Barton (Preston)

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:30

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, 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

10 reported · August 2026▲ 150% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Preston Rural North · Lancashire

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

346 reported road collisions (2025)

115 killed or seriously injured · 453 casualties · 23.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

38 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Salwick (7.6 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£188,103 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across Preston · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£790 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £579
• 2 bed £731
• 3 bed £859

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

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (4.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,930 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: 151.9p · Esso (5.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (5.1 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Preston Marriott (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

147,836 residents in Preston · 1,039/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,816
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,788
• Net moves+1,028

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 57 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,576 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 70,350)

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

81 schools · 21,954 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 23 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Preston

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
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

146 applications decided

91.1% granted · 133 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Maya Ellis

Labour

Ribble Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 22
• Con 3
• LD 14
• Grn 2
• Ref 5
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £27,645 avg

e.g. Lawn Operative

Source: Adzuna

£722 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,616 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 · 78,503 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 45% · Wind 30% · Gas 12% · Imports 11%

50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.2 yrs women · 77 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

4 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in PR3

• Garstang Medical Practice
• Berry Lane Medical Centre
• Great Eccleston Hlth Ctr

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ribble Valley:

• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018404 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth246 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK203 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases180 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills158 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Barton, Preston · 0.0 km

  Barton is a linear village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. The parish had a population of 1,493, according to the 2021 census.

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  St Lawrence's Church, Barton · 0.1 km

  St Lawrence's Church is in Garstang Road, Barton, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn. The church was built in 1895–96, and was designed by R. Knill Freeman…

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  Preston Rural North · 0.4 km

  Preston Rural North is an electoral ward in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. The ward is the largest by area in the city, containing the smaller and smallest villages from the northern areas of Preston, from…

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  Barton and Broughton railway station · 1.0 km

  Barton and Broughton railway station served the villages of Barton and Broughton in Lancashire, England, from 1840 to 1965 on the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway.

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  RAF Barton Hall · 1.3 km

  Royal Air Force Barton Hall or more simply RAF Barton Hall is a former Royal Air Force station situated between the villages of Barton and Broughton, near Preston, Lancashire, England.

• Broughton railway station (England) · 2.1 km

  Broughton railway station served the village of Broughton, Lancashire, England, from June to November 1840 on the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)