Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 6 min4:34 am – 9:40 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 25 min8:21 am – 3:46 pm
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People7,776 residentsin the Woodlesford & Oulton census areaMedian age 44.33,336 households75% of homes owner-occupied38% owned outright12% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.2% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 3,774 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, retail and wholesale 14%, construction 10%Getting to work: 38% work from home, 51% go by car, 5% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle71% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages33% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C686 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October36 days of air frost, 12 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 landmarksTemple Newsamhistoric site · 2.0 miStourton Pagan Stone Circlehistoric site · 3.0 miRainbow Lakelake · 3.2 miLapwing Lakelake · 3.2 miDog Kennel Hillhill · 1.8 miLen's Hillhill · 1.9 miMill Streamriver · 2.5 miBeeston Woodwoodland · under a mileSources: Ordnance Survey Open Names; Overture Maps
Parks and green spacesSpringhead Parkpark · under a mile · 21 haWater Haigh Woodland Parkpark · under a mile · 8 haTemple Newsam Parkpark · 1.2 mi · 341 haHolmsley Field Lane Allotmentsallotments · under a mileRothwell Sports Centresports ground · under a mile · 14 haOulton Parkgolf course · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes162 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 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 20256 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Low risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 1,000 and a 1 in 100 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 11 · PM2.5 7.1 · 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
Broadband97% 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)3,509 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation54 m177 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 13 to 76 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSpire Methley Park Hospital1.6 miGP surgeryOulton Medical Centre6 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots5 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistBeechwood Dental Careright herePolice stationWest Yorkshire Police - Rothwell Police Station1.1 miCash machineThe Cooperative Food Woodlesford, Woodlesford2 within half a mileunder a mileSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi10 schools9 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryWoodlesford Primary Schoolages 3-11, 442 pupilsright herePrimaryOulton Primary Schoolages 3-11, 304 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryOulton Academyages 11-16, 1,132 pupils1.4 miCollegeLeeds College of Building4.7 miUniversityLeeds College of Music4.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA11 miRailway stationWoodlesfordunder a mileBus stationCastleford Bus Station Coach Stop4.4 miBus stops65 within a mileEV chargingbp PulseLeeds2 charging points within a mileunder a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LS26 postcode district.
