Myerscough Smithy

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• Today: 19° / 14° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▼ 40% YoY

• Other theft2
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Mellor · Lancashire

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

100 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 150 casualties · 16.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

• 38 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pleasington (5.8 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£287,641 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Ribble Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£816 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £607
• 2 bed £770
• 3 bed £934

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

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (6.9 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: EG GROUP STANLEY HOUSE 1 (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Clitheroe at the Ready for Foot-stomping Clog Dancing Festival· 9 Sept 2026
• O La La! Big Reveal Starts at Clitheroe’s Norman Keep· 7 Sept 2026
• New Rules for Multiple-occupancy Houses in Ribble Valley· 2 Sept 2026
• Clitheroe Gears Up for Annual Clog Dancing Festival· 20 Aug 2026
• ‘Check Your Canvass Form’ Call to Ribble Valley Voters· 19 Aug 2026

Source: Ribble Valley Council

61,558 residents in Ribble Valley · 106/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 282 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,387 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 29,810)

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

45 schools · 12,467 pupils

32 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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)

100 applications decided

84% granted · 84 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 5
• Con 16
• LD 6
• Grn 2
• Ref 4
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£833 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,041 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,148 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ribble Valley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office445 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s377 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018374 local signatures · 5,854 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership296 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test262 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Samlesbury Aerodrome · 0.9 km

  Samlesbury Aerodrome is a disused airfield at Balderstone near Samlesbury and Blackburn in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire. The aerodrome is owned by defence company BAE Systems, which uses the site for the m…

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  Samlesbury Hall · 1.1 km

  Samlesbury Hall is a historic house in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, six miles (10 km) east of Preston. It was built in 1325 by Gilbert de Southworth, and was the primary home of the Southworth family until the ear…

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  Balderstone, Lancashire · 1.3 km

  Balderstone is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. The population of the Civil Parish taken at the 2021 census was 402.

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  St Leonard's Church, Balderstone · 1.3 km

  St Leonard's Church is in the village of Balderstone, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is r…

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  Mellor Brook · 2.1 km

  Mellor Brook is a village which straddles the borders of the Boroughs of Ribble Valley and South Ribble in Lancashire, England. The village population at the 2011 census was 2,467.

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  Alston Hall · 2.6 km

  Alston Hall is a 19th-century Victorian gothic style country mansion located in Longridge in Lancashire, England. It is not to be confused with the 15th-century Alston Old Hall nearby.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)