Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 6 min4:35 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 25 min8:21 am – 3:46 pm
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People8,188 residentsin the Beeston West & Cottingley census areaMedian age 36.83,587 households41% of homes owner-occupied21% owned outright39% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting7.4% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 3,528 in work, 16% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 20%, health and social work 15%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 19% work from home, 53% go by car, 15% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle83% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages21% of adults hold a degree or higher28% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 85%3% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C695 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October34 days of air frost, 11 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)
Parks and green spacesCross Flatts Parkpark · under a mile · 17 haBrickfield Parkpark · under a mileHunslet Moorpark · 1.0 mi · 4 haHolbeck Moorplaying field · under a mile · 5 haWortley Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.0 mi · 13 haClarkes Field Allotmentsallotments · under a mile · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes149 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197010 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 7 Mar 197213 mi away, TodmordenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202510 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: 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 15 · PM2.5 7.7 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,733 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation78 m256 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 34 to 85 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNuffield Health Leeds Hospital1.9 miGP surgeryBeeston Village Surgery37 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWell26 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistOasis Dental Careunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi41 schools28 primary, 4 secondary, 1 independent, 4 special, 2 sixth form, 2 otherPrimarySt Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beestonages 4-11, 210 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHugh Gaitskell Primary Schoolages 3-11, 555 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryCockburn Schoolages 11-16, 1,248 pupils1.0 miCollegeLuminate Education Group1.8 miUniversityLeeds College of Music2.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA7.5 miRailway stationCottingley1.0 miBus stationDyer StreetLeeds City Centre2.0 miBus stops125 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LS11 postcode district.
