Simonstone

16°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 14° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:30

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford M60, United Kingdom

9 reported · July 2026▼ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

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

176 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

115 food businesses within 2 miles

• 98 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hapton (3.2 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£134,515 average▲ 9.9% YoY

Across Burnley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£628 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £463
• 2 bed £585
• 3 bed £692

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

4.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.2 times median annual pay (3.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Morrisons (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (9.2 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

38 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Fort Vale Engineering Limited (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

94,646 residents in Burnley · 855/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 11 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

38% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,549 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 43,050)

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

59 schools · 15,630 pupils

30 primary · 5 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

49inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Burnley

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
• 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

64 applications decided

84.4% granted · 54 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jonathan Hinder

Labour

Pendle and Clitheroe

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 3
• LD 6
• Grn 3
• Ref 12
• Oth 11

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£670 median full-time weekly pay

5.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,928 disposable income per head (2024)

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

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 54,300 certificates

16.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 48% · Wind 30% · Imports 10% · Gas 9%

39 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.0
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pendle and Clitheroe:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office413 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s354 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership302 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases214 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership204 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Simonstone, Lancashire · 0.1 km

  Simonstone is a small village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,154. It is about 4 miles (6 km) west of Burnley an…

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  Read, Lancashire · 0.7 km

  Read is a village in Lancashire 5 miles west northwest of Burnley and 2 miles east of Whalley. It is on the A671 which is the main road between Burnley and Clitheroe. The population of the civil parish as taken at the…

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  Simonstone railway station · 0.8 km

  Simonstone railway station was located on the east side of Simonstone Lane, 0.75 miles (1 km) south of Simonstone centre and near Padiham, Lancashire, England. It was on a branch line of the East Lancashire Line, from…

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  St James' Church, Altham · 1.4 km

  St James' Church is in the village of Altham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Accrington, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice has bee…

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  Huntroyde Hall · 1.4 km

  Huntroyde Hall is a grade II listed, 16th-century house in the civil parish of Simonstone in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. Its estate, Huntroyde Demesne, once extended to over 6,500 acres.

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  Padiham F.C. · 1.5 km

  Padiham Football Club are an English football team based in Padiham, Lancashire. As of the 2026–27 season, they will play in the Northern Premier League Division One West.

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