Parbold

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 10° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:41

13h 7m 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 · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▼ 27% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Rural North East · 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)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

• 50 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Parbold (0.3 km)
• 17 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 (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (9.6 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

38 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Miller & Carter Parbold (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds4

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
• 48 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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £27,424 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Laundry Assistant

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 63% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 7% · Gas 5%

23 gCO₂/kWh · very 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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