Chapeltown

9°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:29

9h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: West Pennine · Lancashire

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

286 reported road collisions (2025)

90 killed or seriously injured · 390 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

85 food businesses within 2 miles

• 71 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Entwistle (2.1 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£160,727 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Blackburn with Darwen · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£714 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £535
• 2 bed £662
• 3 bed £782

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

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,745 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: 154.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: The Red Lion (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

154,735 residents in Blackburn with Darwen · 1,129/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,147
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,799
• Net moves+348

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 11 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

37% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (56% of 64,050)

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

90 schools · 29,988 pupils

57 primary · 12 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 26 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Blackburn with Darwen

151 CQC-registered services

• Care homes35
• GP practices30
• Dentists31
• Homecare agencies37
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Blackburn with Darwen

• In a conservation area (Chapeltown)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

97 applications decided

97.9% granted · 95 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andy MacNae

Labour

Rossendale and Darwen

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 5
• Ref 9
• Oth 17

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,555 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

51 jobs advertised · £32,856 avg

e.g. HR Business Partner, HR Manager and Business Partner, Car Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

£650 median full-time weekly pay

5.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,707 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 76,015 certificates

14.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 45% · Wind 30% · Gas 13% · Imports 11%

54 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81 yrs women · 76.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.4 women · 54 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BL7

• Edgworth Medical Centre
• Bromley Meadows Surgery
• Bolton Adult Adhd Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rossendale and Darwen:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth239 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK192 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately175 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND146 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills133 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• 
  Chapeltown, Lancashire · 0.1 km

  Chapeltown is a village of the civil parish of North Turton, in the Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, in the north west of England. It is on the B6391 road, on the southern slopes of the West Pennine Moors. The…

• 
  St Anne's Church, Turton · 0.1 km

  St Anne's Church is a Grade II listed building in Chapeltown, Turton, in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Manchester and is p…

• 
  Turton and Edgworth railway station · 0.3 km

  Turton and Edgworth railway station, located at 4 miles, 856 yards from Bolton, on the Bolton to Blackburn line, opened as Chapel Town Station. The short length original low height platform seen in early photographs a…

• 
  North Turton · 0.4 km

  North Turton is a civil parish of the unitary authority area of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 the civil parish has a population of 3,736, increasing to 3,867…

• 
  Turton Tower · 0.5 km

  Turton Tower is a manor house in Chapeltown in North Turton, Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade I listed building.

• 
  Turton, Lancashire · 0.6 km

  Turton is a historical area in the North West of England. It is part of the ceremonial counties of Lancashire and Greater Manchester. The Turton area is located north of Bolton and south of Blackburn. The area histori…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)