Rossendale

16°CMist

• Today: 18° / 10° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:34

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Bury Radcliffe, United Kingdom

109 reported · July 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences46
• Shoplifting15
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Criminal damage & arson11

Neighbourhood team: Hareholme with Waterfoot · Lancashire

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

107 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 143 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

229 food businesses within 2 miles

• 183 rated 4–5 ★ (153 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rawtenstall (1.9 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£193,320 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Rossendale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£808 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £752
• 3 bed £905

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

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Kay Street (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches33
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Rossendale Council employee shortlisted to for BBC award· 10 Sept 2026
• New-look toddler play area reopens at Whitaker Park· 3 Sept 2026
• Rossendale Borough Council secures prosecution following persistent noise nuisance· 3 Sept 2026
• Saturday footfall rises following investment in Haslingden town centre· 3 Sept 2026
• Up to £10,000 available to help businesses fill empty shops in Rossendale· 14 Aug 2026

Source: Rossendale Council

70,871 residents in Rossendale · 513/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 91 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,520 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 32,870)

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

47 schools · 11,948 pupils

31 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 12 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

42inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rossendale

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

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

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

58 applications decided

81% granted · 47 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Andy MacNae

Labour

Rossendale and Darwen

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 19
• Con 5
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,840 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

137 jobs advertised · £37,008 avg

e.g. Gas and Fire Suppression Engineer, Upholsterer, Quantity Surveyor Fit Out

Source: Adzuna

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,283 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 · 34,663 certificates

13.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 35% · Imports 14% · Biomass 7%

28 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 79 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

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

11 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in BB4

• St James' Medical Centre
• Haslingden Healthcare
• Ilex View Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rossendale and Darwen:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office550 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test483 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s424 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership361 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth239 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

• 
  Cloughfold · 0.7 km

  Cloughfold is a small hamlet in between the towns of Rawtenstall and Waterfoot in Rossendale, Lancashire, England.

• Clough Fold railway station · 0.7 km

  Clough Fold Railway Station served Cloughfold near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England from 1871 until the line closed in 1966.

• 
  St Nicholas Church, Newchurch · 0.8 km

  St Nicholas Church is in the village of Newchurch within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Manchester, founded in the early 16th century.

• 
  Newchurch, Lancashire · 0.8 km

  Newchurch or Newchurch in Rossendale is a village within the borough of Rossendale in Lancashire, England. It is around one mile east of Rawtenstall and half a mile north of Waterfoot.

• 
  St John's Church, Rawtenstall · 0.8 km

  St John's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed bui…

• Waterfoot railway station · 0.9 km

  Waterfoot railway station served Waterfoot, Rossendale near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England from 1848 until the line closed in 1966.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)