Orrell

15°CMist

• Today: 20° / 15° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m 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 · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

52 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Other theft5
• Public order5

Neighbourhood team: Up Holland · Lancashire

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

156 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

219 food businesses within 2 miles

• 178 rated 4–5 ★ (136 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Upholland (1.5 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,816 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£803 average monthly rent▲ 6.4% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £729
• 3 bed £842

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

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (5.6 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

44 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Dearden Way, Up Holland (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

117,431 residents in West Lancashire · 339/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 178 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (28% of 52,760)

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

73 schools · 16,020 pupils

55 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 23 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

68inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lancashire

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
• 72 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

119 applications decided

81.5% granted · 97 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Ashley Dalton

Labour

West Lancashire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 13
• Con 12
• Ref 7
• Oth 13

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £46,247 avg

e.g. Property End of Tenancy Cleaners, Residential End of Lease Cleaners, Domestic End of Tenancy Cleaning Specialist

Source: Adzuna

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,532 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,300 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 63% · Wind 14% · Imports 11% · Biomass 9%

28 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Lancashire:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices545 local signatures · 7,817 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office418 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s320 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership262 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Up Holland · 0.3 km

  Up Holland is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, 4 miles (6 km) west of Wigan. The population at the 2011 census was 7,376.

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  Up Holland Priory · 0.7 km

  Up Holland Priory was a Benedictine priory in Up Holland, Lancashire, England. It was founded in 1319. The priory remains are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building…

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  Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland · 0.8 km

  The Church of St Thomas the Martyr is in School Lane, Up Holland, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. T…

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  St Joseph's College, Up Holland · 1.3 km

  St Joseph's College is a former Roman Catholic seminary and boarding school in Up Holland, Lancashire, England. The foundation of the original building was laid in April 1880 and the college opened in 1883. The buildi…

• Skelmersdale and Holland · 1.4 km

  Skelmersdale and UpHolland was an urban district in Lancashire, England, from 1968 to 1974. It was created by the merger of Skelmersdale and Upholland urban districts. In 1974 it was itself merged into the new non-m…

• Orrell Urban District · 1.5 km

  Orrell Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. Its boundaries were centred on Orrell, but also included parts of Upholland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)