Edgworth

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:31

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: West Pennine · Lancashire

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

286 reported road collisions (2025)

90 killed or seriously injured · 390 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

21 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£160,727 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Blackburn with Darwen · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£714 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £535
• 2 bed £662
• 3 bed £782

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

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

1,745 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: 154.9p · Esso (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (10.2 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,147
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,799
• Net moves+348

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 11 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

37% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

90 schools · 29,988 pupils

57 primary · 12 secondary · 21 other

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

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

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

151 CQC-registered services

• Care homes35
• GP practices30
• Dentists31
• Homecare agencies37
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Blackburn with Darwen

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

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

97 applications decided

97.9% granted · 95 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andy MacNae

Labour

Rossendale and Darwen

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 5
• Ref 9
• Oth 17

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,555 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£650 median full-time weekly pay

5.7% 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

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 27% · Gas 19% · Imports 9%

76 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BL7

• Edgworth Medical Centre
• Bromley Meadows Surgery
• Bolton Adult Adhd Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rossendale and Darwen:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth239 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK192 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately175 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND146 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills133 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Turton F.C. · 0.2 km

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  Edgworth · 0.4 km

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  Wayoh Reservoir · 0.8 km

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  North Turton · 1.0 km

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  St Anne's Church, Turton · 1.3 km

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  Chapeltown, Lancashire · 1.3 km

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