Euxton

16°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 12° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

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

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

59 reported · July 2026▼ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson5

Neighbourhood team: Euxton · Lancashire

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

220 reported road collisions (2024)

59 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 18.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

251 food businesses within 2 miles

• 218 rated 4–5 ★ (207 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Buckshaw Parkway (1.2 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£212,647 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Chorley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£792 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £594
• 2 bed £758
• 3 bed £897

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (11.5 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Chorley Buckshaw (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Successful prosecution reinforces Chorley's commitment to passenger safety· 3 Sept 2026
• Council backs Best Bar None accreditation scheme for licensed venues· 28 Aug 2026
• Enjoy pirates and proms at Astley Park’s open-air summer events· 19 Aug 2026
• Chorley's first-ever Habitat Bank opens in Croston· 19 Aug 2026
• Chorley Flower Show blooms with success!· 13 Aug 2026

Source: Chorley Council

117,730 residents in Chorley · 581/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 192 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 53,180)

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

73 schools · 17,889 pupils

50 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 31 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chorley

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
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

108 applications decided

95.4% granted · 103 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour majority

• Lab 29
• Con 4
• Grn 1
• Ref 7
• Oth 1

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens54
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

24 jobs advertised · £27,300 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online History Tutor - Part Time, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,589 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,947 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chorley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office457 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s420 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership339 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test268 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth258 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

• Euxton railway station (London and North Western Railway) · 0.3 km

  Euxton was an early railway station serving Euxton in Chorley, Lancashire, England.

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  Euxton Parish Church · 0.5 km

  Euxton Parish Church is in the English village of Euxton in the borough of Chorley, Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn. It is recorded in the Nation…

• Euxton railway station (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) · 0.7 km

  Euxton was an early railway station serving Euxton in Chorley, Lancashire, England.

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  Euxton · 0.9 km

  Euxton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 9,993, but is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to housing developments in the village, in…

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  Euxton Hall Chapel · 1.0 km

  Euxton Hall Chapel is situated in the village of Euxton, Lancashire, England. It was designed by architect E. W. Pugin (1834–1875), and built in 1866 as a private chapel for the Anderton family. Set within the grounds…

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  Euxton Balshaw Lane railway station · 1.1 km

  Euxton Balshaw Lane is one of two railway stations situated in Euxton, Lancashire, England. It is a local station on the Blackpool North to Liverpool Lime Street route, on the stretch between Wigan and Preston.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)