Adlington (Chorley)

15°CFog

• Today: 18° / 14° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

38 reported · July 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Public order4
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Horwich and Blackrod · Greater Manchester

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

310 reported road collisions (2024)

93 killed or seriously injured · 410 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

115 food businesses within 2 miles

• 96 rated 4–5 ★ (86 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Adlington (0.6 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£202,770 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Bolton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£884 average monthly rent▲ 9.9% YoY

• 1 bed £647
• 2 bed £806
• 3 bed £978

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (5 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: M61 (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Child safe travel scheme adds another school· 9 Sept 2026
• Free school meal holiday vouchers· 8 Sept 2026
• Local jobseekers prospects boosted by Bolton’s Jobs and Skills Fair· 7 Sept 2026
• Bolton International Film Festival returns for landmark tenth edition· 7 Sept 2026
• Bolton Young Chef of the Year winners announced· 4 Sept 2026

Source: Bolton Council

295,963 residents in Bolton · 2,117/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 47 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,400 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (51% of 128,820)

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

146 schools · 55,431 pupils

97 primary · 18 secondary · 31 other

Ofsted: 47 of 51 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

128inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolton

277 CQC-registered services

• Care homes59
• GP practices63
• Dentists54
• Homecare agencies64
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bolton

• Within the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

227 applications decided

73.6% granted · 167 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Phil Brickell

Labour

Bolton West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 19
• Con 10
• LD 5
• Grn 4
• Ref 10
• Oth 12

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

33 jobs advertised · £25,198 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Lead Design Engineer, AVON Representatives wanted in Adlington, Lancashire, England – start today

Source: Adzuna

£675 median full-time weekly pay

5.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,182 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 134,384 certificates

12.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

90% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 49% · Wind 31% · Biomass 11% · Gas 5%

34 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.3 women · 54.6 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

3 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in BL6

• Kildonan House
• Pike View, Dr Malhotra & Partners
• Chg Beaumont Hospital

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolton West:

• Statutory paid leave for parents whose child is undergoing cancer treatment532 local signatures · 3,716 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office422 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s337 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth317 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership300 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Rivington Water Treatment Works · 0.3 km

  Rivington Water Treatment Works is a water treatment plant in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It is located below the Lower Rivington Reservoir, the last in the Rivington chain of reservoirs. The first treatment works…

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  Adlington railway station (Lancashire) · 0.6 km

  Adlington railway station serves the town of Adlington in Lancashire, England. It is a two-platform station on the Bolton - Chorley - Preston line, forming part of the Northern service link between Preston and Manches…

• White Bear railway station · 0.7 km

  White Bear railway station, on Station Road, Adlington, Lancashire, England, was on the Lancashire Union Railway line between St Helens and Blackburn. The station was named in some timetables as White Bear (Adlington)…

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  Christ Church, Adlington · 0.7 km

  Christ Church is on Church Street, Adlington, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican church, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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  Anderton, Lancashire · 0.8 km

  Anderton is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is now a suburb of Adlington, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Bolton. Within its boundaries are the Rivington Reservoirs. Grimeford village i…

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  Adlington, Lancashire · 1.0 km

  Adlington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, near the West Pennine Moors. It is 3 miles south of Chorley. It became a separate parish in 1842 then grew into a township arou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)