Cottam (Preston)

14°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 14° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

27 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Possession of weapons2

Neighbourhood team: Rural East Fylde · Lancashire

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

135 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 196 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

94 food businesses within 2 miles

• 85 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Wyre estuary from Fleetwood and Knott End to Little Eccleston

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Salwick (2.3 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,647 average▲ 8.7% YoY

Across Fylde · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£866 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £608
• 2 bed £783
• 3 bed £940

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

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Ancient Oak (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Fylde Council Opens Tender for Expanded Padel and Tennis Facilities at Fairhaven Lake· 10 Sept 2026
• Historic Kirkham Landmark’s New 1860 Bistro Opens· 2 Sept 2026
• Fylde Gallery to Showcase Coastal Art, Local Talent and Treasured Artworks This Autumn and Winter· 28 Aug 2026
• Historic Kirkham Building Transformed as Major Restoration Reaches Completion· 28 Aug 2026
• Fylde Council Submits Comments to Offshore Wind Transmission DCO Process· 21 Aug 2026

Source: Fylde Council

81,374 residents in Fylde · 491/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 198 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 41,660)

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

37 schools · 9,381 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

29inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fylde

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
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

95 applications decided

97.9% granted · 93 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

• Lab 2
• Con 22
• LD 2
• Oth 11

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

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£839 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,058 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,631 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Preston:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s382 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018364 local signatures · 5,854 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership345 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office301 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases269 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

• 
  Lea, Lancashire · 1.5 km

  Lea, Cottam, and Lea Town are villages in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. Together they form the civil parish of Lea and Cottam, which has a population of 5,962. In 2011, the population increased to 6,157.

• Lea Road railway station · 1.7 km

  Lea Road railway station was on the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway in the parish of Lea and Cottam in Preston, Lancashire, England. It opened in 1842, and closed on 2 May 1938.

• Cottam Parkway railway station · 1.7 km

  Cottam Parkway is a proposed railway station to the west of Preston, England. The proposed station would serve existing and new developments in the Lea civil parish.

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  Springfields · 1.8 km

  Springfields is a nuclear fuel production installation in Salwick, near Preston in Lancashire, England. The site is currently operated by Springfields Fuels Limited, under the management of Westinghouse Electric UK Li…

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  Salwick · 2.0 km

  Salwick is a village between Kirkham and Preston in Lancashire, England. The village is largely rural and is an extension of the smaller Clifton to the south. It is in the borough of Fylde, and in the Parliamentary Co…

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  Salwick railway station · 2.4 km

  Salwick railway station serves the village of Salwick, in Lancashire, England; it lies near to the village of Clifton. It is a stop on the Blackpool South branch line, 5+1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) west of Preston. The station…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)