Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 8 min4:33 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 23 min8:22 am – 3:45 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People5,890 residentsin the Knaresborough South & Follifoot census areaMedian age 52.82,511 households88% of homes owner-occupied55% owned outright2% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.4% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 2,719 in work, 35% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 15%, education 10%Getting to work: 39% work from home, 51% go by car, 2% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle66% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages42% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C669 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November48 days of air frost, 9 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksBrown Hillhill · 1.1 miAlexander's Hillhill · 1.1 miLow Woodwoodland · under a milePark Woodwoodland · under a mileMill Streamriver · 2.8 miBack Waterlake · 3.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesFollifieldspark · under a mileRudding Parkgolf course · under a mile · 91 haHarrogate Rugby Union Football Clubplaying field · under a mile · 10 haBelmont Parkpark · 2.3 mi · 3 haKnaresborough Celtic Football Clubplaying field · 1.6 mi · 3 haValley Gardenspark · 3.2 mi · 24 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes131 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197011 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 7 Mar 197224 mi away, TodmordenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 13 Sep 202647 mi away, Sedbergh, CumbriaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.6 · PM2.5 5.7 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband88% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband96% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,979 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation71 m233 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 41 to 109 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalRipon Comm Hospital2.4 miGP surgeryThe Leeds Road Practice2 surgeries within 2 miles1.6 miPharmacyDay Lewis Pharmacy2.2 miDentistHookstone Park (Dental Surgery)1.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools5 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryFollifoot Church of England Primary Schoolages 5-11, 42 pupilsright herePrimarySpofforth Church of England Controlled Primary Schoolages 3-11, 98 pupils1.6 miSecondarySt John Fisher Catholic Academyages 11-18, 1,250 pupils1.9 miCollegeNotre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College11.1 miUniversityLeeds Trinity University10.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA10 miRailway stationHornbeam ParkOatlands2.0 miBus stationBus Stn Stand 4Harrogate3.0 miBus stops16 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HG3 postcode district.
