Broughton in Furness

10°CClear

• Today: 12° / 8° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:20Sunset 16:32

9h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

• 4.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3

Neighbourhood team: Ulverston, Coniston, Low Furness and High Furness · Cumbria

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

393 reported road collisions (2025)

135 killed or seriously injured · 500 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Foxfield (2.0 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,161 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Westmorland and Furness · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£816 average monthly rent▲ 6.4% YoY

• 1 bed £604
• 2 bed £772
• 3 bed £942

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

5.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.9 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,339 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

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Victory Hall CMS (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• South Lakes Family Hub news - October· 3 Nov 2026
• Council tribute for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day· 3 Nov 2026
• Eden Family Hub News - October· 3 Nov 2026
• Landlord fined for unlicensed HMO in Barrow· 2 Nov 2026
• Bookings Open 19 November for Westmorland & Furness Winter HAF programme· 29 Oct 2026

Source: Westmorland and Furness Council

226,591 residents in Westmorland and Furness

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,846
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,786
• Net moves+2,060

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 165 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,508 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (25% of 117,810)

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

161 schools · 31,227 pupils

121 primary · 19 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 49 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Westmorland and Furness

229 CQC-registered services

• Care homes59
• GP practices40
• Dentists56
• Homecare agencies48
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Westmorland and Furness

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

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

283 applications decided

94% granted · 266 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Michelle Scrogham

Labour

Barrow and Furness

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 15
• Con 9
• LD 35
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

8 jobs advertised · £31,564 avg

e.g. Leisure Assistant - Evenings & Weekends, Shop Assistant, Blinds and Curtains Installer

Source: Adzuna

£812 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,301 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 23,188 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Wind 31% · Gas 20% · Imports 9%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.4 women · 62.8 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Barrow and Furness:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth199 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately168 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants159 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks158 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK155 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Broughton-in-Furness railway station · 0.2 km

  Broughton-in-Furness railway station served the market town of Broughton-in-Furness, in Lancashire, England. It was on the branch line to Coniston.

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  Old Town Hall, Broughton-in-Furness · 0.2 km

  The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square, Broughton-in-Furness, a town in Cumbria, England. The building, which currently accommodates a tourist information centre and a shop, is a Grade II listed build…

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  Broughton-in-Furness · 0.4 km

  Broughton-in-Furness is a small market town in the civil parish of Broughton West in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is located on the south western boundary of England's Lake District Nat…

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  St Mary Magdalene's Church, Broughton-in-Furness · 0.4 km

  St Mary Magdalene's Church is in Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its…

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  Eccle Riggs · 0.7 km

  Eccle Riggs is a country house located on Eccle Riggs, a ridge of land about 0.75 miles (1.2 km) to the south of Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It was built in 1865 in Tudor style for Richard Assheton Cross,…

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  Duddon Bridge · 1.6 km

  Duddon Bridge is a hamlet in Cumbria, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)