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Hunger Hill (Bolton)

Hunger Hill (Bolton) is a village in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 2,200. It has 1 school, around 1 restaurant and café, and 20 bus stops, with Lostock railway station 1.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hunger Hill (Bolton) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bolton area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 295,963 residents at roughly 2,117 people per km².

Council
Bolton
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Bolton West
Police force
Greater Manchester
40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 225th of 294 English council areas — better than 23% of them.

Low crime15
Home affordability80
Affordable rents63
Good schools69
Life expectancy20
Low deprivation15
Employment13
Low council tax61

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CSunny

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:30

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

310 reported road collisions (2024)

93 killed or seriously injured · 410 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

413 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 278 rated 4–5 ★ (209 top)
  • 32 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Lostock (1.7 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Lostock (1.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£202,770 average 4.9% YoY

Across Bolton · to 2026-06

Detached£377,904
Semi-detached£222,072
Terraced£166,229
Flat£116,964

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£884 average monthly rent 9.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £647
  • 2 bed £806
  • 3 bed £978

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (6.8 km)

37 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

51 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: STAGS RETAIL STAGS RETAIL 1 (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches19
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

295,963 residents in Bolton · 2,117/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 47 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,400 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (51% of 128,820)

A £1,600
B £1,866
C £2,133
D £2,400
E £2,933
F £3,466
G £4,000
H £4,799

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

Schools

146 schools · 55,431 pupils

97 primary · 18 secondary · 31 other

Ofsted: 47 of 51 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

128inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Essa AcademyGood
  • Harper Green SchoolGood
  • Kearsley AcademyGood
  • King's Leadership Academy BoltonGood
  • Ladybridge High SchoolGood
  • Little Lever SchoolGood
  • St James's Church of England High SchoolGood
  • Turton SchoolGood
  • Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Smithills SchoolRequires improvement
  • Westhoughton High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Bolton Muslim Girls School
  • Canon Slade School
  • Eden Boys' School, Bolton
  • Sharples School
  • St Joseph's RC High School
  • Thornleigh Salesian College
  • University Collegiate School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolton

Care & health services

277 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes59
  • GP practices63
  • Dentists54
  • Homecare agencies64
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bolton

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

227 applications decided

73.6% granted · 167 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Phil Brickell

Labour

Bolton West

Recent votes:

  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 19
  • Con 10
  • LD 5
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 10
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£675 median full-time weekly pay

5.2% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 39% · Wind 33% · Imports 12% · Gas 9%

39 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolton West:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hunger Hill, Greater Manchester · 0.0 km

    Hunger Hill is a settlement in the Bolton district, of Greater Manchester, England. It is about 11 mi (18 km) northwest of Manchester city centre. and had an estimated population of 1,317 in 2020.

  • Rumworth Lodge Reservoir · 0.9 km

    Rumworth Lodge Reservoir is a large shallow reservoir in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

  • Rumworth · 1.0 km

    Rumworth is an electoral ward of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 16,250. Historically it was part of the hundred of Salford in Lancashire and centre of the pa…

  • Ladybridge High School · 1.1 km

    Ladybridge High School is a mixed secondary school located in the Deane area of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

  • Chequerbent railway station · 1.1 km

    Chequerbent railway station was in Westhoughton to the south-west of Bolton, Greater Manchester, on a deviation of the original Bolton Great Moor St to Kenyon Junction line. The station replaced an earlier station on…

  • Chequerbent railway station (Bolton and Leigh Railway) · 1.3 km

    Chequerbent railway station was a railway station in Westhoughton to the south-west of Bolton, Greater Manchester, on the line between Bolton and Leigh. It was open from 1831 until its replacement in 1885 by a later s…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hunger Hill (Bolton)?
Hunger Hill (Bolton) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Bolton local authority.
How deprived is Hunger Hill (Bolton)?
The Bolton local authority, which includes Hunger Hill (Bolton), is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.