Childer Thornton

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:36

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

27 reported · August 2026▲ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Public order5
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Burglary2

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Willaston, Thornton and Netherpool · Cheshire

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

522 reported road collisions (2025)

132 killed or seriously injured · 670 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

114 food businesses within 2 miles

• 101 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hooton (0.4 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,534 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Cheshire West and Chester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£991 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £725
• 2 bed £914
• 3 bed £1,121

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

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4,935 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: 157.9p · BP (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (6.3 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Hooton Railway Station (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

357,150 residents in Cheshire West and Chester · 388/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK19,428
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,839
• Net moves+2,589

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 186 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,517 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 166,820)

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

182 schools · 53,706 pupils

126 primary · 20 secondary · 36 other

Ofsted: 66 of 73 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire West and Chester

356 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices73
• Dentists77
• Homecare agencies75
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire West and Chester

• Within the Green Belt
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

412 applications decided

92% granted · 379 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Samantha Dixon

Labour

Chester North and Neston

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 35
• Con 20
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Support worker

Source: Adzuna

£798 median full-time weekly pay

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

£25,803 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 168,339 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 25% · Imports 3%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.9 women · 61.6 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CH66

• Great Sutton Medical Centre
• Hope Farm Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chester North and Neston:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks190 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases180 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills159 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth154 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND150 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Hooton railway station · 0.4 km

  Hooton railway station is situated in the south of the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. It lies on the Wirral Line 8 miles (13 km) north of Chester and 9+1⁄2 miles (15.3 km) south west of Liverpool Lime Street on…

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  Church of St Mary of the Angels, Hooton · 1.2 km

  The Church of St Mary of the Angels is in Welsh Road, Hooton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Shrewsbury. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for Engl…

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  Hooton, Cheshire · 1.4 km

  Hooton is a suburban village and former civil parish on the Wirral Peninsula, within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was once a separate village bu…

• Ledsham railway station · 1.6 km

  Ledsham railway station was on the Chester and Birkenhead Railway near Little Sutton and about a mile from the hamlet of Ledsham on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, England. The station was originally named 'Sutton'…

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  St Paul's Church, Hooton · 1.6 km

  St Paul's Church is in the village of Hooton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wirral South, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded i…

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  Eastham Rake railway station · 1.7 km

  Eastham Rake railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Eastham on the Wirral Peninsula. It is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) south-west of Liverpool…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)