Skelmersdale

9°CMist

• Today: 12° / 7° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:38

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

157US AQI · Unhealthy

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

199 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences84
• Anti-social behaviour31
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Vehicle crime12

Neighbourhood team: Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre · Lancashire

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)

192 food businesses within 2 miles

• 157 rated 4–5 ★ (127 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Upholland (3.2 km)
• 35 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 (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.7 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Concourse Shopping Centre (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds21

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
• 19 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

Ashley Dalton

Labour

West Lancashire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 13
• Con 12
• Ref 7
• Oth 13

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

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

322 jobs advertised · £35,712 avg

e.g. Credit Controller / Telephone based Collections Exec, Mechanical Site Manager, Environmental Operative

Source: Adzuna

£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

83% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 56% · Wind 27% · Imports 13% · Gas 4%

18 gCO₂/kWh · very 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 · 8 pharmacies in WN8

• Manor Primary Care
• Hall Green Surgery
• Parbold Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Lancashire:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices744 local signatures · 8,814 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth197 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND175 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK148 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills128 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Skelmersdale · 0.2 km

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  Glenburn Sports College · 0.4 km

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  St Paul's Church, Skelmersdale · 1.3 km

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• Skelmersdale and Holland · 1.5 km

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• Lathom High School · 1.7 km

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• Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College · 1.8 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)