Tarleton and Hesketh Bank

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 6° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:32

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Preston, United Kingdom

• 6.3 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

10 reported · August 2026▼ 44% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Other theft2
• Vehicle crime2
• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · Lancashire

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

189 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 300 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

72 food businesses within 2 miles

• 56 rated 4–5 ★ (53 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Becconsall Station (2.3 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£216,624 average▲ 4.2% YoY

Across Chorley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£798 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

• 1 bed £598
• 2 bed £763
• 3 bed £904

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 (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,567 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Trattoria San Marco (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Remembrance Sunday Parade 2026· 3 Nov 2026
• A new chapter for Astley Hall as historic house fully reopens· 26 Oct 2026
• The Longest Yarn weaves its way to Astley Hall· 20 Oct 2026
• Blooming marvellous! Two of Chorley’s events sprint into tourism award finals.· 28 Sept 2026
• New Active Track opens at West Way Sports· 23 Sept 2026

Source: Chorley Council

117,730 residents in Chorley · 581/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,819
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,509
• Net moves+1,310

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 190 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 53,180)

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

73 schools · 17,889 pupils

50 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 31 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chorley

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

128 applications decided

91.4% granted · 117 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour majority

• Lab 29
• Con 4
• Grn 1
• Ref 6
• Oth 2

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,589 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,947 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in PR26

• Moss Side Medical Centre
• The Village Surgeries Croston&Eccleston
• Hmp Garth

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Ribble:

• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018530 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth234 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills166 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately152 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases146 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Tarleton Academy · 0.8 km

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• Bank Hall Estate · 0.8 km

  The Bank Hall Estate is the demesne of the Jacobean mansion house of Bank Hall, including much of land around the village of Bretherton, which is owned by the Lilford Trust.

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  Bank Hall · 0.8 km

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  Bank Hall Gardens · 0.8 km

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  St Mary's Church, Tarleton · 0.9 km

  St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church on the A59 road as it passes to the south of the village of Tarleton, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade…

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  Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton · 1.0 km

  Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton is an Anglican church which stands in the village of Tarleton, Lancashire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)