Local servicesHospitalNurses Home Meanwood Park Hospital1.3 miGP surgeryDonisthorpe Hall Nursing Home20 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWell11 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistHarrogate Road Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi30 schools20 primary, 4 secondary, 2 all-through, 3 independent, 1 specialPrimaryMoortown Primary Schoolages 4-11, 207 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHighfield Primary Schoolages 4-11, 419 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryAllerton Grange Schoolages 11-18, 1,782 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNotre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College2.7 miUniversityLeeds Arts University2.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA5.4 miRailway stationBurley Park3.1 miBus stationSeacroft Bus Station3.5 miBus stops135 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LS17 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 7 min4:34 am – 9:41 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 24 min8:22 am – 3:46 pm
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People7,805 residentsin the Primley Park & Wigton Moor census areaMedian age 43.53,459 households76% of homes owner-occupied42% owned outright5% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.6% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 3,711 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: health and social work 19%, retail and wholesale 14%, education 11%Getting to work: 45% work from home, 46% go by car, 4% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle67% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages51% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 88%2% 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 2°C738 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November45 days of air frost, 7 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 landmarksMoortown Service Reservoirreservoir · under a mileUpper Lakelake · 1.5 miThe Lakelake · 1.6 miEccup Reservoirreservoir · 1.6 miTunnel How Hillhill · 1.1 miShaw Hillhill · 1.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesMoortown Parkpark · under a mile · 3 haGledhow Parkpark · 1.2 mi · 30 haHeath Nurserypark · under a mile · 5 haMoortown Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 56 haMilitary Fieldplaying field · 1.3 mi · 51 haThe Martial Arts Hutsports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes145 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197010 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 7 Mar 197217 mi away, TodmordenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202513 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 11 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 11 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)3,623 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation152 m499 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 119 to 165 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
