Mirfield

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 10° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:32

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

116 reported · July 2026▲ 36% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour46
• Violence & sexual offences33
• Public order10
• Vehicle crime7

5 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Dewsbury · West Yorkshire

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

373 reported road collisions (2024)

119 killed or seriously injured · 476 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

257 food businesses within 2 miles

• 222 rated 4–5 ★ (182 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£191,540 average▲ 9.4% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£753 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £546
• 2 bed £681
• 3 bed £813

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (4.5 km)

34 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 76 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Calderdale

176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes47
• GP practices24
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies48
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 93% 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)

184 applications decided

82.1% granted · 151 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

37 jobs advertised · £34,589 avg

e.g. Interpreter Translator Required in Mirfield, Online Geography Tutor - Part Time, Head Chef

Source: Adzuna

£717 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% 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

95% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Biomass 39% · Imports 3% · Nuclear 3%

54 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Spen Valley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office414 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s292 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership276 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test244 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth220 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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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