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17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 11° · 85% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 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

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Bryn · 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)

309 food businesses within 2 miles

• 226 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bryn (1.1 km)
• 31 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 (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8.1 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

44 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: GATWICK HOUSE HAWKLEY DC150 (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds6

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 6 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

Andy Burnham

Labour (Co-op)

Makerfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 8

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés9

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 67% · Nuclear 27% · Solar 5% · Gas 1%

4 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 Makerfield:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 480 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office465 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test291 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• Bryn Hall Colliery · 1.1 km

  Bryn Hall Colliery was a coal mine on the Lancashire Coalfield in Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. The colliery was first worked 1859 to 1864 by Smit…

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  Three Sisters Circuit · 1.1 km

  The Three Sisters Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near Wigan in Greater Manchester.

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  Bryn railway station · 1.1 km

  Bryn railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Bryn in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. The station is situated on the electrified Liverpool–Wigan line 16+1⁄4 miles (26.2 km) northea…

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  Ashton Athletic F.C. · 1.3 km

  Ashton Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. Affiliated to the Lancashire County Football Association, they are currently members of the North West Count…

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  Bryn, Greater Manchester · 1.3 km

  Bryn is a suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The population of the suburb at the 2011 census was 11,662. Served by Bryn railway station, Bryn is home to…

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  Three Sisters Recreation Area · 1.4 km

  Three Sisters Recreation Area is located in Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. In 2011 it was designated a Local Nature Reserve.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)