Hale Bank

18°CCloudy

• Today: 21° / 13° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

23 reported · July 2026▲ 21% YoY

• Other theft5
• Public order5
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour2

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ditton and Hale · Cheshire

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

123 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 9.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

246 food businesses within 2 miles

• 191 rated 4–5 ★ (162 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hough Green (2.6 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£193,134 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Halton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£745 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

• 1 bed £544
• 2 bed £682
• 3 bed £822

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (4.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Wellington Street Car Park 1 (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

128,478 residents in Halton · 1,624/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 39 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,367 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 59,260)

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

70 schools · 18,375 pupils

49 primary · 7 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 29 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Halton

94 CQC-registered services

• Care homes25
• GP practices16
• Dentists20
• Homecare agencies14
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Halton

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

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

39 applications decided

100% granted · 39 granted, 0 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Derek Twigg

Labour

Widnes and Halewood

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 30
• LD 3
• Ref 16
• Oth 5

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

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£698 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,540 disposable income per head (2024)

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

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 58,476 certificates

10.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 20% · Imports 3%

193 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.6 yrs women · 76.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.8 women · 56.4 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Widnes and Halewood:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office395 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth353 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership349 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s314 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test294 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Halebank · 0.1 km

  Halebank is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. The area locally referred to as Halebank was officially created by the Halton Order 2008. The parish lies in the western part of the…

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  Ditton railway station · 0.8 km

  Ditton railway station, originally Ditton Junction, was a railway station which served the Ditton area of Widnes in Cheshire, England. It was located on Hale Road on the border between Ditton and Halebank.

• Ditton Mill railway station · 0.8 km

  Ditton Mill railway station was on the western edge of Widnes, England, that operated from 1851–1871.

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  Ditton Junction rail crash · 0.9 km

  Ditton Junction is near Widnes on the Liverpool spur of the former London and North Western Railway. This complex junction had eight running lines and associated signal gantries. On 17 September 1912 the 17:30 Chester…

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  Hale Duck Decoy · 1.4 km

  Hale Duck Decoy is a duck decoy and nature reserve near the village of Hale, in Halton, Cheshire, England. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and lies within a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is owned by…

• Ball o' Ditton · 1.6 km

  Ball o' Ditton is a village in Cheshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)