Walton (Wakefield)

15°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 14° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:31

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

21 reported · July 2026▲ 133% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Vehicle crime4
• Burglary3
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield West · West Yorkshire

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

589 reported road collisions (2024)

187 killed or seriously injured · 754 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

149 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sandal and Agbrigg (2.0 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,519 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£800 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £572
• 2 bed £721
• 3 bed £863

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

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · ESSO (11 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Waterton Park Hotel (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

353,364 residents in Wakefield · 1,044/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 64 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,297 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (48% of 165,130)

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

158 schools · 56,852 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 51 of 61 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

141inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

304 CQC-registered services

• Care homes97
• GP practices42
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies85
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wakefield

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

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

257 applications decided

90.3% granted · 232 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jon Trickett

Labour

Normanton and Hemsworth

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 1
• LD 2
• Grn 1
• Ref 55
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£689 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,460 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 204,474 certificates

13.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

93% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 51% · Wind 41% · Gas 4% · Imports 3%

77 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.8 women · 54 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Normanton and Hemsworth:

• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance507 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office465 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership337 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s292 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test282 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Walton, Wakefield · 0.2 km

  Walton is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in the county of West Yorkshire, England, 4 miles south-east of Wakefield. At the time of the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 3,231. At the tim…

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  Sandal and Walton railway station · 0.6 km

  Sandal and Walton railway station was opened on 1 June 1870 by the Midland Railway on its line from Derby to Leeds Wellington Station.

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  Walton Hall, West Yorkshire · 1.0 km

  Walton Hall is a country house in Walton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It was built on the site of a former moated medieval hall in the Palladian style in 1767 on an island in a 26-acre (11 ha) lake. It w…

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  Agbrigg · 1.8 km

  Agbrigg is a suburb of the city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Sandal Magna · 1.8 km

  Sandal Magna or Sandal is a suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England with a population in 2001 of 5,432. An ancient settlement, it is the site of Sandal Castle and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is 2 miles…

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  Chevet, West Yorkshire · 1.8 km

  Chevet is a civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population in 2001 of 66. In the 2011 Census this civil parish was included in the ward of Wakefield South.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)