Appley Bridge

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:34

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

8 reported · August 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Rural North East · Lancashire

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

185 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 15.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

73 food businesses within 2 miles

• 61 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Appley Bridge (0.1 km)
• 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£240,850 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£805 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £731
• 3 bed £845

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

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,476 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: 156.9p · Esso (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Golden Days Garden Centre (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

117,431 residents in West Lancashire · 339/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,994
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,457
• Net moves+1,537

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (28% of 52,760)

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

73 schools · 16,020 pupils

55 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 23 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lancashire

1,255 CQC-registered services

• Care homes424
• GP practices184
• Dentists248
• Homecare agencies288
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

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

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

154 applications decided

85.1% granted · 131 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ashley Dalton

Labour

West Lancashire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 13
• Con 12
• Ref 7
• Oth 13

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £34,552 avg

e.g. Work from Home Independent Contractor, Payroll Admin, Internet Crowd Worker

Source: Adzuna

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,532 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,300 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 51% · Wind 25% · Imports 13% · Gas 7%

33 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

12 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WN6

• The Dicconson Group Practice
• Beech Hill Medical Practice
• Standish Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Lancashire:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices744 local signatures · 8,814 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth197 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND175 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK148 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills128 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Appley Bridge · 0.1 km

  Appley Bridge is a village in West Lancashire, England. It straddles the borders of Greater Manchester and Lancashire, England. It is located off Junction 27 of the M6 motorway and is nestled in the Douglas Valley alo…

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  Appley Bridge railway station · 0.2 km

  Appley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Appley Bridge in West Lancashire and Shevington in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester in England. The station is 4.4 miles (7 km) north-west of W…

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  Appley Bridge meteorite · 0.7 km

  The Appley Bridge meteorite is a meteorite that hit ground at Halliwell Farm in Appley Bridge, Lancashire, England at around 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, 13 October 1914.

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  Wrightington Hospital · 1.5 km

  Wrightington Hospital is a health facility in Wrightington, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.

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  Douglas Navigation · 1.8 km

  The Douglas Navigation was a canalised section of the River Douglas or Asland, in Lancashire, England, running from its confluence with the River Ribble to Wigan. It was authorised in 1720, and some work was carried o…

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  Shevington · 2.1 km

  Shevington is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The population of the Wigan ward called Shevington and Lower Ground had increased to 11,482 at the 2011 C…

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