Samlesbury

16°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 12° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▼ 55% YoY

• Other theft2
• Possession of weapons1
• Vehicle crime1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Samlesbury & Walton · Lancashire

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

202 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 292 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

129 food businesses within 2 miles

• 105 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bamber Bridge (5.0 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£211,854 average▲ 4.7% YoY

Across South Ribble · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£800 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £559
• 2 bed £734
• 3 bed £885

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (4 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

50 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: EVC Tickled Trout Hotel (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• A Taste of Leyland food festival set to serve up a full-flavoured day out· 11 Sept 2026
• Major improvements to parking facilities at Worden Park· 8 Sept 2026
• South Ribble Borough Council hosts NFHW’s Health Mela· 28 Aug 2026
• Exciting new cultural events set for South Ribble following award up to £30,000· 19 Aug 2026
• South Ribble Borough Council expands offer to support low energy homes· 5 Aug 2026

Source: South Ribble Council

111,035 residents in South Ribble · 981/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 210 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,443 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 52,430)

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

58 schools · 17,116 pupils

39 primary · 11 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 17 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

53inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

83 applications decided

98.8% granted · 82 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour majority

• Lab 28
• Con 16
• LD 5
• Ref 1

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

27 jobs advertised · £63,286 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Become a Applied Mathematics Tutor in Samlesbury – Flexible & Remote, Become a Accounting Tutor in Samlesbury – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,788 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,113 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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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  Samlesbury · 0.3 km

  Samlesbury is a village and civil parish in South Ribble, Lancashire, England. Samlesbury Hall, a historic house, is in the village, as is Samlesbury Aerodrome and a large modern brewery owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev.…

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  Church of St Leonard the Less, Samlesbury · 0.3 km

  The Church of St Leonard the Less is an Anglican church in the village of Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, situated close to the banks of the River Ribble. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It…

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  Brockholes (nature reserve) · 1.0 km

  Brockholes is a nature reserve near Preston, Lancashire, England, just off Junction 31 of the M6 motorway. It is owned by the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside. Situated in the flood-plain…

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  Cuerdale · 1.6 km

  Cuerdale is a civil parish in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England. It includes Cuerdale Hall and has no substantive settlements. It originated as a township in the parish of Blackburn, becoming a separate…

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  Cuerdale Hoard · 1.9 km

  The Cuerdale Hoard is a hoard of more than 8,600 items, including silver coins, English and Carolingian jewellery, hacksilver and ingots. It was discovered on 15 May 1840 on the southern bank of a bend of the River Ri…

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  Ribbleton · 2.3 km

  Ribbleton is a suburb and ward of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. It is located to the east of the city centre, between the A59 New Hall Lane and the B6243 Longridge Road. The M6 motorway also runs through t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)