Drummersdale

16°CLight rain shower

• Today: 18° / 10° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:42

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Rural West · Lancashire

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

156 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,816 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£803 average monthly rent▲ 6.4% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £729
• 3 bed £842

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · ESSO (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (5.2 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

117,431 residents in West Lancashire · 339/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 178 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

73 schools · 16,020 pupils

55 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

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

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

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

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

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

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

119 applications decided

81.5% granted · 97 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 13
• Con 12
• Ref 7
• Oth 13

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

• Schools3
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

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

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Lancashire:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices545 local signatures · 7,817 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office418 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s320 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership262 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Drummersdale · 0.0 km

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

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  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.

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  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.

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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