Widnes

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:31

9h 14m 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

• 6.5 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

217 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences102
• Anti-social behaviour32
• Public order21
• Criminal damage & arson15

35 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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)

479 food businesses within 2 miles

• 361 rated 4–5 ★ (303 top)
• 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Widnes (1.9 km)
• 25 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 (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Bristol Street Motors - Nissan Dealer (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches50
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds14

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

• In a conservation area (Victoria Square)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 11 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)

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés42

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,525 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

354 jobs advertised · £37,181 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician, Sheet Metal Worker, Senior Support Worker - Children’s Homes

Source: Adzuna

£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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 54% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 18% · Imports 3%

72 gCO₂/kWh · low 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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  Widnes · 0.0 km

  Widnes is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400.

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  Widnes Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Widnes Town Hall is a municipal building in Victoria Road in Widnes, Cheshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Widnes Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Riverside College, Widnes · 0.3 km

  Riverside College is a further education college based over two sites in Widnes, Cheshire, England. It was rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted following an inspection in 2020, and received its second “Outstanding” rating fr…

• Widnes Central railway station · 0.4 km

  Widnes Central railway station served the town of Widnes, England from 1879 to 1964.

• Widnes South railway station · 0.4 km

  Widnes South railway station was located in the town of Widnes in Cheshire, England on the east side of Victoria Road. It was built by the London and North Western Railway and situated on their Widnes Deviation Line,…

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  Municipal Borough of Widnes · 0.4 km

  The Municipal Borough of Widnes was a municipal borough centred around the town of Widnes in Lancashire, England from 1892 until 1974.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)