Aspull

15°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 13° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · 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

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

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)

182 food businesses within 2 miles

• 124 rated 4–5 ★ (83 top)
• 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Walker Gardens (1.1 km)
• 33 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: 151.9p · BP (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8.4 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Royal Albert Edward Infirmary (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds7

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 28 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

Lisa Nandy

Labour

Wigan

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Biology Tutor - Part Time, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Aspull – Flexible Schedule, Online Yoga Tutor - Part Time

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 55% · Imports 16% · Gas 14% · Solar 7%

59 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

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in BL5

• Stable Fold Surgery
• Unsworth Group Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wigan:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office400 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s355 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership344 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth298 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test296 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Aspull · 0.2 km

  Aspull is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, Aspull, along with Haigh, is surrounded by greenbelt and agricultural land, separated from Westhoug…

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  The Snake Pit (Wigan) · 0.3 km

  The Snake Pit, based in Aspull, Wigan Borough, England, is the gym and organisation regarded as the modern home of catch wrestling. Founded in 1948 by Billy Riley in the town of Wigan, it was originally known as Riley…

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  Haigh, Greater Manchester · 1.0 km

  Haigh is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located next to the village of Aspull. The western boundary is the River Do…

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  St David's Church, Haigh · 1.0 km

  St David's Church is in Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. The churc…

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  Haigh Hall Miniature Railway · 1.0 km

  Haigh Hall Miniature Railway (HHMR) is a 15 in gauge miniature railway, situated in the grounds of Haigh Country Park in Haigh, Greater Manchester, England.

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  Haigh Hall · 1.5 km

  Haigh Hall is a historic country house in Haigh, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1827 and 1840 for James Lindsay, 7th Earl of Balcarres, it replaced an ancien…

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