Thornton (Wyre)

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 13° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:38

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

110 reported · July 2026▼ 24% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences46
• Anti-social behaviour21
• Criminal damage & arson12
• Other theft9

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bourne · Lancashire

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

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)

294 food businesses within 2 miles

• 217 rated 4–5 ★ (176 top)
• 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Wyre estuary from Fleetwood and Knott End to Little Eccleston

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Poulton-le-Fylde (3.5 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£193,024 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Wyre · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (2.9 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Wyre - Thornton Little Theatre CP (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Restrictions lifted on Lord Street following successful inspection· 11 Sept 2026
• Heritage Open Days 2026 invites residents and visitors to discover Wyre's rich history· 7 Sept 2026
• Dog fouling fine to increase to £250 across Wyre· 7 Sept 2026
• Entries Deadline Extended for the Wyre Business Awards 2026· 4 Sept 2026
• New Play Facilities Officially Open at Memorial Park· 3 Sept 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)

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wyre

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
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

136 applications decided

86.8% granted · 118 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lorraine Beavers

Labour

Blackpool North and Fleetwood

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• Ref 4
• Oth 4

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 34% · Imports 14% · Biomass 7%

30 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 78.5 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blackpool North and Fleetwood:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office499 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases484 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s345 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership329 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth262 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Trunnah Farmhouse · 0.1 km

  Trunnah Farmhouse is a historic building on Woodland Avenue in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England. A former farmhouse with attached barn, dating to 1769, it is in rendered brick with a slate roof. The house has t…

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  Poolfoot Cottage · 0.5 km

  Poolfoot Cottage is a historic building on Heys Street in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England. Originally a pair of cottages, the buildings were later converted into a single dwelling. It has cobble walls, now ren…

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  Marsh Mill · 0.6 km

  Marsh Mill is an 18th-century tower windmill in Thornton, Lancashire, England. It was built in 1794 by Ralph Slater for local landowner Bold Hesketh. It functioned as a corn mill until the 1920s and has been fully res…

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  ICI Hillhouse · 0.7 km

  ICI Hillhouse was a chlorine-production facility in Lancashire, England. A division of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), it was active between 1941 and 1992. Its triangular footprint spread from the banks of the Riv…

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  Brook Farm (Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire) · 0.7 km

  Brook Farm in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England, was built in 1892. At that time, it was one of the only properties in the area on what was then its farmland. Its earliest known reference in literature is in the…

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  Four Lane Ends, Thornton-Cleveleys · 0.8 km

  Four Lane Ends is a road junction in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England. It is formed by the meeting of the north–south-running Fleetwood Road and the east–west-bound Victoria Road, the B5412. The names of both r…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)