Lancaster

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:29

9h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, 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

10 reported · August 2026▼ 55% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Halton with Aughton & Kellet · Lancashire

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

231 reported road collisions (2025)

83 killed or seriously injured · 314 casualties · 16.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lancaster (5.8 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£203,781 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Lancaster · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£823 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £602
• 2 bed £753
• 3 bed £925

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

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,800 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: 170.9p · Asda (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (6.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lancaster Park & Ride (7kw charging) (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

142,932 residents in Lancaster · 252/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,320
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,202
• Net moves+118

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 135 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,503 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (35% of 66,990)

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

73 schools · 19,170 pupils

52 primary · 8 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 27 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lancaster

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
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

156 applications decided

84.6% granted · 132 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 20
• Con 5
• LD 7
• Grn 24
• Oth 5

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,485 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

377 jobs advertised · £41,142 avg

e.g. Learning Support Assistant, Learning Support Assistant 1:1, SEND Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£687 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,896 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 69,734 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

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

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Morecambe and Lunesdale:

• New legislation for ponds to have safety measures to prevent access by children779 local signatures · 9,763 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks328 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules216 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases203 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK191 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Crook o' Lune · 0.5 km

  The Crook o' Lune or Crook of Lune, about 3 mi (4.8 km) north-east of Lancaster, Lancashire, is a horseshoe bend of the River Lune, which here meanders through meadows and low hills into a wooded gorge. It has long be…

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  The Scarthwaite Hotel · 0.7 km

  The Scarthwaite Country House Hotel at Crook O’Lune near Caton in Lancashire is a house of historical significance. It was built in 1858 by Adam Hodgson, a merchant, banker and abolitionist. It was then the home of se…

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  North West England · 1.0 km

  North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,417,397 i…

• Caton railway station · 1.2 km

  Caton railway station served the village of Caton in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England.

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  Artle Beck · 1.4 km

  Artle Beck is a minor river of Lancashire, England.

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  Caton-with-Littledale · 1.4 km

  Caton-with-Littledale is a civil parish in the Lancaster district, in Lancashire, England, near the River Lune. The parish lies within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and contains the villages…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)