Lea Town

15°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 14° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▼ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Vehicle crime2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Ingol & Cottam · Lancashire

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

135 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 196 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

62 food businesses within 2 miles

• 54 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Salwick (1.7 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,647 average▲ 8.7% YoY

Across Fylde · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£866 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £608
• 2 bed £783
• 3 bed £940

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

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Lea Service Station (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Fylde Council Opens Tender for Expanded Padel and Tennis Facilities at Fairhaven Lake· 10 Sept 2026
• Historic Kirkham Landmark’s New 1860 Bistro Opens· 2 Sept 2026
• Fylde Gallery to Showcase Coastal Art, Local Talent and Treasured Artworks This Autumn and Winter· 28 Aug 2026
• Historic Kirkham Building Transformed as Major Restoration Reaches Completion· 28 Aug 2026
• Fylde Council Submits Comments to Offshore Wind Transmission DCO Process· 21 Aug 2026

Source: Fylde Council

81,374 residents in Fylde · 491/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 198 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 41,660)

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

37 schools · 9,381 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

29inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fylde

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

95 applications decided

97.9% granted · 93 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative

Fylde

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 2
• Con 22
• LD 2
• Oth 11

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

• Schools3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£839 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,058 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,631 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 58% · Imports 18% · Gas 10% · Biomass 7%

46 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fylde:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases538 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office450 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership313 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership308 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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