Hale Bank

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:33

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

16 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft2
• Public order1

4 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Ditton and Hale · Cheshire

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

130 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 164 casualties · 10.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

244 food businesses within 2 miles

• 182 rated 4–5 ★ (155 top)
• 12 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

£189,435 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across Halton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£749 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

• 1 bed £547
• 2 bed £686
• 3 bed £826

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

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

1,376 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)

15 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,694
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,483
• Net moves+211

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 55 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

31% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

66 inspected 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: 89% 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)

64 applications decided

96.9% granted · 62 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Derek Twigg

Labour

Widnes and Halewood

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 30
• LD 2
• Ref 16
• Oth 5

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,525 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 24% · Imports 2%

94 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

17 GP surgeries · 15 pharmacies in WA8

• Bevan Group Practice
• Fir Park Medical Centre
• The Beeches Medical Ctr

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Widnes and Halewood:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth354 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND154 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK141 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately130 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after110 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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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…

• 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)