Astley

9°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:30

9h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

219 reported road collisions (2025)

91 killed or seriously injured · 275 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

225 food businesses within 2 miles

• 157 rated 4–5 ★ (104 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Trencherbone Platform (0.6 km)
• 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£194,393 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Wigan · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£746 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £542
• 2 bed £700
• 3 bed £838

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 (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4,223 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: 151.9p · BP (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (4.1 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

61 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Lidl - Tyldesley (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

329,330 residents in Wigan · 1,750/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,073
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,395
• Net moves+2,678

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 102 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,153 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (45% of 153,530)

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

146 schools · 48,372 pupils

99 primary · 19 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 51 of 53 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wigan

259 CQC-registered services

• Care homes61
• GP practices62
• Dentists57
• Homecare agencies45
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wigan

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

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

180 applications decided

88.3% granted · 159 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Michael Wheeler

Labour

Worsley and Eccles

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 7

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens34
• Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

74 jobs advertised · £27,306 avg

e.g. Outsource/Limitation Handler, Costs Negotiator & Supervisor, Costs Negotiator

Source: Adzuna

£727 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,587 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 · 148,093 certificates

11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Wind 34% · Gas 13% · Imports 10%

50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 77.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.1 women · 54.6 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

7 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in M29

• Sivakumar & Partner
• Elliott Street Surgery
• The Surgery, Tyldesley

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worsley and Eccles:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth394 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 314 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND179 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK174 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after144 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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