Formby

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:36

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

• 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

82 reported · August 2026

• Shoplifting26
• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Other theft7

10 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Harington · Merseyside

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

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)

125 food businesses within 2 miles

• 112 rated 4–5 ★ (108 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Formby (0.5 km)
• 57 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£240,850 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (12 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Grapes Hotel Formby (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches17
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds6

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)

• 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

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

£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%)

68 inspected 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 homes424
• GP practices184
• Dentists248
• Homecare agencies288
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

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

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

154 applications decided

85.1% granted · 131 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Bill Esterson

Labour

Sefton Central

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 13
• Con 12
• Ref 7
• Oth 13

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés29

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

43 jobs advertised · £30,082 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant (Medical Needs), Cook and Resident Support - Maternity Cover, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Nuclear 29% · Wind 25% · Imports 3%

169 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in L37

• Chapel Lane Surgery
• The Village Surgery Formby

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sefton Central:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices758 local signatures · 8,814 nationwide
• Add specific content on men’s mental health to RSE & health guidance for schools271 local signatures · 2,991 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth240 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018200 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND188 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Formby · 0.2 km

  Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.

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  Formby High School · 0.3 km

  Formby High School is an English secondary school with academy status located in the town of Formby, Merseyside. The local primary schools Freshfield, Redgate and Trinity St. Peter's act as feeder schools to Formby High.

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  Freshfield · 0.5 km

  Freshfield is an area of Formby, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, situated at the northern end of the town. It has no local political distinction or representation and is included as part of…

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  Formby railway station · 0.5 km

  Formby railway station is a railway station in the town of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. The station has a car park.

• Harington (ward) · 0.6 km

  Harington is a ward of Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in the Sefton Central Parliamentary constituency that covers the western half of the town of Formby, including the western half of the area known as Freshfield. T…

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  Freshfield railway station · 0.9 km

  Freshfield railway station serves the Freshfield district of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)