Catterall

16°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 15° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:32

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

18 reported · July 2026▼ 47% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Public order2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Brock with Catterall · Lancashire

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

180 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

87 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£193,024 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Wyre · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£737 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £523
• 2 bed £711
• 3 bed £848

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (11.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: High Street Car Park, Garstang 3 (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Restrictions lifted on Lord Street following successful inspection· 11 Sept 2026
• Heritage Open Days 2026 invites residents and visitors to discover Wyre's rich history· 7 Sept 2026
• Dog fouling fine to increase to £250 across Wyre· 7 Sept 2026
• Entries Deadline Extended for the Wyre Business Awards 2026· 4 Sept 2026
• New Play Facilities Officially Open at Memorial Park· 3 Sept 2026

Source: Wyre Council

111,945 residents in Wyre · 397/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 147 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,461 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 55,960)

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

57 schools · 14,449 pupils

41 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

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

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wyre

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
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

136 applications decided

86.8% granted · 118 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Cat Smith

Labour

Lancaster and Wyre

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• Ref 4
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £25,350 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£709 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,839 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,701 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 47% · Wind 32% · Imports 11% · Gas 8%

35 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lancaster and Wyre:

• New legislation for ponds to have safety measures to prevent access by children397 local signatures · 4,085 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s331 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership318 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership309 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Catterall · 0.3 km

  Catterall is a village and civil parish in the borough of Wyre, Lancashire, England. Historically in the Amounderness Hundred, it is situated on the A6 between Lancaster and Preston, a short distance from the town of…

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  Bowgreave · 1.2 km

  Bowgreave is a village in the parish of Barnacre-with-Bonds, Lancashire, England. Its nearest town is Garstang, a mile to the north.

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  Garstang Community Academy · 1.2 km

  Garstang Community Academy is a secondary school with academy status in the parish of Barnacre-with-Bonds near Garstang in Lancashire, England. It is a coed institution serving children aged 11 to 16. It is non denomi…

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  St Helen's Church, Churchtown · 1.5 km

  St Helen's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Churchtown in Lancashire, England. Historically, it was the parish church of Garstang; today, as Garstang is split into more than one ecclesiastical parish, St…

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  Kirkland, Lancashire · 1.6 km

  Kirkland is a civil parish, located on the banks of the River Wyre, midway between Preston and Lancaster, in the English county of Lancashire. It is also the historic name of what is now the village of Churchtown, wit…

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  Garstang and Catterall railway station · 1.7 km

  Garstang and Catterall railway station served as the interchange between the Garstang and Knot-End Railway and the London and North Western Railway, in Lancashire, England. The station was in the parish of Barnacre-wi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)