Skelmanthorpe

18°CCloudy

• Today: 18° / 12° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:29

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

28 reported · July 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft3

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rural · West Yorkshire

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

605 reported road collisions (2024)

175 killed or seriously injured · 780 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

138 food businesses within 2 miles

• 113 rated 4–5 ★ (82 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Skelmanthorpe (0.5 km)
• 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£205,773 average▲ 5.4% YoY

Across Kirklees · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£780 average monthly rent▲ 12.6% YoY

• 1 bed £582
• 2 bed £710
• 3 bed £864

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10.8 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: The Three Acres Inn & Restaurant (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds7

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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 87 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

203 schools · 66,199 pupils

144 primary · 24 secondary · 35 other

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

182inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kirklees

395 CQC-registered services

• Care homes127
• GP practices80
• Dentists81
• Homecare agencies85
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kirklees

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

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

476 applications decided

89.1% granted · 424 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jade Botterill

Labour

Ossett and Denby Dale

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

8 jobs advertised · £31,525 avg

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Skelmanthorpe – Flexible & Remote, Work from Home (Researcher), Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£700 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% 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

62% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 54% · Gas 31% · Imports 6% · Solar 6%

188 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ossett and Denby Dale:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office422 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership315 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership236 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance222 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Skelmanthorpe · 0.1 km

  Skelmanthorpe, known locally as Shat, is a village in the Denby Dale civil parish, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is 9 miles (14 km) from both Huddersfield and Barnsley. Accord…

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  Skelmanthorpe railway station · 0.5 km

  Skelmanthorpe railway station is a station in West Yorkshire, England, that was previously part of the national rail network, and is now a station on the minimum-gauge Whistlestop Valley.

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  Shelley College · 1.0 km

  Shelley College is a coeducational upper school and sixth form on the border between the villages of Shelley and Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, in England. The school gained Academy status in September 2011, as Shelle…

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  Clayton West branch line · 1.1 km

  The Clayton West branch line was a standard gauge passenger and freight railway near Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. The line was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, opening to traffic in Septembe…

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  Cuckoo's Nest railway station · 1.2 km

  Cuckoos Nest railway station is a station/halt on the minimum gauge Whistlestop Valley in West Yorkshire, Northern England. It also serves the village of Scissett. The station was opened on 19 October 1991 with an ina…

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  Scissett · 1.6 km

  Scissett is a village in West Yorkshire, England. It is 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Huddersfield and 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Barnsley. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 1,324. Scis…

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