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Edgworth

Edgworth is a village in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 2,321. It has one pharmacy and one restaurant or café, 23 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Entwistle, 1.6 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Edgworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Blackburn with Darwen area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 154,735 residents at roughly 1,129 people per km².

Council
Blackburn with Darwen
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
Police force
Lancashire
44/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 187th of 294 English council areas — better than 36% of them.

Low crime35
Home affordability96
Affordable rents96
Good schools75
Life expectancy7
Low deprivation4
Employment10
Low council tax45

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°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 16° / 12° · 42% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:42

13h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford M60, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026

  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: West Pennine · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social Behaviour including the use of vapes additional substances, Road safety (E Bikes) Business crime.

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

Road safety

285 reported road collisions (2024)

94 killed or seriously injured · 401 casualties · 18.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

22 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 17 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Entwistle (1.6 km)
  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Entwistle (1.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£165,882 average 5.8% YoY

Across Blackburn with Darwen · to 2026-06

Detached£298,455
Semi-detached£183,287
Terraced£137,837
Flat£90,234

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£713 average monthly rent 4.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £534
  • 2 bed £661
  • 3 bed £781

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

Affordability

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (10.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (11.6 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: The Red Lion (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches13
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,735 residents in Blackburn with Darwen · 1,129/km²

  • Under 16: 23%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 14 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

36% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (56% of 64,050)

A £1,637
B £1,910
C £2,182
D £2,455
E £3,001
F £3,547
G £4,092
H £4,911

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

Schools

90 schools · 29,988 pupils

57 primary · 12 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 26 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

78inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Pleckgate High SchoolOutstanding
  • Tauheedul Islam Boys' High SchoolOutstanding
  • Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolOutstanding
  • Darwen Vale High SchoolGood
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolGood
  • Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Blackburn Central High School
  • Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
  • Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio
  • St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
  • St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
  • Witton Park Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Blackburn with Darwen

Care & health services

151 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes35
  • GP practices30
  • Dentists31
  • Homecare agencies39
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Blackburn with Darwen

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

122 applications decided

98.4% granted · 120 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Andy MacNae

Labour

Rossendale and Darwen

Recent votes:

  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 20
  • Con 5
  • Ref 9
  • Oth 17

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,375 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£650 median full-time weekly pay

5.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,707 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 76,015 certificates

14.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 35% · Wind 27% · Imports 13% · Biomass 11%

33 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81 yrs women · 76.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.4 women · 54 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • 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 Rossendale and Darwen:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Turton F.C. · 0.2 km

    Turton Football Club is a football club based in Edgworth, in the North Turton district of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the West Lancashire League Division One and play at…

  • Edgworth · 0.4 km

    Edgworth is a village in the civil parish of North Turton, in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is between Broadhead Brook on the west and Quarlton Brook in the south east. The ground range…

  • Wayoh Reservoir · 0.8 km

    Wayoh Reservoir is a water reservoir in the town of Edgworth, Lancashire, England. It was completed on 28 April 1876 to supply water to Bolton. Wayoh, together with the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir, make up 50% of B…

  • North Turton · 1.0 km

    North Turton is a civil parish of the unitary authority area of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 the civil parish has a population of 3,736, increasing to 3,867…

  • St Anne's Church, Turton · 1.3 km

    St Anne's Church is a Grade II listed building in Chapeltown, Turton, in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Manchester and is p…

  • Chapeltown, Lancashire · 1.3 km

    Chapeltown is a village of the civil parish of North Turton, in the Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, in the north west of England. It is on the B6391 road, on the southern slopes of the West Pennine Moors. The…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Edgworth?
Edgworth is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Blackburn with Darwen local authority.
What is the population of Edgworth?
Edgworth has an approximate settlement population of 2,321.
How deprived is Edgworth?
The Blackburn with Darwen local authority, which includes Edgworth, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.