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16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 10° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:44

13h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

57 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: New Longton & Hutton East · 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)

207 food businesses within 2 miles

• 180 rated 4–5 ★ (178 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

£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 (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.9p · Asda (6.3 km)

16 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)

• 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
• New Youth Centre for Bamber Bridge· 28 Jul 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
• 2 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)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

80 jobs advertised · £26,463 avg

e.g. Cleaner, Need House Cleaners to Start This Week., Assistant Sales Manager

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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  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)