Wilsden

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 10° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:40

13h 12m 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

32 reported · July 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Burglary5
• Shoplifting5
• Other crime3

3 stop & searches · mostly firearms

Neighbourhood team: Shipley · West Yorkshire

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

1,030 reported road collisions (2024)

294 killed or seriously injured · 1,332 casualties · 18.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

132 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bingley (3.4 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£185,028 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Bradford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£749 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £553
• 2 bed £679
• 3 bed £813

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 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 (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 176.7p · Asda (5.9 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Wilsden Royd House 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

546,410 residents in Bradford · 1,491/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 21 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

34% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,361 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 223,950)

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

231 schools · 99,744 pupils

157 primary · 32 secondary · 42 other

Ofsted: 85 of 95 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

209inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bradford

438 CQC-registered services

• Care homes107
• GP practices76
• Dentists106
• Homecare agencies109
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bradford

• In a conservation area (Wilsden)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

531 applications decided

86.6% granted · 460 granted, 71 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Anna Dixon

Labour

Shipley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 18
• LD 4
• Grn 9
• Ref 28
• Oth 14

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Wilsden – Flexible & Remote, Online Piano Tutoring Job in Wilsden – Flexible Schedule, Become a French Tutor in Wilsden – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

6.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,641 disposable income per head (2024)

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

33% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 284,695 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Biomass 32% · Gas 20% · Solar 4%

117 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• 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 Shipley:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership365 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership324 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s303 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases247 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Wilsden · 0.7 km

  Wilsden is a village and civil parish in west Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. Wilsden is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Bradford and is close to the Aire Valley and the nearby villages of Denholme, Cullingworth, Harde…

• Harden, West Yorkshire · 1.0 km

  Harden is a civil parish and village within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Bingley. It had a population of 1,615 in the 2001 census, but by 2011 this had…

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  Hewenden Viaduct · 1.8 km

  Hewenden Viaduct, situated near Cullingworth, West Yorkshire, England, originally served as a railway viaduct along the Queensbury Lines. Being one of the highest viaducts in Britain, it has been recognised as a Grade…

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  Wilsden railway station · 1.8 km

  Wilsden railway station was a station on the Queensbury Lines which ran between Keighley, Bradford and Halifax.

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  Sandy Lane, West Yorkshire · 1.8 km

  Sandy Lane is a village and civil parish to the north of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 2,646.

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  Bingley Rural · 1.8 km

  Bingley Rural is an electoral ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 17,895.

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