Longton

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:32

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

20 reported · July 2026▲ 43% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Longton & Hutton West · Lancashire

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

202 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 292 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

69 food businesses within 2 miles

• 61 rated 4–5 ★ (60 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Delph (3.0 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£211,854 average▲ 4.7% YoY

Across South Ribble · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£800 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £559
• 2 bed £734
• 3 bed £885

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Booths - Longton (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• A Taste of Leyland food festival set to serve up a full-flavoured day out· 11 Sept 2026
• Major improvements to parking facilities at Worden Park· 8 Sept 2026
• South Ribble Borough Council hosts NFHW’s Health Mela· 28 Aug 2026
• Exciting new cultural events set for South Ribble following award up to £30,000· 19 Aug 2026
• South Ribble Borough Council expands offer to support low energy homes· 5 Aug 2026

Source: South Ribble Council

111,035 residents in South Ribble · 981/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 210 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,443 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 52,430)

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

58 schools · 17,116 pupils

39 primary · 11 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 17 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

53inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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

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

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

83 applications decided

98.8% granted · 82 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour majority

• Lab 28
• Con 16
• LD 5
• Ref 1

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

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens75
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

79 jobs advertised · £32,542 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online German Tutoring Job in Longton – Flexible Schedule, IT Infrastructure Specialist

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,788 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,113 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Ribble:

• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018459 local signatures · 5,854 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office352 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s349 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership342 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test303 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Walmer Bridge · 0.8 km

  Walmer Bridge is a small village in Lancashire, England. Surrounding villages are Much Hoole and Longton.

• Longton Bridge railway station · 0.8 km

  Longton Bridge was a railway station on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It served the village of Longton.

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  Hoole railway station · 0.9 km

  Hoole railway station was on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It was in the civil parish of Little Hoole about a mile from the village of Much Hoole. It opened in 1882 and closed in 1964.

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  Little Hoole · 1.3 km

  Little Hoole is a civil parish in Lancashire, England, It contains the village of Walmer Bridge, and the remaining part is predominantly a farming community. Other nearby villages include Much Hoole and Longton. The p…

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  Longton, Lancashire · 1.4 km

  Longton is a village and civil parish in the west of the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, England. It is about 4 miles to the south west of Preston. The population of the civil parish, which also includes the vill…

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  Much Hoole · 1.5 km

  Much Hoole is a village and civil parish in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, England. The parish of Much Hoole had a population of 1,851 at the time of the 2001 census, increasing to 1,997 at the 2011 Census.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)