Whitworth

9°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 8° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:30

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

44 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Public order4
• Vehicle crime3

Neighbourhood team: Whitworth · Lancashire

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

219 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 9.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

82 food businesses within 2 miles

• 68 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Smithy Bridge (4.9 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£211,022 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across Rochdale · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£855 average monthly rent▲ 8.5% YoY

• 1 bed £622
• 2 bed £799
• 3 bed £960

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

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

2,448 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: 155.9p · Esso (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (10.6 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Rochdale Infirmary (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Gold rush at North West in Bloom Awards· 3 Nov 2026
• Lest We Forget: borough comes together to reflect and remember· 27 Oct 2026
• Rochdale foster carers honoured for 465 years of dedicated service· 26 Oct 2026
• Wheels fall off for drivers who failed to stop for Heywood school crossing patrol· 23 Oct 2026
• Rochdale crowned Britain in Bloom champion after striking gold· 22 Oct 2026

Source: Rochdale Council

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,487
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,792
• Net moves+695

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 19 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

31% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,601 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

105 schools · 38,119 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 23 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochdale

224 CQC-registered services

• Care homes62
• GP practices46
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rochdale

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

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

161 applications decided

87.6% granted · 141 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andy MacNae

Labour

Rossendale and Darwen

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,360 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£690 median full-time weekly pay

6% 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

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 39% · Wind 29% · Gas 20% · Imports 9%

82 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

9 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in OL12

• Whitworth Medical Centre
• Ashworth Street Surgery
• Mark Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rossendale and Darwen:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth239 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK192 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately175 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND146 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills133 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Whitworth railway station · 0.1 km

  Whitworth railway station served the town of Whitworth, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947.

• Whitworth Community High School · 0.3 km

  Whitworth Community High School is a secondary school in the village of Whitworth, Rossendale, Lancashire. It is currently designated as "Good" by Ofsted in all categories.

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  Whitworth, Lancashire · 0.8 km

  Whitworth is a town and civil parish in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, amongst the foothills of the Pennines between Bacup, to the north, and Rochdale, to the south. It had a population of 7,500 at the 2011 Census.

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  Cowm Reservoir · 1.3 km

  Cowm Reservoir in Whitworth was built following the 1866 Rochdale Waterworks Act. The reservoir is owned by United Utilities.

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  Facit railway station · 1.4 km

  Facit railway station served Facit near Whitworth, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1870 until closure to passengers in 1947 and freight in 1963.

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  Broadley railway station · 1.5 km

  Broadley railway station served Broadley in Rochdale, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)