Fylde

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 8° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:31

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 · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

• 5.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

161 reported road collisions (2025)

51 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 19.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

68 food businesses within 2 miles

• 56 rated 4–5 ★ (45 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kirkham and Wesham (2.5 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,340 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Fylde · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£870 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £611
• 2 bed £787
• 3 bed £945

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

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,360 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (4.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.7 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Ribby Hall Village (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Fylde Girls Tee Off in Area’s First-Ever GolfSixes Mini League· 3 Nov 2026
• River Ribble Ramblers Raise Over £700 for BBC Children in Need· 2 Nov 2026
• Government Confirms Timetable for Local Government Reorganisation Review in Lancashire· 29 Oct 2026
• Council Rules Out Legal Challenge to Morgan and Morecambe Wind Farm Decision· 26 Oct 2026
• Save the Date: St Annes International Kite Festival Soars Back for 2027· 26 Oct 2026

Source: Fylde Council

81,374 residents in Fylde · 491/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,989
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,582
• Net moves+1,407

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 188 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 41,660)

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

37 schools · 9,381 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fylde

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
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

108 applications decided

97.2% granted · 105 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative majority

• Lab 2
• Con 22
• LD 2
• Oth 11

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

172 jobs advertised · £36,075 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Home care assistant - Full time, Community care assistant - Part time

Source: Adzuna

£839 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,058 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,631 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fylde:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases541 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth236 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK221 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills180 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately171 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Fylde South · 0.4 km

  Fylde South was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950, until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

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  Wrea Green railway station · 0.6 km

  Wrea Green railway station was on the Blackpool South-to-Kirkham line. It served the village of Wrea Green, Lancashire, England, and closed in 1961.

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  St Nicholas Church, Wrea Green · 0.9 km

  St Nicholas Church is in the village of Wrea Green, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kirkham, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is co…

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  Wrea Green · 1.0 km

  Wrea Green is a village in the Fylde borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Kirkham. Along with the village of Ribby, it forms the civil parish Ribby-with-Wrea.

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  Ribby-with-Wrea · 1.1 km

  Ribby-with-Wrea is a civil parish just west of Kirkham, in the Borough of Fylde and ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. It had a population of 1,489 in 2001, reducing to 1,373 at the 2011 Census. The parish incl…

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  Westby-with-Plumptons · 1.2 km

  Westby-with-Plumptons is a civil parish in Lancashire, England. The parish is in Fylde district and contains the hamlets of Great Plumpton, Little Plumpton, Lower Ballam, Higher Ballam, Moss Side, Peel, and Westby. At…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)