Westhoughton

21°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 21° / 13° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Westhoughton South · Greater Manchester

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

310 reported road collisions (2024)

93 killed or seriously injured · 410 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

218 food businesses within 2 miles

• 156 rated 4–5 ★ (107 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

£202,770 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Bolton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£884 average monthly rent▲ 9.9% YoY

• 1 bed £647
• 2 bed £806
• 3 bed £978

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (5.2 km)

34 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)

• Child safe travel scheme adds another school· 9 Sept 2026
• Free school meal holiday vouchers· 8 Sept 2026
• Local jobseekers prospects boosted by Bolton’s Jobs and Skills Fair· 7 Sept 2026
• Bolton International Film Festival returns for landmark tenth edition· 7 Sept 2026
• Bolton Young Chef of the Year winners announced· 4 Sept 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 47 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 55,431 pupils

97 primary · 18 secondary · 31 other

Ofsted: 47 of 51 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

128inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolton

277 CQC-registered services

• Care homes59
• GP practices63
• Dentists54
• Homecare agencies64
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bolton

• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

227 applications decided

73.6% granted · 167 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Phil Brickell

Labour

Bolton West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 19
• 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)

12,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

63 jobs advertised · £34,168 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Manufacturing Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£675 median full-time weekly pay

5.2% 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

73% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 53% · Imports 15% · Solar 13% · Gas 12%

54 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolton West:

• Statutory paid leave for parents whose child is undergoing cancer treatment532 local signatures · 3,716 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office422 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s337 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth317 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership300 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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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)