Orrell

15°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 14° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m 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

7 reported · July 2026▼ 61% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Public order2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Shoplifting1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Orrell · 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)

256 food businesses within 2 miles

• 204 rated 4–5 ★ (145 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Orrell (1.0 km)
• 35 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: 156.9p · Esso (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (4 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Dearden Way, Up Holland (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds8

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
• 49 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)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £46,247 avg

e.g. Property End of Tenancy Cleaners, Residential End of Lease Cleaners, Domestic End of Tenancy Cleaning Specialist

Source: Adzuna

£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

90% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 49% · Wind 31% · Biomass 11% · Gas 5%

34 gCO₂/kWh · 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

• Orrell Urban District · 0.2 km

  Orrell Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. Its boundaries were centred on Orrell, but also included parts of Upholland.

• Wire FM · 0.5 km

  Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West (Warrington) is an Independent Local Radio station serving the Warrington, Widnes and Runcorn areas of Cheshire.

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  St Peter's Catholic High School · 0.5 km

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  The Mount, Wigan · 0.6 km

  The Mount is a Grade II listed public house on Orrell Road in Orrell, a suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the early 19th century as a house for colliery owner John Clarke, it was later occupied by…

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  Orrell, Greater Manchester · 0.8 km

  Orrell is a suburb of Wigan in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The population of the ward had fallen at the 2011 Census to 11,513. The area lies 3 miles (4.8 km) to the west of Wigan to…

• Tower FM · 0.8 km

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