Sowerby Bridge

17°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 13° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:31

12h 55m 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

103 reported · July 2026▼ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences39
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Burglary7

4 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Calderdale Valleys · 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)

336 food businesses within 2 miles

• 283 rated 4–5 ★ (228 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sowerby Bridge (0.2 km)
• 74 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 (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (9.7 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Station Road 1 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches31
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

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

• In a conservation area (Sowerby Bridge)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 123 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

Kate Dearden

Labour (Co-op)

Halifax

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

24 jobs advertised · £35,200 avg

e.g. Sales Lead Coordinator, Become a Maths Tutor in Sowerby Bridge – Flexible & Remote, Account Manager - Consumables

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 55% · Gas 30% · Imports 8% · Nuclear 3%

184 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 Halifax:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office435 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s388 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance245 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test226 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Tuel Lane Lock · 0.1 km

  Tuel Lane Lock is a canal lock, situated on the Rochdale Canal in Sowerby Bridge, England. It was built in 1996 as part of the canal's restoration, and replaces two previous locks, locks 3 and 4, from the original can…

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  Sowerby Bridge · 0.1 km

  Sowerby Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The Calderdale Council ward population at the 2011 census was 11,703.

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  Sowerby Bridge Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Sowerby Bridge Town Hall is a former municipal building in Town Hall Street in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. The building, which was initially used as the offices of the local board of health and as a publi…

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  Sowerby Bridge railway station · 0.2 km

  Sowerby Bridge railway station serves the town of Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Caldervale Line 4.5 miles (7 km) west of Halifax and 21 miles (34 km) west of Leeds.

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  River Ryburn · 0.2 km

  The River Ryburn is a river in West Yorkshire, England. It flows through the villages of Rishworth, Ripponden and Triangle before flowing into the River Calder at Sowerby Bridge.

• Trinity Academy Grammar · 0.6 km

  Trinity Academy Grammar, formerly known as Trinity Academy Sowerby Bridge, is a coeducational secondary school in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The school specialises in maths and computing.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)