Gisburn

13°CMist

• Today: 17° / 12° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Bury Radcliffe, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Gisburn & Rimington · Lancashire

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

100 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 150 casualties · 16.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£287,641 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Ribble Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£816 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £607
• 2 bed £770
• 3 bed £934

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

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (11.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Ellis Street Car Park (5.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Clitheroe at the Ready for Foot-stomping Clog Dancing Festival· 9 Sept 2026
• O La La! Big Reveal Starts at Clitheroe’s Norman Keep· 7 Sept 2026
• New Rules for Multiple-occupancy Houses in Ribble Valley· 2 Sept 2026
• Clitheroe Gears Up for Annual Clog Dancing Festival· 20 Aug 2026
• ‘Check Your Canvass Form’ Call to Ribble Valley Voters· 19 Aug 2026

Source: Ribble Valley Council

61,558 residents in Ribble Valley · 106/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 282 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,387 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 29,810)

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

45 schools · 12,467 pupils

32 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ribble Valley

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

• In a conservation area (Gisburn)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

100 applications decided

84% granted · 84 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Maya Ellis

Labour

Ribble Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 5
• Con 16
• LD 6
• Grn 2
• Ref 4
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

22 jobs advertised · £38,384 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Forest School Support Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£833 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,041 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,148 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 41% · Wind 33% · Imports 14% · Biomass 7%

29 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ribble Valley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office445 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s377 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018374 local signatures · 5,854 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership296 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test262 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Gisburn Tunnel · 0.1 km

  Gisburn Tunnel is a short railway tunnel on the Ribble Valley line in Lancashire, England. The tunnel is 157 yards (144 m) long, just to the east of Gisburn railway station, curving slightly under Gisburne Park. The t…

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  Gisburn railway station · 0.2 km

  Gisburn railway station served the small village of Gisburn, which is now in Lancashire, England, but was in the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1879. The…

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  Gisburn · 0.3 km

  Gisburn is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley borough of Lancashire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Clitheroe and 11 miles (18 km) west…

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  Gisburne Park · 0.7 km

  Gisburne Park is an 18th-century country house and associated park in Gisburn, Lancashire, England, in the Ribble Valley some 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Clitheroe. The house is a Grade I listed building, and is now…

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  Stock Beck · 1.0 km

  Stock Beck is a minor river in the West Craven area of Pendle, Lancashire. It is 8.25 miles (13.27 km) long and has a catchment area of 14.41 square miles (3,731.89 ha).

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  Newsholme railway station · 2.9 km

  Newsholme railway station was a railway station that served the small village of Newsholme in Lancashire. It was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was closed in 1957.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)