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Burscough

Burscough is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 8,799. It has around 1 pharmacy and 7 restaurants and cafés, 41 bus stops, and Burscough Junction railway station is 0.1 km away. There were around 38 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Burscough area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Lancashire area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 117,431 residents at roughly 339 people per km².

Council
West Lancashire
County
Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 58th of 294 English council areas — better than 80% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability67
Affordable rents79
Good schools37
Life expectancy53
Low deprivation56
Employment65
Low council tax44

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°CSunny

  • Today: 21° / 15° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:32

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

53 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour24
  • Violence & sexual offences18
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Burscough Town · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Business Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour, Off Road Bikes
  • Business Crime, ASB and Road Safety (Including off road bikes)

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

Road safety

156 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

84 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 66 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Burscough Junction (0.1 km)
  • 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Burscough Junction (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£231,816 average 4.3% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-06

Detached£367,905
Semi-detached£226,057
Terraced£173,702
Flat£119,652

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£803 average monthly rent 6.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £587
  • 2 bed £729
  • 3 bed £842

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · ESSO (10.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

28 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Zapgo - The Stanley Club (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,431 residents in West Lancashire · 339/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 178 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,637
B £1,910
C £2,183
D £2,456
E £3,002
F £3,548
G £4,094
H £4,912

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

Schools

73 schools · 16,020 pupils

55 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Burscough Priory AcademyGood
  • Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeGood
  • Ormskirk School
  • St Bede's Catholic High School
  • Tarleton Academy
  • Up Holland High School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

119 applications decided

81.5% granted · 97 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Ashley Dalton

Labour

West Lancashire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 13
  • Con 12
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 13

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

41 jobs advertised · £41,441 avg

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Care Assistant, Senior Care Assistant (Days)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 38% · Wind 32% · Imports 11% · Gas 10%

43 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Lancashire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Burscough Junction railway station · 0.2 km

    Burscough Junction pronounced is one of two railway stations serving the town of Burscough in Lancashire, England. It is sited on the Ormskirk Branch Line, 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) north of Ormskirk and is served by Norther…

  • Burscough · 0.4 km

    Burscough is a town and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. The town is located approximately 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Liverpool and 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Preston. I…

  • Burscough Priory Academy · 0.6 km

    Burscough Priory Academy is an Academy in Burscough, Lancashire, England. It officially opened on 10 June 1958 as Burscough County Secondary School under the Headship of Brian Stone, and cost just over £120,000 to bui…

  • Burscough Methodist Church · 0.6 km

    Burscough Methodist Church, formally Wesleyan Chapel at Burscough Bridge, is situated in Burscough and is part of the Lancashire West Methodist Circuit. It was built in between 1868 and 1869 of a brick construction in…

  • St John the Baptist Church, Burscough · 0.7 km

    St John the Baptist Church is in Liverpool Road North, Burscough, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. I…

  • Burscough Curves · 0.7 km

    The Burscough Curves were railway curves in Lancashire, England, that connected the Ormskirk branch line with the Manchester–Southport line. They formed a vital link for passengers and freight between Southport, Prest…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Burscough?
Burscough is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Lancashire local authority.
What is the population of Burscough?
Burscough has an approximate settlement population of 8,799.
How deprived is Burscough?
The West Lancashire local authority, which includes Burscough, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.