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Sower Carr

Sower Carr is a town or village in Lancashire, England. It has 1 GP surgery and the nearest railway station is Poulton-le-Fylde, 5 km away. There were around 24 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 Sower Carr area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wyre area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 111,945 residents at roughly 397 people per km².

Council
Wyre
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Wyre and Preston North
Police force
Lancashire
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 127th of 294 English council areas — better than 57% of them.

Low crime71
Home affordability78
Affordable rents79
Good schools24
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation46
Employment59
Low council tax44

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

17°COvercast

  • Today: 18° / 16° · 59% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:32

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

180 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

29 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 12 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Poulton-le-Fylde (5.0 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Poulton-Le-Fylde (5.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£193,024 average 6% YoY

Across Wyre · to 2026-06

Detached£312,099
Semi-detached£191,598
Terraced£150,278
Flat£97,467

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£737 average monthly rent 6.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £523
  • 2 bed £711
  • 3 bed £848

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

Affordability

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (3.8 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Wyre - Thornton Little Theatre CP (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

111,945 residents in Wyre · 397/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 147 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,461 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 55,960)

A £1,640
B £1,914
C £2,187
D £2,461
E £3,007
F £3,554
G £4,101
H £4,921

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

Schools

57 schools · 14,449 pupils

41 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 18 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Fleetwood High SchoolGood
  • Hodgson AcademyGood
  • Millfield Science & Performing Arts CollegeGood
  • Baines SchoolRequires improvement
  • Garstang Community AcademyRequires improvement
  • Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
  • Saint Aidan's Church of England High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wyre

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
  • 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

136 applications decided

86.8% granted · 118 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Cat Smith

Labour

Lancaster and Wyre

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 15
  • Con 27
  • Ref 4
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£709 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,839 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,701 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 33% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

46 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lancaster and Wyre:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hambleton, Lancashire · 1.3 km

    Hambleton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire. It is situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde and in an area east of the River Wyre known locally as Over Wyre. Hambleton lies approxim…

  • Wardleys, Hambleton · 1.4 km

    Wardleys was a pub on Wardley's Lane in the civil parish of Stalmine-with-Staynall, near the village of Hambleton, Lancashire. The building dated to the 18th century and occupied a location, on the eastern banks of th…

  • Town End Farmhouse · 1.5 km

    Town End Farmhouse is a historic building in Stalmine-with-Staynall, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1694 and is in brick with a thatched roof covered in corrugated asbestos. It has one-and-a-half storeys and two…

  • Stalmine-with-Staynall · 1.5 km

    Stalmine-with-Staynall is a civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England, in a part of the Fylde known as Over Wyre. The parish contains the village of Stalmine and the hamlets of Staynall and Wardleys.…

  • Wardleys Creek · 1.6 km

    Wardleys Creek is an area of Stalmine-with-Staynall, near the village of Hambleton, Lancashire, England. It is located on the eastern banks of the River Wyre, around 4 miles (6.4 km) from the river's mouth at the Iris…

  • Hambleton Hall, Lancashire · 1.7 km

    Hambleton Hall is a historic building in Hambleton, Lancashire, England. Built in 1710, it is a house in pebbledashed brick with a slate roof, in two storeys and three bays. There is a continuous rendered string cours…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Sower Carr?
Sower Carr is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Wyre local authority.
How deprived is Sower Carr?
The Wyre local authority, which includes Sower Carr, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.