Higham (Pendle)

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:28

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Burglary1
• Drugs1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Whittlefield & Ightenhill · Lancashire

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

167 reported road collisions (2025)

59 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

103 food businesses within 2 miles

• 88 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rose Grove (4.0 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£136,703 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Burnley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£631 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £465
• 2 bed £588
• 3 bed £696

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

4.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.2 times median annual pay (3.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,263 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: 165.7p · Asda (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (4.8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Padiham (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

94,646 residents in Burnley · 855/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,160
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,254
• Net moves+906

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 4 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

40% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,549 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 43,050)

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

59 schools · 15,630 pupils

30 primary · 5 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Burnley

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

81 applications decided

81.5% granted · 66 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Oliver Ryan

Labour (Co-op)

Burnley

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 3
• LD 6
• Grn 3
• Ref 12
• Oth 11

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,305 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£670 median full-time weekly pay

5.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,928 disposable income per head (2024)

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

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,300 certificates

16.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

75% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 39% · Wind 36% · Gas 16% · Imports 8%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

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

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.0
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in BB12

• Padiham Group Practice
• Ightenhill Medical Centre
• Rosegrove Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burnley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases289 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth170 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK161 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials143 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately122 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Higham, Lancashire · 0.6 km

  Higham is a village in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, south of Pendle Hill. The civil parish is named Higham with West Close Booth. The village is 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Padiham and about 4 miles…

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  Huntroyde Hall · 1.8 km

  Huntroyde Hall is a grade II listed, 16th-century house in the civil parish of Simonstone in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. Its estate, Huntroyde Demesne, once extended to over 6,500 acres.

• Burnley F.C. Academy · 2.0 km

  Burnley F.C. Academy are the youth teams of Burnley Football Club. The under-21s currently play in the first level of reserve football in England, the U21 Professional Development League. The team mainly consists of p…

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  Gawthorpe (ward) · 2.0 km

  Gawthorpe is an electoral ward in the non-metropolitan district of Burnley in Lancashire, England. The population of the Burnley Ward at the 2011 census was 6,148. The ward covers the majority of the town of Padiham,…

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  Gawthorpe Hall · 2.1 km

  Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house on the banks of the River Calder, in Ightenhill, a civil parish in the Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. Its estate extends into Padiham, with the Stockbridge Driv…

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  Great Barn, Ightenhill · 2.1 km

  Great Barn is an historic building in the English civil parish of Ightenhill, Lancashire. Built around 1605 about 100 metres (330 ft) west of Gawthorpe Hall, it is now a Grade I listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)