Blackrod

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 8° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:34

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▲ 133% YoY

• Possession of weapons4
• Other theft2
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Horwich and Blackrod · Greater Manchester

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

289 reported road collisions (2025)

98 killed or seriously injured · 381 casualties · 9.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

265 food businesses within 2 miles

• 218 rated 4–5 ★ (172 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blackrod (0.7 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£203,951 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Bolton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£894 average monthly rent▲ 11.1% YoY

• 1 bed £654
• 2 bed £815
• 3 bed £989

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

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

3,180 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: 153.9p · BP (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (9.1 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Rivington Services Northbound (evPoint) (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Bolton opens first Live Well centre· 29 Oct 2026
• Bolton invites residents to honour those who served· 29 Oct 2026
• Bolton Council to consider national changes to planning system· 28 Oct 2026
• Litter and leaves swept up by new investment· 27 Oct 2026
• Warm welcome back as Bolton Council invests in the future· 26 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,371
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK14,775
• Net moves−1,404

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 43 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

26% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 53,878 pupils

97 primary · 17 secondary · 32 other

Ofsted: 46 of 49 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolton

276 CQC-registered services

• Care homes59
• GP practices62
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies63
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bolton

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

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

254 applications decided

79.5% granted · 202 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Phil Brickell

Labour

Bolton West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 18
• Con 10
• LD 5
• Grn 4
• Ref 10
• Oth 12

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £26,183 avg

e.g. Night Care Worker, AVON Representatives wanted in Blackrod, Manchester, England – start today, Early Years Educator - Kids Planet Blackrod

Source: Adzuna

£675 median full-time weekly pay

5.3% 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 42% · Wind 26% · Gas 21% · Imports 10%

84 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 · 11 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:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth317 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases224 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK165 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND141 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules132 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

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

• Blackrod Urban District · 0.3 km

  Blackrod was, from 1872 to 1974, a local government district centred on the village of Blackrod in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.

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  Blackrod · 0.3 km

  Blackrod is a town and civil parish situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Nestled in the historic county of Lancashire, Blackrod is approximately four miles northeast of Wi…

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  Blackrod railway station · 0.7 km

  Blackrod railway station serves the towns of Blackrod and Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is 6.5 miles north west of Bolton railway station. It is just 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) from the town centre of Horwich - c…

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  Rivington services · 1.0 km

  Rivington services is a motorway service area in Anderton, Lancashire, England, situated between junctions 6 and 8 of the M61. It is operated by EG On The Move.

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  Red Moss, Greater Manchester · 1.8 km

  Red Moss is a mossland in Greater Manchester, located south of Horwich and east of Blackrod. This is a national Site of Special Scientific Interest in the United Kingdom, due to its biodiversity and undisturbed charac…

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  Rivington Water Treatment Works · 1.9 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)