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Outlane

Outlane is a village in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 38 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Slaithwaite, 4.3 km away. In June 2026, there were around 15 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Outlane area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Calderdale area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 206,631 residents at roughly 568 people per km².

Council
Calderdale
County
West Yorkshire
Constituency
Calder Valley
Police force
West Yorkshire
46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 176th of 294 English council areas — better than 40% of them.

Low crime10
Home affordability90
Affordable rents90
Good schools80
Life expectancy25
Low deprivation24
Employment27
Low council tax55

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°CClear

  • Today: 19° / 10° · 47% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:33

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

61US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

Crime

10 reported · July 2026 37% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Public order3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rural · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Traffic and Road Safety Speeding continues to be a key concern across the Rural Valleys, particularly within the Holme Valleys, with resi…
  • Moorland fires caused by antisocial behaviour - Over the summer months we see an increase in moorland fires which are often caused by ant…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

133 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 119 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Slaithwaite (3.8 km)
  • 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Slaithwaite (3.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£191,540 average 9.4% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-06

Detached£369,276
Semi-detached£229,421
Terraced£166,854
Flat£121,168

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 180.9p · Asda (6.6 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

43 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: The Old Golf House Hotel (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

206,631 residents in Calderdale · 568/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,613
B £1,882
C £2,151
D £2,420
E £2,958
F £3,496
G £4,034
H £4,840

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Trinity Academy HalifaxOutstanding
  • The Crossley Heath SchoolGood
  • The North Halifax Grammar SchoolGood
  • Todmorden High School, A SHARE AcademyGood
  • Trinity Academy GrammarGood
  • Brighouse High School
  • Lightcliffe Academy
  • Park Lane Academy
  • Rastrick High School
  • Ryburn Valley High School
  • The Brooksbank School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Calderdale

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

184 applications decided

82.1% granted · 151 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Paul Davies

Labour

Colne Valley

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 53% · Wind 18% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

103 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Colne Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Outlane · 0.1 km

    Outlane is a village in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of Elland, 3.7 miles (6 km) north-west of Huddersfield and 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Halifax.

  • Slack Roman Fort · 0.4 km

    Slack Roman Fort was a castellum near Outlane, to the west of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Its site is a scheduled monument. The ruins of the fort which lay alongside the Pennine section of the Roman road…

  • Sowood, West Yorkshire · 0.7 km

    Sowood is a village in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in the Calderdale district of West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the Greetland and Stainland ward of Calderdale Council. It is 2.3 miles (3.7…

  • Stainland and District · 1.1 km

    Stainland and District is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The main settlements in the parish are Stainland, Holywell Green and Sowood. Other settlements include Jag…

  • Nettleton Hill · 1.2 km

    Nettleton Hill is a hamlet in the Kirklees district in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated west of the town of Huddersfield, north of Scapegoat Hill and south of Pighill Wood. Longwood reservoir is t…

  • Old Lindley · 1.4 km

    Old Lindley or Over Lindley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in the Calderdale district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is near the hamlet of Jagger Green, the village of Holywe…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Outlane?
Outlane is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Calderdale local authority.
How deprived is Outlane?
The Calderdale local authority, which includes Outlane, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.