Rising Bridge

14°CSunny

• Today: 15° / 9° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:42

13h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford M60, United Kingdom

16 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Public order3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Shoplifting2

Neighbourhood team: Haslingden · Lancashire

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

151 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 203 casualties · 18.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

162 food businesses within 2 miles

• 132 rated 4–5 ★ (109 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Accrington (3.9 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£138,818 average▲ 10.7% YoY

Across Hyndburn · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£645 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £483
• 2 bed £619
• 3 bed £724

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

4.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.1 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 (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: 4-12 Deardengate (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

82,234 residents in Hyndburn · 1,127/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 18 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

27% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,466 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 37,950)

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

47 schools · 12,562 pupils

34 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 14 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

44inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hyndburn

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
• 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

76 applications decided

81.6% granted · 62 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Smith

Labour

Hyndburn

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 8
• Grn 1
• Ref 8
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£678 median full-time weekly pay

5.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,638 disposable income per head (2024)

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

29% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 42,226 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 38% · Wind 36% · Imports 10% · Biomass 7%

20 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.6 yrs women · 78 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hyndburn:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office402 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership309 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s305 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Expand statutory SEN allowance entitlement to Teaching Assistants in SEN schools246 local signatures · 17,598 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases224 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Baxenden railway station · 0.5 km

  Baxenden railway station served the villages of Baxenden in Hyndburn and Rising Bridge in Rossendale. It was situated just inside the old boundary of Haslingden on the line from Bury Bolton Street to Accrington, which…

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  Acre, Lancashire · 0.8 km

  Acre is a Victorian village situated along the A56 Blackburn Road between the village of Rising Bridge and the town of Haslingden in the Borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, about one mile north of Haslingden town centr…

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  Baxenden · 1.1 km

  Baxenden is a village and ward in the Borough of Hyndburn in Lancashire, North-West England. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,042.

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  River Hyndburn · 1.3 km

  The River Hyndburn is a minor river in Lancashire, England. Beginning as Woodnook Water on the slopes of Goodshaw Hill, it passes through Stone Fold, Rising Bridge and Baxenden where it is augmented by streams from Th…

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  Haslingden railway station · 1.6 km

  Haslingden railway station served the town of Haslingden, in the borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, England, between 1848 and 1960.

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  The Hollins · 2.0 km

  The Hollins is a coeducational secondary school located in Accrington in the English county of Lancashire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)