Adlington (Chorley)

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 14° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

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

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

42 reported · July 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Public order4
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Adlington & Anderton · Lancashire

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

220 reported road collisions (2024)

59 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 18.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

98 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Adlington (0.4 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£212,647 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Chorley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£792 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £594
• 2 bed £758
• 3 bed £897

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (5.7 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: M61 (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches19
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Successful prosecution reinforces Chorley's commitment to passenger safety· 3 Sept 2026
• Council backs Best Bar None accreditation scheme for licensed venues· 28 Aug 2026
• Enjoy pirates and proms at Astley Park’s open-air summer events· 19 Aug 2026
• Chorley's first-ever Habitat Bank opens in Croston· 19 Aug 2026
• Chorley Flower Show blooms with success!· 13 Aug 2026

Source: Chorley Council

117,730 residents in Chorley · 581/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 192 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 53,180)

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

73 schools · 17,889 pupils

50 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 31 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chorley

1,255 CQC-registered services

• Care homes423
• GP practices184
• Dentists250
• Homecare agencies290
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

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

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

108 applications decided

95.4% granted · 103 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Lindsay Hoyle

Speaker

Chorley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 29
• Con 4
• Grn 1
• Ref 7
• Oth 1

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens33
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

33 jobs advertised · £25,198 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Lead Design Engineer, AVON Representatives wanted in Adlington, Lancashire, England – start today

Source: Adzuna

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,589 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,947 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 57% · Imports 18% · Gas 10% · Biomass 7%

49 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in PR6

• Withnell Health Centre
• Whittle Surgery
• Granville House Med Ctre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chorley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office457 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s420 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership339 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test268 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth258 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  St Paul's Church, Adlington · 0.1 km

  St Paul's Church is in Railway Road, Adlington, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorde…

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  Adlington, Lancashire · 0.3 km

  Adlington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, near the West Pennine Moors. It is 3 miles south of Chorley. It became a separate parish in 1842 then grew into a township arou…

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  Christ Church, Adlington · 0.3 km

  Christ Church is on Church Street, Adlington, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican church, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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  Adlington railway station (Lancashire) · 0.4 km

  Adlington railway station serves the town of Adlington in Lancashire, England. It is a two-platform station on the Bolton - Chorley - Preston line, forming part of the Northern service link between Preston and Manches…

• White Bear railway station · 0.5 km

  White Bear railway station, on Station Road, Adlington, Lancashire, England, was on the Lancashire Union Railway line between St Helens and Blackburn. The station was named in some timetables as White Bear (Adlington)…

• Rawlinson Bridge railway station · 0.8 km

  Rawlinson Bridge was the first railway station in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. The station was located in the village of Heath Charnock and was situated on the Bolton and Preston Railway. The stati…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)