Astley

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

275 reported road collisions (2024)

109 killed or seriously injured · 337 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

224 food businesses within 2 miles

• 159 rated 4–5 ★ (103 top)
• 12 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

£195,557 average▲ 6.6% YoY

Across Wigan · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£745 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £541
• 2 bed £698
• 3 bed £836

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (5.1 km)

47 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 97 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

144 schools · 48,372 pupils

99 primary · 19 secondary · 26 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wigan

257 CQC-registered services

• Care homes59
• GP practices62
• Dentists57
• Homecare agencies45
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 97% 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)

173 applications decided

76.3% granted · 132 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Michael Wheeler

Labour

Worsley and Eccles

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 8

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

78 jobs advertised · £32,468 avg

e.g. Assistant General Manager, Online Chinese Tutor - Part Time, Become a Maths Tutor in Astley (Borough of Wigan) – Flexible & Remote

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

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 69% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 5% · Gas 1%

6 gCO₂/kWh · very 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:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office436 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth392 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 312 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide

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

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  Astley, Greater Manchester · 0.2 km

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  Astley Vicarage · 0.4 km

  Astley Vicarage is a Grade II* listed former parsonage on Church Road in Astley, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is part of the Astley co…

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  St Stephen's Church, Astley · 0.5 km

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  Damhouse · 0.6 km

  Damhouse or Astley Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Church Road in Astley, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It has served as a manor house, sanatorium, and since resto…

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  Astley Green Colliery Museum · 0.6 km

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  Astley Green Colliery · 0.6 km

  Astley Green Colliery was a coal mine in Astley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It was the last colliery to be sunk in Astley. Sinking commenced in 1908 by the Pilkington Colli…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)