Ribchester

16°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 15° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:31

12h 51m 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 · Preston, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Ribchester · Lancashire

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

100 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 150 casualties · 16.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ramsgreave and Wilpshire (5.1 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£287,641 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Ribble Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£816 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £607
• 2 bed £770
• 3 bed £934

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

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 160.9p · Asda (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (10.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Mellor Village Hall (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Clitheroe at the Ready for Foot-stomping Clog Dancing Festival· 9 Sept 2026
• O La La! Big Reveal Starts at Clitheroe’s Norman Keep· 7 Sept 2026
• New Rules for Multiple-occupancy Houses in Ribble Valley· 2 Sept 2026
• Clitheroe Gears Up for Annual Clog Dancing Festival· 20 Aug 2026
• ‘Check Your Canvass Form’ Call to Ribble Valley Voters· 19 Aug 2026

Source: Ribble Valley Council

61,558 residents in Ribble Valley · 106/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 282 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,387 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 29,810)

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

45 schools · 12,467 pupils

32 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ribble Valley

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

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

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

100 applications decided

84% granted · 84 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Maya Ellis

Labour

Ribble Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 5
• Con 16
• LD 6
• Grn 2
• Ref 4
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised

e.g. Recruitment Open Day, Cleaner, Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

£833 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,041 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,148 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 47% · Wind 32% · Imports 11% · Gas 8%

35 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ribble Valley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office445 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s377 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018374 local signatures · 5,854 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership296 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test262 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  48 Church Street, Ribchester · 0.1 km

  48 Church Street is a building on Church Street in Ribchester, Lancashire, England. The property dates to 1680 and is now Grade II listed.

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  The White Bull, Ribchester · 0.1 km

  The White Bull is a public house and inn on Church Street in the English village of Ribchester, Lancashire. It dates to 1707, although an alehouse is believed to have previously stood on the site. It is a Grade II lis…

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  Ribchester · 0.1 km

  Ribchester is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, six miles (10 km) northwest of Blackburn and twelve miles (19 km) east of Pr…

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  2 Church Street, Ribchester · 0.2 km

  2 Church Street is a building in Ribchester, Lancashire, England. The property dates to at least the 19th century. In the 1970s, it was discovered that the northeastern corner of a Roman fort, centred in the immediate…

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  8 Blackburn Road · 0.2 km

  8 Blackburn Road is a building in the English village of Ribchester, Lancashire. Standing at the junction of Blackburn Road and Ribblesdale Road, it dates to the early 18th century and is a Grade II listed building.

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  Stydd Brook · 0.2 km

  Stydd Brook is a watercourse in Lancashire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)