10°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 4° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:31

9h 22m 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

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

22 reported · August 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Vehicle crime4
• Public order3
• Shoplifting2

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Shipley · West Yorkshire

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

956 reported road collisions (2025)

266 killed or seriously injured · 1,210 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

167 food businesses within 2 miles

• 142 rated 4–5 ★ (115 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Menston (0.3 km)
• 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£185,297 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Bradford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£745 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £549
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £808

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (4.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

6,278 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: 152.9p · Esso (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (1.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Aldi Menston (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

546,410 residents in Bradford · 1,491/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK18,937
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK25,318
• Net moves−6,381

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 23 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

37% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,361 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 223,950)

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

233 schools · 99,554 pupils

157 primary · 32 secondary · 44 other

Ofsted: 85 of 95 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bradford

444 CQC-registered services

• Care homes108
• GP practices76
• Dentists108
• Homecare agencies112
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bradford

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

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

606 applications decided

87.5% granted · 530 granted, 76 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Anna Dixon

Labour

Shipley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 18
• LD 4
• Grn 9
• Ref 28
• Oth 14

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10 jobs advertised · £32,777 avg

e.g. Qualified Pharmacy Assistant, Telesales Representative (Warranties), Supervisor - 16 Hours

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,641 disposable income per head (2024)

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

33% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 284,695 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Biomass 37% · Gas 13% · Imports 3%

94 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

8 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in LS29

• Ilkley & Wharfedale Medical Practice
• Grange Park Surgery
• Addingham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Shipley:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks351 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases251 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND216 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth176 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills146 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Menston railway station · 0.3 km

  Menston railway station serves Menston in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. On the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square, it is served by Class 331 and 333 electric trains run b…

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  Menston · 0.4 km

  Menston is a village and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is within Wharfedale Ward in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, along with Burley in Wharfedale. A small part of Mens…

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  High Royds Hospital Railway · 0.9 km

  The High Royds Hospital Railway was a short railway connecting the West Riding County Asylum near Leeds in West Yorkshire with the Midland Railway line between Menston and Guiseley on the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railwa…

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  High Royds Hospital · 1.1 km

  High Royds Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital south of the village of Menston, West Yorkshire, England. The hospital, which opened in 1888, closed in 2003 and the site has since been developed for residential use.

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  St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy · 1.2 km

  St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy is an 11–18 mixed, Roman Catholic, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Menston, West Yorkshire, England, within the part of Menston included in the City…

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  Wharfedale (ward) · 1.2 km

  Wharfedale is a ward located in the northeast of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated within the Wharfedale valley, one of the Yorkshire Dales. The ward compris…

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