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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 (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 95,757 residents at roughly 565 people per km².

Council
Pendle
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Pendle
Police force
Lancashire
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 201st of 294 English council areas — better than 32% of them.

Low crime64
Home affordability97
Affordable rents90
Good schools23
Life expectancy31
Low deprivation4
Employment10
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

8°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:27

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

8 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Boulsworth & Foulridge · Lancashire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social Behaviour (including shoplifting), Op Prosper (Clear Hold Build), Road Safety
  • ASB link to Bonfire night

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

Road safety

134 reported road collisions (2025)

41 killed or seriously injured · 183 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

154 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 129 rated 4–5 ★ (109 top)
  • 10 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

£156,011 average▲ 9% YoY

Across Pendle · to 2026-08

Detached£301,637
Semi-detached£185,240
Terraced£137,300
Flat£89,102

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£670 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £497
  • 2 bed £633
  • 3 bed £739

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

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

Property sales

1,295 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · BP (11.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (8.9 km)

6 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,048
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,281
  • Net moves−233

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

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 13 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

35% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

50 inspected 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 homes424
  • GP practices184
  • Dentists248
  • Homecare agencies288
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

113 applications decided

81.4% granted · 92 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Jonathan Hinder

Labour

Pendle and Clitheroe

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Con 10
  • LD 5
  • 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

3,525 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£620 median full-time weekly pay

5.6% 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

85% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 41% · Wind 39% · Gas 9% · Imports 6%

85 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in BB8

  • The Richmond Hill Practice
  • Harambee Surgery
  • Pendle East Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pendle and Clitheroe:

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

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 IoD2025.