Shevington Moor

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 8° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:30

9h 13m 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 · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Drugs2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Shevington with Lower Ground · Greater Manchester

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

185 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 15.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

143 food businesses within 2 miles

• 109 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Appley Bridge (2.5 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£240,850 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£805 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £731
• 3 bed £845

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,476 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (4.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (10.1 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: 41 Shevington Moor (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

117,431 residents in West Lancashire · 339/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,994
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,457
• Net moves+1,537

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (28% of 52,760)

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

73 schools · 16,020 pupils

55 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 23 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lancashire

1,255 CQC-registered services

• Care homes424
• GP practices184
• Dentists248
• Homecare agencies288
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

154 applications decided

85.1% granted · 131 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lisa Nandy

Labour

Wigan

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 13
• Con 12
• Ref 7
• Oth 13

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens21
• Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,532 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,300 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 45% · Wind 32% · Gas 13% · Imports 10%

50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

12 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WN6

• The Dicconson Group Practice
• Beech Hill Medical Practice
• Standish Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wigan:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth298 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK180 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals141 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 138 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND129 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Hesketh Arms · 0.4 km

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  Standish Community High School · 0.8 km

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  Hunger Hill, Lancashire · 1.0 km

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  Shevington High School · 1.1 km

  Shevington High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Shevington in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England.

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  Standish-with-Langtree · 1.5 km

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  Standish, Greater Manchester · 1.5 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)