Great Harwood

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 10° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

102 reported · July 2026▼ 34% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences36
• Anti-social behaviour24
• Public order10
• Criminal damage & arson9

Neighbourhood team: Netherton · Lancashire

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

151 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 203 casualties · 18.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

190 food businesses within 2 miles

• 165 rated 4–5 ★ (116 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rishton (2.5 km)
• 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£138,818 average▲ 10.7% YoY

Across Hyndburn · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£645 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £483
• 2 bed £619
• 3 bed £724

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

4.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.1 times median annual pay (3.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Asda (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (0.6 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Town Hall Steet (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches27
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

82,234 residents in Hyndburn · 1,127/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 18 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

27% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,466 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 37,950)

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

47 schools · 12,562 pupils

34 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 14 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

44inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hyndburn

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 (Great Harwood)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

76 applications decided

81.6% granted · 62 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Smith

Labour

Hyndburn

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 8
• Grn 1
• Ref 8
• Oth 1

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

• Schools7
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

21 jobs advertised · £27,815 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Support Worker, Become a Maths Tutor in Great Harwood – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£678 median full-time weekly pay

5.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,638 disposable income per head (2024)

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

29% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 42,226 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 63% · Nuclear 30% · Solar 3% · Biomass 2%

6 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.6 yrs women · 78 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hyndburn:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office402 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership309 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s305 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Expand statutory SEN allowance entitlement to Teaching Assistants in SEN schools246 local signatures · 17,598 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases224 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Great Harwood Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Great Harwood Town Hall is a municipal building in Town Hall Square, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Great Harwood Urban District Council Council, is a grade II listed…

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  Great Harwood · 0.1 km

  Great Harwood is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, located 5 miles (8.0 km) north east of Blackburn and adjacent to the Ribble Valley. Great Harwood is part of the "Three Towns" conurbation along…

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  St John's Church, Great Harwood · 0.3 km

  St John's Church was an Anglican parish church in St Hubert's Road, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England. Its benefice has been united with that of St Bartholomew, Great Harwood.

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  The Victoria, Great Harwood · 0.5 km

  The Victoria is a Grade II listed public house at St John's Street, Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire BB6 7EP.

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  St Bartholomew's Church, Great Harwood · 0.6 km

  St Bartholomew's Church is in the town of Great Harwood in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a…

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  Great Harwood railway station · 0.8 km

  Great Harwood railway station was located in the south east side of Great Harwood, Lancashire, England on Station Road, which still remains. The station was on a branch line, usually known as the Great Harwood loop, o…

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