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Trawden

Trawden is a village in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 1,000. There is around 1 restaurant and café, 12 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Colne, 3.1 km away. There were around 4 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 Trawden area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Pendle area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 95,757 residents at roughly 565 people per km².

Council
Pendle
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
43/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 195th of 294 English council areas — better than 34% of them.

Low crime64
Home affordability97
Affordable rents90
Good schools24
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation11
Employment9
Low council tax7

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

16°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 14° · 49% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:29

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Crime

8 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Drugs1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Boulsworth & Foulridge · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Now that the nights are lighter and the weather is improving , there has been a rise in reported youth ASB. Specific concerns have been r…
  • Anti-social Behaviour (including shoplifting), Op Prosper (Clear Hold Build), Road Safety

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

Road safety

143 reported road collisions (2024)

38 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

157 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 130 rated 4–5 ★ (109 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Colne (3.1 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Colne (3.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£149,613 average 8.6% YoY

Across Pendle · to 2026-06

Detached£289,614
Semi-detached£177,653
Terraced£131,409
Flat£88,309

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£666 average monthly rent 6.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £494
  • 2 bed £629
  • 3 bed £734

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

Affordability

4.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.5 times median annual pay (3.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Morrisons (5.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (5.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: West Riding Colne-Hyundai (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

95,757 residents in Pendle · 565/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 36 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

32% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,640 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 41,670)

A £1,760
B £2,053
C £2,347
D £2,640
E £3,227
F £3,814
G £4,400
H £5,280

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

Schools

55 schools · 14,890 pupils

37 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

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

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Marsden Heights Community CollegeGood
  • Colne Primet AcademyRequires improvement
  • Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High SchoolRequires improvement
  • West Craven High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Colne Park High School
  • Pendle Vale College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Pendle

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

  • In a conservation area (Wycoller)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

113 applications decided

85.8% granted · 97 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jonathan Hinder

Labour

Pendle and Clitheroe

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Con 8
  • LD 7
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 13

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,550 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£620 median full-time weekly pay

5.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,449 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

26% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,326 certificates

16% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 56% · Gas 15% · Wind 15% · Imports 10%

128 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday8.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pendle and Clitheroe:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Trawden Forest · 0.3 km

    Trawden Forest is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 2,765, and contains the village of Trawden and the hamlets of Cottontree, Winewall and Wycoller. Boulsworth Hill i…

  • Trawden · 0.6 km

    Trawden is a village in the Trawden Forest parish of Pendle, at the foot of Boulsworth Hill, in Lancashire, England. The village co-operatively owns and runs its library, shop, community centre and pub.

  • Cottontree and Winewall · 1.2 km

    Cottontree and Winewall are two hamlets situated in the civil parish of Trawden Forest in Pendle, Lancashire. They are adjacent to one other and located between the towns of Colne and Trawden. Cottontree is generally…

  • Trawden Brook · 1.2 km

    Trawden Brook is a minor river in Lancashire, England. It is 3.48 miles (5.6 km) long and has a catchment area of 4.40 square miles (11.4 km2).

  • Emmott Hall · 2.2 km

    Emmott Hall was a country house in the village of Laneshawbridge, Colne, Lancashire, England.

  • Laneshaw Bridge · 2.2 km

    Laneshawbridge is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 918. It is to the east of Colne in Lancashire and is the easternmost settleme…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Trawden?
Trawden is a town in Lancashire, England, in the Pendle local authority.
How deprived is Trawden?
The Pendle local authority, which includes Trawden, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.