Stubbins

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• Today: 11° / 8° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:32

9h 20m 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 · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 6.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3

Neighbourhood team: Ramsbottom · Greater Manchester

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

96 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 129 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

134 food businesses within 2 miles

• 112 rated 4–5 ★ (96 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ramsbottom (0.3 km)
• 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£201,483 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Rossendale · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£811 average monthly rent▲ 4.3% YoY

• 1 bed £591
• 2 bed £755
• 3 bed £908

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

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,058 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 (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9.1 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: EG GROUP RAMSBOTTOM (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New café opens to raise funds for Rossendale Hospice· 30 Oct 2026
• Sir Hare returns to Rawtenstall following community campaign· 27 Oct 2026
• Council trials free bulky waste collections to help tackle fly-tipping· 27 Oct 2026
• New community spaces celebrate Whitworth’s history and heritage· 27 Oct 2026
• Fly-tipping investigation in Haslingden leads to conviction· 23 Oct 2026

Source: Rossendale Council

70,871 residents in Rossendale · 513/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,733
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,057
• Net moves+676

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 60 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,520 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 32,870)

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

47 schools · 11,948 pupils

31 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 12 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rossendale

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
• 35 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

64 applications decided

87.5% granted · 56 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr James Frith

Labour

Bury North

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 19
• Con 5
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,283 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 34,663 certificates

13.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

65% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Gas 24% · Wind 20% · Imports 10%

97 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 79 yrs men

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

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BL0

• Ramsbottom Medical Practice
• Garden City Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bury North:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth271 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND146 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills128 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately121 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  St Paul's Church, Ramsbottom · 0.2 km

  St Paul's Church is a Church of England parish church in Ramsbottom, Bury, England. The Church is also known more completely as The Church of the Parish of Ramsbottom, St John and St Paul. It serves as an important re…

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  Ramsbottom · 0.2 km

  Ramsbottom is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 17,872. Historically in Lancashire, it lies on the River Irwell in the West Pennine M…

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  Ramsbottom railway station · 0.3 km

  Ramsbottom railway station serves the town of Ramsbottom, in Greater Manchester, England. It is a stop on the heritage East Lancashire Railway.

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  Ramsbottom United F.C. · 0.6 km

  Ramsbottom United Football Club are an English football club based in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester. Nicknamed "The Rams", they currently compete in the North West Counties League Premier Division and play their home…

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  Stubbins · 0.8 km

  Stubbins is an industrial village in the southern part of the Rossendale Valley, in Lancashire, England.

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  Stubbins railway station · 0.9 km

  Stubbins railway station served the village of Stubbins, in Rossendale, Lancashire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)