Skelmersdale

17°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 16° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:31

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

233 reported · July 2026▼ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences100
• Anti-social behaviour28
• Criminal damage & arson21
• Public order21

Neighbourhood team: Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre · Lancashire

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

156 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 228 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

194 food businesses within 2 miles

• 164 rated 4–5 ★ (131 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

£231,816 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£803 average monthly rent▲ 6.4% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £729
• 3 bed £842

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (8.4 km)

17 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 178 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

68inspected 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 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
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

119 applications decided

81.5% granted · 97 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

5,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

349 jobs advertised · £38,715 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Paint Sprayer, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

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: 83.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Lancashire:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices545 local signatures · 7,817 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office418 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s320 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership262 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Skelmersdale · 0.2 km

  Skelmersdale is a town in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It sits on the River Tawd, 6 miles (10 km) west of Wigan, 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Liverpool and 15 miles (24 km) south-west of Pres…

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  Glenburn Sports College · 0.4 km

  Glenburn Sports College was an 11–16 mixed, foundation secondary school in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England. It was established in 1967 and was part of the Glenburn Education Trust. It closed in 2016 due to consisten…

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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

  Lathom High School is a coeducational secondary school and specialist technology college located in Skelmersdale in the English county of Lancashire. Following an amalgamation of two former schools Tawd Vale and West…

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

  Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Skelmersdale in the English county of Lancashire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)