Rawtenstall

14°CLight rain shower

• Today: 17° / 10° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford M60, United Kingdom

99 reported · July 2026▼ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Criminal damage & arson13
• Other theft12

Neighbourhood team: Longholme · Lancashire

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

176 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

342 food businesses within 2 miles

• 277 rated 4–5 ★ (235 top)
• 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rawtenstall (0.5 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£134,515 average▲ 9.9% YoY

Across Burnley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£628 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £463
• 2 bed £585
• 3 bed £692

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (10.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

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

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches33
• Playgrounds6

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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 11 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

38% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

49inspected 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 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
• 47 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

64 applications decided

84.4% granted · 54 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Andy MacNae

Labour

Rossendale and Darwen

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
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

59 jobs advertised · £37,001 avg

e.g. HR Administrator / Assistant, Online Graphic Design Tutoring Job in Rawtenstall – Flexible Schedule, Sheet Metal Worker / Fabricator

Source: Adzuna

£670 median full-time weekly pay

5.6% 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

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 67% · Nuclear 29% · Gas 2% · Biomass 2%

10 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77.2 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rossendale and Darwen:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office550 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test483 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s424 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership361 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth239 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Rawtenstall Town Hall · 0.0 km

  Rawtenstall Town Hall is a municipal building in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Rawtenstall Borough Council and has been conver…

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  Ilex Mill · 0.1 km

  Ilex Mill is a cotton mill built in 1856 by the businessman Peter Whitehead in Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It reached its peak of production in 1895 when it had 50,000 spindles and 748 looms. However…

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  Rawtenstall Library · 0.3 km

  Rawtenstall Library is a Carnegie library located in the town of Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England.

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  Rossendale Valley · 0.4 km

  The Rossendale Valley is in the Rossendale area of Lancashire, England, between the West Pennine Moors and the main range of the Pennines. The area includes the steep-sided valleys of the River Irwell and its tributar…

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  Rawtenstall · 0.5 km

  Rawtenstall is a town in the borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles north of Manchester, 22 miles east of Preston and 45 miles south east of Lancaster. The town is at the centre of the Ross…

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  Rawtenstall railway station · 0.6 km

  Rawtenstall railway station serves the town of Rawtenstall, in Lancashire, England; it is the northern terminus of the heritage East Lancashire Railway. It was formerly on the national railway network on the line betw…

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