Halton (Lancaster)

15°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 12° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

17 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Burglary4
• Drugs2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Halton with Aughton & Kellet · Lancashire

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

213 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 283 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

38 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lancaster (4.7 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£199,762 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Lancaster · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£815 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £596
• 2 bed £745
• 3 bed £916

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

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Asda (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (4.9 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lancaster Park & Ride (7kw charging) (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

142,932 residents in Lancaster · 252/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 112 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

15% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,503 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (35% of 66,990)

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

73 schools · 19,170 pupils

52 primary · 8 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 27 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lancaster

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 (Halton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 36 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

159 applications decided

81.8% granted · 130 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lizzi Collinge

Labour

Morecambe and Lunesdale

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 20
• Con 5
• LD 7
• Grn 23
• Oth 6

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£687 median full-time weekly pay

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

£20,896 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 69,734 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 51% · Wind 25% · Imports 14% · Gas 7%

31 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Morecambe and Lunesdale:

• New legislation for ponds to have safety measures to prevent access by children736 local signatures · 4,085 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office394 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership337 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s332 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership291 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Halton-with-Aughton · 0.4 km

  Halton-with-Aughton is a civil parish and electoral ward located 3 miles (5 km) east of Lancaster, England, on the north bank of the River Lune. The main settlement is the village of Halton, or Halton-on-Lune, in the…

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  Halton railway station (Lancashire) · 0.5 km

  Halton railway station served the village of Halton in Lancashire, England. It closed in 1966, but the station building and part of one platform survive beside the cycle path along the disused line.

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  Lancaster University Boat Club · 0.5 km

  Lancaster University Boat Club (LUBC) is the rowing club of Lancaster University. The club was founded in 1964 with the inception of the university by Sir Harold Parkinson and is the oldest sports club at the universi…

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  North West England · 0.6 km

  North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,417,397 i…

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  Halton Cross · 0.7 km

  The Halton Cross, also known as Sigurd's Cross, is a composite high cross in the churchyard of St Wilfrid's Church, Halton-on-Lune, Lancashire. A 19th-century reconstruction, it comprises the remaining fragment of the…

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  St Wilfrid's Church, Halton-on-Lune · 0.7 km

  St Wilfrid's Church is an Anglican church in Halton-on-Lune, a village in the English county of Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster. Halton may have…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)