Westhoughton

11°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 8° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:33

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, 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)

217 food businesses within 2 miles

• 154 rated 4–5 ★ (109 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Westhoughton (0.8 km)
• 53 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 (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (7.9 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

53 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Bolton Road (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds14

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

• Not in 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

Phil Brickell

Labour

Bolton West

Source: UK Parliament

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)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

46 jobs advertised · £32,294 avg

e.g. 7.5t Driver Bulk, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, NPD Placement Student

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

68% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Wind 23% · Gas 22% · Imports 10%

87 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in BL5

• Stable Fold Surgery
• Unsworth Group Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolton West:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth317 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases224 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK165 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND141 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules132 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

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

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  Westhoughton Urban District · 0.2 km

  Westhoughton was, from 1872 to 1974, a local government district centred on the town of Westhoughton in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.

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  Westhoughton Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Westhoughton Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall is the meeting place of Westhoughton Town Council.

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  Westhoughton · 0.3 km

  Westhoughton is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Bolton, 5 miles (8 km) east of Wigan and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Manchester.

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  White Lion, Westhoughton · 0.3 km

  The White Lion is a Grade II listed public house on Market Street in Westhoughton, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the early 19th century, it also served as the…

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  Westhoughton Mill · 0.3 km

  Westhoughton Mill or Rowe and Dunscough's Mill, on Mill Street in Westhoughton, near Bolton in the historic English county of Lancashire, was the site of a Luddite arson attack in 1812. The mill was built in 1804 by R…

• Westhoughton High School · 0.5 km

  Westhoughton High School (WHS) is an 11–16 mixed, community secondary school in Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)