Bilsborrow

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:30

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, 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

4 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Brock with Catterall · 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)

37 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 8 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 (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (7.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Preston Marriott (5.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses1
• 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
• 16 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

Cat Smith

Labour

Lancaster and Wyre

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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 Lancaster and Wyre:

• New legislation for ponds to have safety measures to prevent access by children426 local signatures · 9,763 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks274 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018218 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases213 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Bilsborrow · 0.1 km

  Bilsborrow is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Myerscough and Bilsborrow, in the Wyre district, in the county of Lancashire, England. The village population at the 2011 census was 632 and in the…

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  St Hilda's Church, Bilsborrow · 0.2 km

  St Hilda's Church is in Bilsborrow Lane in the village of Bilsborrow, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn…

• Roebuck railway station · 0.2 km

  Roebuck railway station served the village of Bilsborrow, Lancashire, England, from 1840 to 1849 on the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway.

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  Myerscough and Bilsborrow · 0.6 km

  Myerscough and Bilsborrow is a civil parish in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England. It was formed on 1 April 2003 as a merger of the former parishes of Bilsborrow and Myerscough, and lies on the eastern border…

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  Brock railway station · 0.6 km

  Brock railway station served the hamlet of Brock near Bilsborrow, Lancashire, England, from 1849 to 1939 on the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway.

• Myerscough College · 1.3 km

  Myerscough College is a Higher and Further Education college near Bilsborrow on the Fylde in Lancashire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)