Midge Hall

8°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 7° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:34

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

64 reported · August 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Shoplifting9
• Criminal damage & arson7

Neighbourhood team: Moss Side · Lancashire

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

191 reported road collisions (2025)

56 killed or seriously injured · 278 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

212 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Leyland (3.4 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£212,563 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across South Ribble · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£805 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £562
• 2 bed £738
• 3 bed £890

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

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

1,784 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: 151.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (9.8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

52 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Leyland Leisure Centre Car Park, Leyland 2 (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• South Ribble to come together for Remembrance Sunday· 2 Nov 2026
• South Ribble has the lowest fuel poverty rate in the North West with council committed to supporting residents with the cost of living· 29 Oct 2026
• Leyland prepares for a very 'Merry' Christmas as star is revealed for the Christmas light switch on!· 20 Oct 2026
• Leyland town centre regeneration scheme reaches major construction milestone· 19 Oct 2026
• A South Ribble event hits a high note as finalist for prestigious tourism award!· 28 Sept 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,938
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,404
• Net moves+1,534

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 227 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

53 inspected 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 homes424
• GP practices184
• Dentists248
• Homecare agencies288
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

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

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

103 applications decided

95.1% granted · 98 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Paul Foster

Labour

South Ribble

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 28
• Con 16
• LD 5
• Ref 1

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

9 jobs advertised · £35,689 avg

e.g. Education & Visitor Experience Coordinator, Chef, Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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

70% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 41% · Wind 27% · Gas 21% · Imports 10%

85 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in PR26

• Moss Side Medical Centre
• The Village Surgeries Croston&Eccleston
• Hmp Garth

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Ribble:

• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018530 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth234 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills166 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately152 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases146 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Midge Hall · 0.4 km

  Midge Hall is a small village on the outskirts of Leyland in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, England.

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  Midge Hall railway station · 0.6 km

  Midge Hall railway station was the railway station for Midge Hall in Leyland, Lancashire. It was opened in 1859 on the railway line between Ormskirk and Preston which later became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire…

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  Moss Side, South Ribble · 0.9 km

  Moss Side is a suburban, semi-rural community on the western side of Leyland and ward in the South Ribble district, in the county of Lancashire, England. The growing suburb is adjacent to Bretherton, Ulnes Walton and…

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  Cocker Bar railway station · 1.6 km

  Cocker Bar railway station was located in what is still open country where Cocker Bar Road (B5248) crosses what is now the Ormskirk Branch Line.

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  Academy@Worden · 1.8 km

  Worden Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Leyland, in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England.

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  Farington Moss · 2.1 km

  Farington Moss is a village approximately two miles to the north of Leyland, Lancashire, England. It is a typical English village with one school and one church. To the northeast of the village runs the main west coas…

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