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Chipping

Chipping is a village in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 618. It has two bus stops and around 1 restaurant and café. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Chipping area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Ribble Valley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 61,558 residents at roughly 106 people per km².

Council
Ribble Valley
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Police force
Lancashire
79/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 1st of 294 English council areas — better than 100% of them.

Low crime99
Home affordability88
Affordable rents100
Good schools15
Life expectancy91
Low deprivation89
Employment98
Low council tax63

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

15°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 16° / 9° · 89% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 12° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:36

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

Crime

6 reported · July 2026 100% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1
  • Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Chipping · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Road safety, Anti-social Behaviour and supporting people with vulnerabilities

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

Road safety

100 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 150 casualties · 16.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

28 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 26 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Clitheroe (12.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£287,641 average 5% YoY

Across Ribble Valley · to 2026-06

Detached£451,721
Semi-detached£280,865
Terraced£203,416
Flat£159,269

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£816 average monthly rent 5.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £607
  • 2 bed £770
  • 3 bed £934

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

Affordability

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

61,558 residents in Ribble Valley · 106/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 282 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,387 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 29,810)

A £1,591
B £1,856
C £2,121
D £2,387
E £2,917
F £3,447
G £3,978
H £4,773

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

Schools

45 schools · 12,467 pupils

32 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Clitheroe Royal Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Bowland HighGood
  • St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
  • Longridge High SchoolRequires improvement
  • St Cecilia's RC High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ribble Valley

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
  • 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

100 applications decided

84% granted · 84 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 5
  • Con 16
  • LD 6
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 4
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£833 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,041 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,148 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ribble Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Bartholomew's Church, Chipping · 0.5 km

    St Bartholomew's Church is in the village of Chipping, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice i…

  • Kirk Mill · 0.5 km

    Kirk Mill is an early example of an Arkwright-type cotton mill and a grade II listed building in Chipping, Lancashire. Built in the 1780s on the site of a corn mill dating back to at least 1544, it operated as a cotto…

  • Chipping, Lancashire · 0.7 km

    Chipping is a village and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its grid reference is SD6243, and the nearest substantial s…

  • Hesketh End · 2.2 km

    Hesketh End is an historic building in the English village of Chipping, Lancashire. Built in 1591, with later additions made in the early 17th century, it is now a Grade I listed building.

  • Bowland-with-Leagram · 2.4 km

    Bowland-with-Leagram is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, covering part of the Forest of Bowland. According to the census, the parish had a population of 181 in 1951, 128 in 2001 and…

  • Bowland Forest Gliding Club · 2.5 km

    Bowland Forest Gliding Club (BFGC) is a British gliding club near the village of Chipping, Lancashire. It was formed as the Blackpool and Fylde Gliding Club in 1930, and is a members-only club, with no paid employees.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Chipping?
Chipping is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Ribble Valley local authority.
What is the population of Chipping?
Chipping has an approximate settlement population of 618.
How deprived is Chipping?
The Ribble Valley local authority, which includes Chipping, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.