Orrell

9°CCloudy

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:30

9h 13m 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 · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

219 reported road collisions (2025)

91 killed or seriously injured · 275 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

254 food businesses within 2 miles

• 199 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

£194,393 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Wigan · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£746 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £542
• 2 bed £700
• 3 bed £838

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,223 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: 156.9p · Esso (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (3.8 km)

14 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,073
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,395
• Net moves+2,678

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 102 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

146 schools · 48,372 pupils

99 primary · 19 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 51 of 53 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wigan

259 CQC-registered services

• Care homes61
• GP practices62
• Dentists57
• Homecare agencies45
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 96% 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)

180 applications decided

88.3% granted · 159 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andy Burnham

Labour (Co-op)

Makerfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 42
• Ref 25
• Oth 7

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

12 jobs advertised · £32,530 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners, Support Worker, Office Cleaners

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Wind 34% · Gas 12% · Imports 10%

46 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

4 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in WN5

• Bradshaw Medical Centre
• Pemberton Surgery
• Newtown Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Makerfield:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 481 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth276 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK197 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals175 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND172 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

• 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

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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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