Midge Hall

16°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:31

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

62 reported · July 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences29
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Other theft8
• Other crime3

Neighbourhood team: Moss Side · 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)

212 food businesses within 2 miles

• 173 rated 4–5 ★ (164 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Leyland (3.4 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: 151.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (8.9 km)

16 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)

• 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

• Not in 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

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)

4,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

12 jobs advertised · £37,480 avg

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Midge Hall – Flexible & Remote, Digital Print Artworker / Graphics Production Operative, Cleaning Technician

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 47% · Wind 28% · Imports 12% · Gas 11%

44 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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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  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 located in Midge Hall, Leyland, closing to passengers in 1961, although the line still exists as the Ormskirk Branch Line.

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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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)