Barnoldswick

16°CLight rain shower

• Today: 16° / 9° · 89% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:34

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

41 reported · July 2026▼ 28% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Other theft3
• Shoplifting3

Neighbourhood team: Barnoldswick · Lancashire

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

143 reported road collisions (2024)

38 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

124 food businesses within 2 miles

• 111 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Colne (7.1 km)
• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£149,613 average▲ 8.6% YoY

Across Pendle · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£666 average monthly rent▲ 6.2% YoY

• 1 bed £494
• 2 bed £629
• 3 bed £734

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

4.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.5 times median annual pay (3.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (10.2 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Ellis Street Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Sports pitches29
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Overnight resurfacing works to minimise disruption as Nelson town centre scheme completes· 8 Sept 2026
• Food and drinks discount for theatre-goers at Colne Market Hall· 4 Sept 2026
• Annual electoral canvass household visits· 3 Sept 2026
• Council, Police and Fire Service working together to tackle late-night fireworks· 3 Sept 2026
• Council condemns vandalism of Nelson war memorial· 2 Sept 2026

Source: Pendle Council

95,757 residents in Pendle · 565/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 36 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

32% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,640 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 41,670)

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

55 schools · 14,890 pupils

37 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 18 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Pendle

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
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

113 applications decided

85.8% granted · 97 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jonathan Hinder

Labour

Pendle and Clitheroe

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Con 8
• LD 7
• Ref 5
• Oth 13

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,550 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

67 jobs advertised · £34,479 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Assembly Line Upholsterer, Become a Applied Mathematics Tutor in Salterforth – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£620 median full-time weekly pay

5.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,449 disposable income per head (2024)

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

26% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,326 certificates

16% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

97% low-carbon electricity

Wind 71% · Biomass 15% · Nuclear 6% · Solar 6%

30 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BB18

• The Pendle Medical Partnership
• Barnoldswick Med Ctr
• James Bontoft Optometrist Ltd

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pendle and Clitheroe:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office413 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s354 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership302 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases214 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership204 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Barnoldswick railway station · 0.2 km

  Barnoldswick was the only railway station on the Midland Railway's 1-mile-64-chain (2.9 km) long Barnoldswick Branch in the West Riding of Yorkshire in England ; it served the market town of Barnoldswick. The line lef…

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  Barnoldswick · 0.5 km

  Barnoldswick is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It lies within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated 30 miles (48 km) from Leeds and 40 m…

• West Craven · 0.6 km

  West Craven is an area in the east of Lancashire, England in the far northern part of the borough of Pendle. Historically the area was within the ancient county boundaries of Yorkshire and was administered as part o…

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  Coates (ward) · 0.7 km

  Coates was one of the 20 electoral wards that formed the Parliamentary constituency of Pendle, Lancashire, England. The ward returned three councillors to represent the northern half of Barnoldswick on Pendle Borough…

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  Barnoldswick Town F.C. · 0.7 km

  Barnoldswick Town Football Club is a football club based in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division and play at Greenberfield Lane. They are aff…

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  West Craven High School, Barnoldswick · 0.8 km

  West Craven High School is a mixed 11 to 16 comprehensive school in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)