Sower Carr

10°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 10° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:30

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

• 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

24 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Other theft2
• Vehicle crime2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Hambleton & Stalmine · Lancashire

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

196 reported road collisions (2025)

65 killed or seriously injured · 262 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£188,833 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Wyre · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£743 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £527
• 2 bed £717
• 3 bed £854

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,855 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: 154.9p · Esso (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (3.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Remembrance services to take place across Wyre· 2 Nov 2026
• Wyre communities celebrate outstanding In Bloom Awards success· 30 Oct 2026
• Government confirms timetable for Local Government Reorganisation review in Lancashire· 29 Oct 2026
• Allotment sites formally determined as contaminated land· 23 Oct 2026
• Free family Halloween theatre returns to Wyre this half term· 20 Oct 2026

Source: Wyre Council

111,945 residents in Wyre · 397/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,175
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,619
• Net moves+2,556

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 150 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,461 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

56 schools · 14,179 pupils

40 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 18 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wyre

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
• 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

125 applications decided

92% granted · 115 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Cat Smith

Labour

Lancaster and Wyre

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• Ref 4
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£709 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

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

75% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Wind 32% · Gas 15% · Imports 10%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

3 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in FY6

• The Over-Wyre Med.Ctr.
• Lockwood Gp Surgery
• Queensway Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lancaster and Wyre:

• New legislation for ponds to have safety measures to prevent access by children426 local signatures · 9,763 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks274 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018218 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases213 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  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…

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  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…

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  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.…

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  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…

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  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…

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