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Littleborough

Littleborough is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 13,807. It has 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 3 restaurants and cafés, 59 bus stops, and Littleborough railway station is 0.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £217,592. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Littleborough area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rochdale area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 223,773 residents at roughly 1,416 people per km².

Council
Rochdale
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Rochdale
Police force
Greater Manchester
23/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 292nd of 294 English council areas — better than 1% of them.

Low crime13
Home affordability82
Affordable rents71
Good schools8
Life expectancy11
Low deprivation5
Employment8
Low council tax11

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

20°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 20° / 13° · 37% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

189 reported road collisions (2024)

65 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

153 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 124 rated 4–5 ★ (108 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Littleborough (0.2 km)
  • 51 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Littleborough (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£210,083 average 4.6% YoY

Across Rochdale · to 2026-06

Detached£364,192
Semi-detached£226,622
Terraced£171,888
Flat£115,699

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£844 average monthly rent 7.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £614
  • 2 bed £789
  • 3 bed £948

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

Affordability

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (7.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (11.2 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Mccormick (UK) LTD-Littleborough (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches17
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

223,773 residents in Rochdale · 1,416/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 17 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

30% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,601 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 98,090)

A £1,734
B £2,023
C £2,312
D £2,601
E £3,179
F £3,757
G £4,335
H £5,202

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

Schools

105 schools · 38,108 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 31 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

90inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hollingworth AcademyGood
  • St Anne's Church of England AcademyGood
  • Edgar Wood AcademyRequires improvement
  • Newhouse AcademyRequires improvement
  • St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
  • Dixons Middleton Academy
  • Falinge Park High School
  • Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
  • Kingsway Park High School
  • Matthew Moss High School
  • Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
  • Wardle Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochdale

Care & health services

221 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes61
  • GP practices46
  • Dentists38
  • Homecare agencies57
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rochdale

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Littleborough Town Centre Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 52 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

132 applications decided

88.6% granted · 117 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Paul Waugh

Labour (Co-op)

Rochdale

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoMotion to sit in private

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 31
  • Con 7
  • LD 3
  • Ref 15
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

21 jobs advertised · £28,392 avg

e.g. Online Biology Tutoring Job in Littleborough – Flexible Schedule, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Littleborough – Flexible Schedule, Become a Biology Tutor in Littleborough – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£690 median full-time weekly pay

5.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,053 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 105,798 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 64% · Gas 13% · Solar 11% · Imports 9%

127 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 76.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.2 women · 53.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rochdale:

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

Notable places nearby

  • The Wheatsheaf, Littleborough · 0.1 km

    The Wheatsheaf is a Grade II listed former public house on Church Street in Littleborough, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the early 1860s, it stands on the si…

  • Ealees Brook · 0.1 km

    Ealees Brook is a water course in Greater Manchester named after the Ealees area of Littleborough. It flows northwards from the Ealees Valley to the River Roch in Littleborough.

  • Littleborough, Greater Manchester · 0.1 km

    Littleborough is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Roch Valley by the foothills of the South Pennines, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Rochdale and 13 miles (20.9…

  • Littleborough railway station · 0.2 km

    Littleborough railway station serves the town of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

  • Town House Brook · 0.5 km

    Town House Brook is a watercourse in Greater Manchester and a tributary of the River Roch.

  • The Old Duke, Littleborough · 0.5 km

    The Old Duke is a Grade II listed former public house on Ealees in Littleborough, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1820 as a house, three cottages were added to…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Littleborough?
Littleborough is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Rochdale local authority.
What is the population of Littleborough?
Littleborough has an approximate settlement population of 13,807.
How deprived is Littleborough?
The Rochdale local authority, which includes Littleborough, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.