Sowerby Bridge

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:29

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

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

103 reported · August 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences45
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Shoplifting8

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Calderdale Valleys · 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)

334 food businesses within 2 miles

• 282 rated 4–5 ★ (228 top)
• 20 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

£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 (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.2 km)

12 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)

• 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

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

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)

9,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

24 jobs advertised · £36,267 avg

e.g. Team Leader, Managed Recoveries Team Leader, Blinds and Curtains Installer

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 41% · Wind 38% · Gas 13% · Imports 5%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in HX6

• Station Road Surgery
• Brig Royd Surgery
• Pgpa Calder And Ryburn Pcn

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Halifax:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND203 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 202 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth178 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases148 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK107 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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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)