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Pendle

Pendle is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 100,000. The area has 1 pharmacy and around 5 restaurants and cafés, along with 7 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Colne, 1.6 km away, and in June 2026, there were around 46 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 9 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Pendle is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 95,757 residents at roughly 565 people per km².

43/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 195th of 294 English council areas — better than 34% of them.

Low crime64
Home affordability97
Affordable rents90
Good schools24
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation11
Employment9
Low council tax7

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

14°CCloudy

  • Today: 21° / 13° · 33% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:29

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Bury Radcliffe, United Kingdom

Crime

61 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences23
  • Anti-social behaviour14
  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Other theft4

Neighbourhood team: Barrowford & Pendleside · Lancashire

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

Road safety

143 reported road collisions (2024)

38 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

410 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 329 rated 4–5 ★ (264 top)
  • 33 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Colne (1.6 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Colne (1.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£149,613 average 8.6% YoY

Across Pendle · to 2026-06

Detached£289,614
Semi-detached£177,653
Terraced£131,409
Flat£88,309

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£666 average monthly rent 6.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £494
  • 2 bed £629
  • 3 bed £734

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

4.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.5 times median annual pay (3.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (3.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (3.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Booths Car Park (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches19
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

95,757 residents in Pendle · 565/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 36 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

32% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,640 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 41,670)

A £1,760
B £2,053
C £2,347
D £2,640
E £3,227
F £3,814
G £4,400
H £5,280

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

Schools

55 schools · 14,890 pupils

37 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 18 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Marsden Heights Community CollegeGood
  • Colne Primet AcademyRequires improvement
  • Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High SchoolRequires improvement
  • West Craven High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Colne Park High School
  • Pendle Vale College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Pendle

Care & health services

1,255 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes423
  • GP practices184
  • Dentists250
  • Homecare agencies290
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

113 applications decided

85.8% granted · 97 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jonathan Hinder

Labour

Pendle and Clitheroe

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Con 8
  • LD 7
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 13

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,550 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised · £31,117 avg

e.g. Social Worker | Family Safeguarding |Pendle, Burnley & Hyndburn and Ribble Valley, Family Support Worker | Early Help Service | Pendle and Rossendale, Community Resilience Worker | Children and Family Wellbeing Service | Pendle

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£620 median full-time weekly pay

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

£18,449 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

26% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,326 certificates

16% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 41% · Wind 35% · Gas 11% · Imports 10%

47 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday8.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

Health services

9 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in BB9

  • Reedyford Hlth Care Group
  • Pendle View Medical Centre
  • Pwe Pendle Valley Mill

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pendle and Clitheroe:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Higherford · 0.1 km

    Higherford is a village in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England.

  • Blacko · 1.3 km

    Blacko is a village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. Before local government reorganisation in 1974 the village lay on the border with the West Riding of Yorkshire. The parish has a popu…

  • Barrowford · 1.4 km

    Barrowford is a village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England, north of Nelson, near the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

  • Nelson power station · 1.4 km

    Nelson power station supplied electricity to the town of Nelson, Lancashire and the surrounding area from 1892 to 1960. The power station was owned and operated by Nelson Corporation prior to the nationalisation of th…

  • Colne Water · 1.4 km

    Colne Water is a river in eastern Lancashire. It is approximately 5.0 miles (7.987 km) long and has a catchment area excluding its major tributaries of 4.47 square miles (11.584 km2).

  • Colne railway station · 1.6 km

    Colne railway station serves the town of Colne, in Lancashire, England, which is situated close to Pendle Hill. The station, which is managed by Northern Trains, is the eastern terminus of the East Lancashire Line. Tr…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)