Bottom of Hutton

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 6° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:36

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

• 5.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

161 reported road collisions (2025)

51 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 19.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

36 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Salwick (3.8 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,340 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Fylde · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£870 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £611
• 2 bed £787
• 3 bed £945

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

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,360 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Bell & Bottle (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• River Ribble Ramblers Raise Over £700 for BBC Children in Need· 2 Nov 2026
• Government Confirms Timetable for Local Government Reorganisation Review in Lancashire· 29 Oct 2026
• Council Rules Out Legal Challenge to Morgan and Morecambe Wind Farm Decision· 26 Oct 2026
• Save the Date: St Annes International Kite Festival Soars Back for 2027· 26 Oct 2026
• Fylde’s Community Sports Heroes Shortlisted for 2026 Awards· 22 Oct 2026

Source: Fylde Council

81,374 residents in Fylde · 491/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,989
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,582
• Net moves+1,407

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 188 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 41,660)

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

37 schools · 9,381 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fylde

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

108 applications decided

97.2% granted · 105 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative majority

• Lab 2
• Con 22
• LD 2
• Oth 11

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

4,070 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£839 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,058 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,631 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

9 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in PR4

• Weeton Medical Centre
• Longton Health Centre
• Kirkham Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fylde:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases541 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth236 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK221 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills180 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately171 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• Ribble Way · 1.5 km

  The Ribble way is a long-distance walk between the Lancashire coast and the Yorkshire Dales National Park largely following the course of the River Ribble.

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  Freckleton Pool · 1.8 km

  Freckleton Pool or Dow Brook is a tributary of the River Ribble running through the Fylde plain in Lancashire, England, flowing for 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) past the towns of Kirkham and Freckleton west of Preston.

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  River Douglas, Lancashire · 2.2 km

  The River Douglas, also known as the River Asland or Astland, flows through parts of Lancashire and Greater Manchester in North West England. It is a tributary of the River Ribble and has several tributaries, the majo…

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  Clifton, Lancashire · 2.5 km

  Clifton is a village in the English county of Lancashire and in the district of Fylde. The village is part of the civil parish of Newton-with-Clifton. It is situated on the A583 road, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) we…

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  Freckleton Air Disaster · 2.5 km

  On 23 August 1944, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Consolidated B-24H Liberator crashed during a test flight into the centre of the village of Freckleton, Lancashire, England, killing all three crewmen aboard…

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  Freckleton · 2.5 km

  Freckleton is a village and civil parish on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, England, to the south of Kirkham and east of the seaside resort of Lytham St. Annes. In 2001 the parish had a population of 6,045, reducing to…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)