Ramsbottom

15°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 14° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:30

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Bury Radcliffe, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026▼ 86% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences1

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

107 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 143 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

133 food businesses within 2 miles

• 115 rated 4–5 ★ (100 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ramsbottom (0.2 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£193,320 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Rossendale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£808 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £752
• 3 bed £905

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

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (9.3 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Prince Street (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Rossendale Council employee shortlisted to for BBC award· 10 Sept 2026
• New-look toddler play area reopens at Whitaker Park· 3 Sept 2026
• Rossendale Borough Council secures prosecution following persistent noise nuisance· 3 Sept 2026
• Saturday footfall rises following investment in Haslingden town centre· 3 Sept 2026
• Up to £10,000 available to help businesses fill empty shops in Rossendale· 14 Aug 2026

Source: Rossendale Council

70,871 residents in Rossendale · 513/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 91 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,520 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 32,870)

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

47 schools · 11,948 pupils

31 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 12 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

42inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rossendale

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
• 36 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

58 applications decided

81% granted · 47 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr James Frith

Labour

Bury North

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 19
• Con 5
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,840 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

137 jobs advertised · £38,917 avg

e.g. Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Technician - North West, Roadside Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,283 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 34,663 certificates

13.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 33% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

46 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 79 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bury North:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office470 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s389 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership297 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth271 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test218 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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