Kearsley

9°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:31

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, 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

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)

485 food businesses within 2 miles

• 345 rated 4–5 ★ (249 top)
• 36 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kearsley (1.3 km)
• 16 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: 151.9p · BP (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (9.7 km)

32 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: GMEV PAYG Charge Point (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches26
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 8 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

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)

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés41

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £30,683 avg

e.g. Class 2 Daytime Driver, AVON Representatives wanted in Kearsley, Manchester, England – start today, Trainee Driving Instructor - Kearsley, Manchester, England

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

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

14 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in BL4

• Bolton Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Kearsley Medical Centre
• Stonehill Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolton South and Walkden:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth289 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 251 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases142 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND124 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK124 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Linnyshaw · 0.6 km

  Linnyshaw is an area of Walkden, a town in the City of Salford district of Greater Manchester, England. Historically within Lancashire, it lies to the east of Walkden, immediately south of junction 2 of the M61 motorw…

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  Kearsley Academy · 0.7 km

  Kearsley Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status sponsored by Northern Education Trust. It is located in Kearsley in the English county of Greater Manchester.

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  Blackleach Country Park · 0.8 km

  Blackleach Country Park is a country park in Walkden, Greater Manchester. It is situated half a mile from the town centre just off Bolton Road in the Hill Top area. It is a Local Nature Reserve and a winner of the Gre…

• Kearsley Town Hall · 0.9 km

  Kearsley Town Hall was a municipal building on Bolton Road in Kearsley, a town in Greater Manchester, in England. The building, which was the headquarters of Kearsley Urban District Council, was demolished in 2013. Th…

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  Kearsley · 1.0 km

  Kearsley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 14,212. Within the Historic County of Lancashire, it lies 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Manch…

• Linnyshaw Colliery · 1.0 km

  Linnyshaw Colliery or Berryfield was a coal mine originally owned by the Bridgewater Trustees operating after 1860 on the Manchester Coalfield in Walkden, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashir…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)