Burnley

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:28

9h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

608 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences164
• Anti-social behaviour135
• Shoplifting104
• Criminal damage & arson51

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rosehill with Burnley Wood · Lancashire

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

167 reported road collisions (2025)

59 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 410 rated 4–5 ★ (296 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Burnley Manchester Road (0.9 km)
• 64 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£136,703 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Burnley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£631 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £465
• 2 bed £588
• 3 bed £696

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

4.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.2 times median annual pay (3.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,263 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: 165.7p · Asda (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (1.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches38
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

94,646 residents in Burnley · 855/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,160
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,254
• Net moves+906

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 4 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

40% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,549 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 43,050)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

59 schools · 15,630 pupils

30 primary · 5 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Burnley

1,255 CQC-registered services

• Care homes424
• GP practices184
• Dentists248
• Homecare agencies288
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 146 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

81 applications decided

81.5% granted · 66 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Oliver Ryan

Labour (Co-op)

Burnley

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 3
• LD 6
• Grn 3
• Ref 12
• Oth 11

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens40
• Restaurants & cafés30

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,305 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

784 jobs advertised · £40,114 avg

e.g. Psychologist, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, SEN / SEND Tutor, Lancashire

Source: Adzuna

£670 median full-time weekly pay

5.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,928 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,300 certificates

16.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 46% · Wind 33% · Gas 12% · Imports 10%

46 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.0
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

9 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BB11

• Yorkshire Street Medical Centre
• Burnley Group Practice
• Parkside Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burnley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases289 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth170 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK161 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials143 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately122 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Burnley Wood · 0.1 km

  Burnley Wood is a district and former electoral ward of Burnley, Lancashire, England. In broad terms the area lies between Parliament Street in the north and Hufling Lane in the south, and from the railway in the west…

• Burnley power station · 0.4 km

  Burnley power station supplied electricity to the town of Burnley, Lancashire from 1893 to 1958. The electricity station was owned and operated by Burnley Corporation prior to the nationalisation of the British electr…

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  Towneley railway station · 0.5 km

  Towneley railway station was a station in Lancashire which served Burnley Wood and the nearby Towneley Hall on the eastern edge of Burnley. Opened on 12 November 1849 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, it was se…

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  Burnley bus station · 0.6 km

  Burnley bus station serves the town of Burnley, Lancashire, England. The bus station was funded by both the Lancashire County Council and Burnley Borough Council. The station was opened in October 2002, at a total cos…

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  Burnley Embankment · 0.6 km

  The Burnley Embankment is an embankment carrying the Leeds and Liverpool Canal across the Calder and Brun valleys in Burnley, Lancashire. Also known as the Straight Mile, the embankment is 1,256 yards long and the can…

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  Church of St Mary of the Assumption, Burnley · 0.6 km

  The Church of St Mary of the Assumption is in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Salford. The church is recorded in the National Heritage Lis…

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