Woolley

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 52% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:29

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▼ 40% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield West · West Yorkshire

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

555 reported road collisions (2025)

167 killed or seriously injured · 722 casualties · 15.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

101 food businesses within 2 miles

• 90 rated 4–5 ★ (79 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Darton (3.0 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£199,283 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£806 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £576
• 2 bed £726
• 3 bed £869

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,321 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: 154.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (11.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

46 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: MOTO Woolley Edge Southbound Services (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,357
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,379
• Net moves+1,978

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 63 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

157 schools · 56,122 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 26 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

302 CQC-registered services

• Care homes97
• GP practices42
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies83
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 87% 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)

307 applications decided

93.5% granted · 287 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jade Botterill

Labour

Ossett and Denby Dale

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)

• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. NetSuite Developer

Source: Adzuna

£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

84% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 41% · Wind 39% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

93 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

4 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in WF4

• Middlestown
• Orchard Croft
• Crofton And Sharlston Med Prac

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth217 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills182 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK146 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND141 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks134 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Woolley, West Yorkshire · 0.1 km

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  Woolley Hall · 0.6 km

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  Haigh railway station · 2.3 km

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  Woolley Colliery · 2.3 km

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  Woolley Edge services · 2.4 km

  Woolley Edge services is a motorway service station on the M1 motorway within the borough of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It lies between junctions 38 and 39 close to West Bretton and west of the vi…

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  Painthorpe · 2.8 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)