Altham

15°CMist

• Today: 17° / 10° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Bury Radcliffe, United Kingdom

113 reported · July 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences50
• Anti-social behaviour26
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Public order6

Neighbourhood team: Altham · Lancashire

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

176 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

460 food businesses within 2 miles

• 375 rated 4–5 ★ (242 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Huncoat (1.8 km)
• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£134,515 average▲ 9.9% YoY

Across Burnley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£628 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £463
• 2 bed £585
• 3 bed £692

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

4.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.2 times median annual pay (3.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (11.3 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: ICUEVE900243 (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

94,646 residents in Burnley · 855/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 11 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

38% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,549 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 43,050)

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

59 schools · 15,630 pupils

30 primary · 5 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

49inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Burnley

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
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

64 applications decided

84.4% granted · 54 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Smith

Labour

Hyndburn

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 3
• LD 6
• Grn 3
• Ref 12
• Oth 11

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

25 jobs advertised · £37,569 avg

e.g. Online French Tutor - Part Time, Become a French Tutor in Altham – Flexible & Remote, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£670 median full-time weekly pay

5.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,928 disposable income per head (2024)

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

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,300 certificates

16.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 35% · Imports 14% · Biomass 7%

28 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.0
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

21 GP surgeries · 17 pharmacies in BB5

• Peel House Medical Practice
• Arg Healthcare
• Oswald Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hyndburn:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office402 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership309 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s305 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Expand statutory SEN allowance entitlement to Teaching Assistants in SEN schools246 local signatures · 17,598 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases224 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  A678 road · 0.4 km

  The A678 is a road in Lancashire, England, which runs between the towns of Blackburn and Padiham.

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  Clayton-le-Moors · 0.7 km

  Clayton-le-Moors is an industrial town in the Borough of Hyndburn in the county of Lancashire, England. located two miles north of Accrington. The town has a population of 8,522 according to the 2011 census.

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  Hyndburn (constituency) · 1.1 km

  Hyndburn is a constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sarah Smith of the Labour Party.

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  Hyndburn · 1.1 km

  Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Accrington, the largest town, and the borough also covers the outlying towns of Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwo…

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  Oakenshaw, Lancashire · 1.2 km

  Oakenshaw is part of Clayton-le-Moors in Lancashire, England.

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  Accrington brick · 1.2 km

  Accrington bricks, or Nori, are a type of iron-hard engineering brick, produced in Altham near Accrington, Lancashire, England from 1887 to 2008 and again from 2015. They were famed for their strength, and were used f…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)