Ellesmere Port

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:32

9h 15m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, 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

323 reported · August 2026▲ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences141
• Anti-social behaviour59
• Public order35
• Criminal damage & arson20

44 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ellesmere Port Town · 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)

333 food businesses within 2 miles

• 286 rated 4–5 ★ (244 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ellesmere Port (0.7 km)
• 64 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 (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (10.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Shrewsbury Road Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches34
• Playgrounds16

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 21 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

Justin Madders

Labour

Ellesmere Port and Bromborough

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)

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

482 jobs advertised · £42,841 avg

e.g. Senior Environmental Specialist, Ship Agent - Maritime Operations, Ships Agent

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 18% · Imports 3%

71 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

10 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in CH65

• York Road Group Practice
• Whitby Health Partnership
• Old Hall Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ellesmere Port and Bromborough:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth303 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Ban the sale of helium balloons252 local signatures · 3,791 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases197 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND172 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Ellesmere Port Council Offices · 0.3 km

  Ellesmere Port Council Offices is a municipal building in Civic Way in Ellesmere Port, a town in Cheshire, in England. The building served as the headquarters of Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council but is now di…

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  Ellesmere Port · 0.3 km

  Ellesmere Port is an industrial port town in the Cheshire West and Chester borough in Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port is on the south-eastern edge of the Wirral Peninsula, six miles north of Chester, although not pa…

• Ellesmere Port Church of England College · 0.5 km

  Ellesmere Port Church of England College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. It was formed in 2009 by the merger of Ellesmere Port Specialist School of Performing Ar…

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  Whitby Park · 0.5 km

  Whitby Park is the main urban park in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. It is managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council.

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  Ellesmere Port railway station · 0.7 km

  Ellesmere Port railway station is located in the town of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. The station was an intermediate through station on the Hooton–Helsby line. Now all passenger services terminate at the statio…

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  West Cheshire College · 0.7 km

  West Cheshire College was a further education, vocational college in the North West of England. It had over 20,000 students at its two main campuses in Ellesmere Port and Chester as well as in workplaces and community…

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