Padiham

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:28

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

141 reported · August 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences53
• Anti-social behaviour29
• Criminal damage & arson16
• Burglary9

Neighbourhood team: Gawthorpe · Lancashire

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

167 reported road collisions (2025)

59 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

161 food businesses within 2 miles

• 139 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hapton (2.3 km)
• 40 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£136,703 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Burnley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£631 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £465
• 2 bed £588
• 3 bed £696

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

4.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.2 times median annual pay (3.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,263 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: 165.7p · Asda (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (4.8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Ribble Street Parking/Charging (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

94,646 residents in Burnley · 855/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,160
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,254
• Net moves+906

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 4 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

40% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,549 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 43,050)

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

59 schools · 15,630 pupils

30 primary · 5 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Burnley

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

• In a conservation area (Padiham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

81 applications decided

81.5% granted · 66 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Oliver Ryan

Labour (Co-op)

Burnley

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 3
• LD 6
• Grn 3
• Ref 12
• Oth 11

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,305 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

173 jobs advertised · £43,643 avg

e.g. Consultant Psychiatrist, SEN / SEND Tutor, Lancashire, Psychologist

Source: Adzuna

£670 median full-time weekly pay

5.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,928 disposable income per head (2024)

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

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,300 certificates

16.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

75% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 39% · Wind 36% · Gas 16% · Imports 8%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.0
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in BB12

• Padiham Group Practice
• Ightenhill Medical Centre
• Rosegrove Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burnley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases289 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth170 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK161 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials143 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately122 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Padiham Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Padiham Town Hall is a municipal building in Burnley Road, Padiham, Lancashire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Padiham Urban District Council, is a grade II listed building. It is the meeting pl…

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  Gawthorpe (ward) · 0.4 km

  Gawthorpe is an electoral ward in the non-metropolitan district of Burnley in Lancashire, England. The population of the Burnley Ward at the 2011 census was 6,148. The ward covers the majority of the town of Padiham,…

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  Padiham railway station · 0.4 km

  Padiham railway station in Station Road, Padiham, Lancashire, England was on a branch line of the East Lancashire Line from Burnley to Blackburn.

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  Padiham F.C. · 0.4 km

  Padiham Football Club are an English football team based in Padiham, Lancashire. As of the 2026–27 season, they will play in the Northern Premier League Division One West.

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  Padiham · 0.6 km

  Padiham is a market town and civil parish on the River Calder, in the Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England. It is located north west of Burnley, and north east of the towns of Clayton le Moors and Great Harwood.…

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  Padiham Power Station · 1.1 km

  Padiham Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Padiham, east Lancashire, England, which began operation in 1926 and generated power from 1927 until it was closed in 1993.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)