Golborne

11°CSunny

• Today: 13° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:32

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, 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

1 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Golborne and Lowton West · Greater Manchester

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

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)

264 food businesses within 2 miles

• 182 rated 4–5 ★ (128 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newton-le-Willows (2.9 km)
• 46 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 (6.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (6.5 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

59 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Bridge Street (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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

• In a conservation area (Golborne Town Centre)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 10 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

Jo Platt

Labour (Co-op)

Leigh and Atherton

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 7

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

33 jobs advertised · £30,620 avg

e.g. Customer Engineer Generators, Tender Planner, Project Technician

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

69% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 26% · Gas 22% · Imports 10%

88 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

16 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in WA3

• Culcheth Medical Centre
• Birchwood Medical Centre
• Braithwaite Rd Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leigh and Atherton:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth328 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 301 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK184 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND146 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants138 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide

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

• Golborne South railway station · 0.2 km

  Golborne South railway station was one of two stations serving the town of Golborne, to the south of Wigan. The station was opened in 1839 and closed to passengers in 1961 and goods in 1967. It is proposed for reopeni…

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  Golborne · 0.2 km

  Golborne is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies 5 miles (8 km) south-south-east of Wigan, 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Warrington, and 14 miles (23 km) west of the cit…

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  Golborne and Lowton West · 0.5 km

  Golborne and Lowton West is an electoral ward in Leigh, England. It forms part of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, as well as the parliamentary constituency of Leigh.

• Golborne High School · 0.8 km

  Golborne High School is a coeducational foundation secondary school located in Golborne, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England.

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  Golborne North railway station · 1.0 km

  Golborne North railway station served the town of Golborne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

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  Lightshaw Hall · 1.9 km

  Lightshaw Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Lightshaw Lane in Golborne, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is a farmhouse that dates…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)