Golborne

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 10° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:36

12h 59m 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

1 reported · July 2026

• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Golborne and Lowton West · Greater Manchester

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

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)

260 food businesses within 2 miles

• 182 rated 4–5 ★ (130 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

£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 (6.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (5.4 km)

32 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)

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

• 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)

173 applications decided

76.3% granted · 132 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jo Platt

Labour (Co-op)

Leigh and Atherton

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 8

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

45 jobs advertised · £31,129 avg

e.g. Audit Semi-Senior, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, National Account Manager - UPS Power

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 67% · Nuclear 28% · Solar 4% · 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leigh and Atherton:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office495 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership388 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s385 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth328 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance308 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

• 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 (8.0 km) south-south-east of Wigan, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Warrington and 14 miles (22.5 km) to the west…

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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)