Forton

5°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:35

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

• 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

17 reported · August 2026▲ 89% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Drugs2
• Vehicle crime2

Neighbourhood team: Wyresdale · Lancashire

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

196 reported road collisions (2025)

65 killed or seriously injured · 262 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

25 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£188,833 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Wyre · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£743 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £527
• 2 bed £717
• 3 bed £854

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,855 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: 173.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (11.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Moto Lancaster Northbound Services (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Remembrance services to take place across Wyre· 2 Nov 2026
• Wyre communities celebrate outstanding In Bloom Awards success· 30 Oct 2026
• Government confirms timetable for Local Government Reorganisation review in Lancashire· 29 Oct 2026
• Allotment sites formally determined as contaminated land· 23 Oct 2026
• Free family Halloween theatre returns to Wyre this half term· 20 Oct 2026

Source: Wyre Council

111,945 residents in Wyre · 397/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,175
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,619
• Net moves+2,556

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 150 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,461 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 55,960)

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

56 schools · 14,179 pupils

40 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 18 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wyre

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
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

125 applications decided

92% granted · 115 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Cat Smith

Labour

Lancaster and Wyre

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• Ref 4
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Commercial Cleaners, Office Cleaners, Commercial Cleaners for Offices

Source: Adzuna

£709 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,839 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,701 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Wind 23% · Gas 18% · Imports 11%

76 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

4 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in PR3

• Garstang Medical Practice
• Berry Lane Medical Centre
• Great Eccleston Hlth Ctr

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lancaster and Wyre:

• New legislation for ponds to have safety measures to prevent access by children426 local signatures · 9,763 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks274 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018218 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases213 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Forton, Lancashire · 0.2 km

  Forton is a village and civil parish in the Wyre district of the English county of Lancashire near the Forest of Bowland. It is near the A6 road, between the city of Lancaster and the town of Garstang. Its population…

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  Hollins Lane · 1.1 km

  Hollins Lane is a village in the civil parish of Forton, in the Wyre district, in the English county of Lancashire. The village has the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway running through it but there is no station.

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  Shireshead · 1.4 km

  Shireshead is a hamlet near Forton, Lancashire. It includes an Anglican church, St James', which was designed by the Leeds-based architectural firm Kelly & Birchall and built in 1887–90.

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  Lancaster (Forton) Services · 1.5 km

  Lancaster (Forton) services is a motorway service station, between junctions 32 and 33 of the M6 motorway in England. The nearest city is Lancaster, about 7 miles (11 km) to the north. The site is operated by Moto.

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  Bay Horse railway station · 1.6 km

  Bay Horse railway station was a rural station in Lancashire, England. It was named after the nearby Bay Horse Inn, and later the small hamlet of Bay Horse developed around the station.

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  Bay Horse (hamlet) · 1.7 km

  Bay Horse is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ellel, in the Lancaster district, in Lancashire, England. It lies between Lancaster and Preston to the north and south.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)