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Drummersdale

Drummersdale is a village in Lancashire, England. It has around 3 restaurants or cafés, 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Bescar Lane, 1.8 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Drummersdale area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Lancashire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 117,431 residents at roughly 339 people per km².

Council
West Lancashire
County
Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 62nd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime92
Home affordability67
Affordable rents80
Good schools37
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation59
Employment62
Low council tax44

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

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:37

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

7 reported · August 2026▼ 12% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Burglary1
  • Theft from the person1

Neighbourhood team: Rural West · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Business Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour, Off Road Bikes
  • Business Crime, ASB and Road Safety (Including off road bikes)

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

Road safety

185 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 15.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

22 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 18 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bescar Lane (1.5 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bescar Lane (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£240,850 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-08

Detached£379,602
Semi-detached£235,020
Terraced£182,007
Flat£124,672

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£805 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £588
  • 2 bed £731
  • 3 bed £845

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

Affordability

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,476 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (11.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Whittle Drive (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,431 residents in West Lancashire · 339/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,994
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,457
  • Net moves+1,537

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (28% of 52,760)

A £1,637
B £1,910
C £2,183
D £2,456
E £3,002
F £3,548
G £4,094
H £4,912

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

Schools

73 schools · 16,020 pupils

55 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 23 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Burscough Priory AcademyGood
  • Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeGood
  • Ormskirk School
  • St Bede's Catholic High School
  • Tarleton Academy
  • Up Holland High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lancashire

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 20 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

154 applications decided

85.1% granted · 131 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 13
  • Con 12
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 13

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,532 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,300 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in L40

  • Burscough Family Practice
  • Lathom House Surgery
  • Stanley Court Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Lancashire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Drummersdale · 0.0 km

    Drummersdale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Scarisbrick, West Lancashire, England.

  • Scarisbrick Hall · 0.5 km

    Scarisbrick Hall is a country house situated just to the south-east of the village of Scarisbrick in Lancashire, England. It is currently home to Scarisbrick Hall School.

  • Scarisbrick Hall School · 0.5 km

    Scarisbrick Hall School is a mixed private school, located in Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire, England, that educates children from nursery to age 18.

  • Scarisbrick · 1.2 km

    Scarisbrick is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England. The A570, the main road between Ormskirk and Southport, runs through Scarisbrick, and much of the village lies along it. As a result, it does not…

  • Bescar Lane railway station · 1.5 km

    Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is an old cottage-style station, operated by Northern Trains. Its r…

  • St Mark's Church, Scarisbrick · 1.7 km

    St Mark's Church stands on the corner of Southport Road and Jacksmere Lane in Scarisbrick, Lancashire, England. Built in 1848–51, it is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Drummersdale?
Drummersdale is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Lancashire local authority.
How deprived is Drummersdale?
The West Lancashire local authority, which includes Drummersdale, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.