Church

6°CClear

• Today: 10° / 4° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:34

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

404 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences152
• Anti-social behaviour67
• Public order30
• Criminal damage & arson29

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Church · Lancashire

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

153 reported road collisions (2025)

45 killed or seriously injured · 226 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 409 rated 4–5 ★ (261 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Church and Oswaldtwistle (0.1 km)
• 48 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£142,964 average▲ 7.6% YoY

Across Hyndburn · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£648 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £485
• 2 bed £621
• 3 bed £727

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

4.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.1 times median annual pay (3.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,112 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: 168.7p · Asda (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (10.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

46 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Oswaldtwistle Mills Home and LifestyleMoscow Mills (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

82,234 residents in Hyndburn · 1,127/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,299
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,957
• Net moves+342

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 16 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

32% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,466 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 37,950)

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

47 schools · 12,562 pupils

34 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 14 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hyndburn

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

• In a conservation area (Church Canalside)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

64 applications decided

76.6% granted · 49 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sarah Smith

Labour

Hyndburn

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 16
• Con 8
• Ref 8
• Oth 2

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

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,865 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

38 jobs advertised · £33,467 avg

e.g. Sales Administration Team Leader, Customer Service Administrator, Fabricator Panel Beater

Source: Adzuna

£678 median full-time weekly pay

5.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,638 disposable income per head (2024)

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

29% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 42,226 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 47% · Wind 23% · Gas 14% · Imports 12%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.6 yrs women · 78 yrs men

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

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

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

21 GP surgeries · 17 pharmacies in BB5

• Peel House Medical Practice
• Arg Healthcare
• Oswald Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hyndburn:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth153 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 153 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Introduce a national strategy to tackle the cat overpopulation and rescue crisis122 local signatures · 18,774 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK120 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Church & Oswaldtwistle railway station · 0.2 km

  Church & Oswaldtwistle railway station serves both the village of Church and the town of Oswaldtwistle, in Lancashire, England. The station is 5+1⁄3 miles (8.6 km) east of Blackburn railway station, on the East Lancas…

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  Church, Lancashire · 0.5 km

  Church is a large village in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, situated one mile (1.6 km) west of Accrington. The village had a population of 5,186 at the 2011 census, an increase from 3,990 according to the 2001 census.

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  St James' Church, Church Kirk · 0.7 km

  St James' Church is an redundant church in St James' Road, Church, Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. It was an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Accrington, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of…

• Rhyddings · 0.7 km

  Rhyddings is a mixed secondary school in Oswaldtwistle in the English county of Lancashire.

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  Oswaldtwistle Town Hall · 0.7 km

  Oswaldtwistle Town Hall is a municipal building in Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, a town in Lancashire, England. The building accommodated the Oswaldtwistle Civic Arts Centre until it closed in 2023.

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  Aspden · 0.8 km

  Aspden is the historic name of a valley a mile west of Church and a mile north of Oswaldtwistle, between Accrington and Blackburn, in Lancashire, England. The modern name of this location is Aspen.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)