Mirfield

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 5° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:34

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

82 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Other theft8
• Vehicle crime7

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Dewsbury · West Yorkshire

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

357 reported road collisions (2025)

99 killed or seriously injured · 463 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

258 food businesses within 2 miles

• 219 rated 4–5 ★ (182 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mirfield (0.4 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£197,651 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£756 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £548
• 2 bed £684
• 3 bed £817

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

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (4.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,014 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 (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (4.6 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Lidl Mirfield (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

206,631 residents in Calderdale · 568/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,304
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,940
• Net moves+364

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 71 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 97,420)

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

114 schools · 36,139 pupils

81 primary · 11 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 51 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Calderdale

177 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices25
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies49
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Calderdale

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

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

206 applications decided

80.6% granted · 166 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Kim Leadbeater

Labour

Spen Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 8
• LD 2
• Grn 7
• Ref 34
• Oth 3

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

29 jobs advertised · £37,681 avg

e.g. Machine Operative, Production Shift Manager, Opto Electronics Space Systems Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£717 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,151 disposable income per head (2024)

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

34% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 110,473 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

90% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Biomass 38% · Gas 5% · Imports 5%

67 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 60.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in WF14

• Mirfield Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Spen Valley:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth221 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases221 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND183 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK174 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills152 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Ledgard Bridge · 0.2 km

  Ledgard Bridge crosses the River Calder in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1800 as a replacement for an earlier bridge in the same location and is a Grade II listed structure.

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  Mirfield railway station · 0.3 km

  Mirfield railway station serves the town of Mirfield in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Huddersfield Line and Calder Valley line and is managed by Northern and also receives services by Grand Central and Trans…

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  Mirfield Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Mirfield Town Hall is a former municipal building in Huddersfield Road in Mirfield, a town in West Yorkshire in England. The building, which was previously the offices and meeting place of the Mirfield Urban District…

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  Mirfield Show · 0.5 km

  Mirfield Show is an annual agricultural show held at the Huddersfield Road Showground in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England on the third Sunday in August. It is organised and run by the Mirfield Agricultural Society (M…

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  Battyeford railway station · 0.7 km

  Battyeford railway station served the village of Battyeford in West Yorkshire, England.

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  Hollybank Trust · 0.7 km

  Hollybank Trust is a registered charity and care home, specialising in caring for children with multiple and profound disabilities. Hollybank school was one of the first registered schools for disabled children to be…

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