Ince-in-Makerfield

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 11° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

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

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 324 rated 4–5 ★ (217 top)
• 53 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Ince (0.7 km)
• 33 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 (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (6.9 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Wigan Centre (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds12

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 69 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

Lisa Nandy

Labour

Wigan

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 8

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

• Schools8
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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 70% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 5% · Gas 1%

5 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 Wigan:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office400 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s355 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership344 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth298 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test296 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Metropolitan Borough of Wigan · 0.0 km

  The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Atherton, Ashton-in-Maker…

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  St Mary's Church, Lower Ince · 0.1 km

  St Mary's Church is in Warrington Road, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the dioce…

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  Lower Ince railway station · 0.5 km

  Lower Ince railway station was a railway station in southern Wigan, Lancashire, England.

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  Wigan Springs Branch TMD · 0.5 km

  Wigan Springs Branch TMD is a traction maintenance depot located in Ince-in-Makerfield, England. There has been a motive power depot in the area of the current depot since the 1840s.

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  Ince-in-Makerfield Town Hall · 0.6 km

  Ince-in-Makerfield Town Hall, also known as Ince-in-Makerfield Council Offices, is a municipal building in Ince Green Lane, Ince-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. The building is currently used as a children…

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  Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield · 0.7 km

  Christ Church is in Ince Green Lane, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Live…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)