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• Today: 11° / 4° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:36

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US 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

48 reported · August 2026▼ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences28
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: New Longton & Hutton East · 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)

208 food businesses within 2 miles

• 183 rated 4–5 ★ (181 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lostock Hall (2.5 km)
• 17 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 (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (7.2 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

59 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: South Ribble - Community Centre CP (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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
• Cleaner air milestone reached across South Ribble· 21 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

• Within the Green Belt
• 2 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

Labour majority

• Lab 28
• Con 16
• LD 5
• Ref 1

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

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

57 jobs advertised · £26,632 avg

e.g. Area Lettings Manager, Cleaner, Event Staff

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

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

9 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in PR4

• Weeton Medical Centre
• Longton Health Centre
• Kirkham Health Centre

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

• 
  Whitestake · 0.3 km

  Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham. It falls in what is cal…

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  New Longton · 1.4 km

  New Longton is a village located 4 miles (6 km) south west of Preston, in the district of South Ribble, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. It is in the parish of Longton, which is the name of the older v…

• New Longton and Hutton railway station · 1.5 km

  New Longton and Hutton station was a railway station on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It was over a mile from each of the villages of Hutton and Howick Cross.

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  St Paul's Church, Farington · 1.6 km

  St Paul's Church is in the village of Farington Moss, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is…

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  Farington railway station · 1.8 km

  Farington railway station served the village of Farington, south of Preston, in Lancashire, England.

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  Farington Moss · 1.9 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)