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Silverdale

Silverdale is a village in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 1,326. It has around 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and around 4 restaurants and cafés, with 13 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Silverdale, 1.4 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Silverdale area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Lancaster area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 142,932 residents at roughly 252 people per km².

Council
Lancaster
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Police force
Lancashire
47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 174th of 294 English council areas — better than 41% of them.

Low crime53
Home affordability85
Affordable rents81
Good schools24
Life expectancy22
Low deprivation35
Employment57
Low council tax31

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°COvercast

  • Today: 18° / 15° · 78% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:35

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 80% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Silverdale · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Rural Crime and Reassurance

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

Road safety

213 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 283 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

23 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 21 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Silverdale (0.9 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Silverdale (0.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£199,762 average 4.9% YoY

Across Lancaster · to 2026-06

Detached£343,879
Semi-detached£222,045
Terraced£178,315
Flat£114,017

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£815 average monthly rent 6% YoY

  • 1 bed £596
  • 2 bed £745
  • 3 bed £916

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

Affordability

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (5.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (5.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: The Willowfield Hotel (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

142,932 residents in Lancaster · 252/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 112 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

15% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,503 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (35% of 66,990)

A £1,669
B £1,947
C £2,225
D £2,503
E £3,059
F £3,616
G £4,172
H £5,006

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

Schools

73 schools · 19,170 pupils

52 primary · 8 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 27 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademyOutstanding
  • Bay Leadership AcademyGood
  • Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolGood
  • Lancaster High SchoolGood
  • Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolGood
  • Morecambe Bay AcademyGood
  • Our Lady's Catholic CollegeRequires improvement
  • Carnforth High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lancaster

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

159 applications decided

81.8% granted · 130 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 20
  • Con 5
  • LD 7
  • Grn 23
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Silverdale – Flexible Schedule, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£687 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,896 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 69,734 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Morecambe and Lunesdale:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Silverdale, Lancashire · 0.7 km

    Silverdale is a village and civil parish within the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. The village stands on Morecambe Bay, near the border with Cumbria, 4.5 miles (7 km) north west of Carnforth and 8.…

  • Hazelwood Hall · 0.7 km

    Hazelwood Hall, sometimes spelt Hazlewood, is a nineteenth-century country house set in 18.5 acres of woodland and gardens in the village of Silverdale, Lancashire, England, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north of Lancaster. The…

  • St John's Church, Silverdale · 0.7 km

    St John's Church is in Emesgate Lane, Silverdale, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is reco…

  • Silverdale railway station · 0.9 km

    Silverdale is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 9+1⁄2 miles (15 km) north-west of Lancaster, serves the village of Silverdale in Lancashir…

  • Silverdale Hoard · 0.9 km

    The Silverdale Hoard is a collection of over 200 pieces of silver jewellery and coins discovered near Silverdale, Lancashire, England, in September 2011. The items were deposited together in and under a lead container…

  • Lindeth Tower · 1.0 km

    Lindeth Tower is a Victorian folly in Silverdale, Lancashire, England. It is an embattled square tower of three storeys. It was built in 1842 by Henry Paul Fleetwood, a distant relative of Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Silverdale?
Silverdale is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Lancaster local authority.
What is the population of Silverdale?
Silverdale has an approximate settlement population of 1,326.
How deprived is Silverdale?
The Lancaster local authority, which includes Silverdale, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.