Weir

13°CMist

• Today: 17° / 13° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

54US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other crime2
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Bacup · Lancashire

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

107 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 143 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

76 food businesses within 2 miles

• 58 rated 4–5 ★ (50 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Todmorden (6.5 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£193,320 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Rossendale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£808 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £752
• 3 bed £905

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (11.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Rossendale - Madens Children's Centre CP (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Rossendale Council employee shortlisted to for BBC award· 10 Sept 2026
• New-look toddler play area reopens at Whitaker Park· 3 Sept 2026
• Rossendale Borough Council secures prosecution following persistent noise nuisance· 3 Sept 2026
• Saturday footfall rises following investment in Haslingden town centre· 3 Sept 2026
• Up to £10,000 available to help businesses fill empty shops in Rossendale· 14 Aug 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 91 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,520 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%)

42inspected 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 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
• 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

58 applications decided

81% granted · 47 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Andy MacNae

Labour

Rossendale and Darwen

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,840 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised · £34,278 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Weir – Flexible Schedule, Online German Tutoring Job in Weir – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£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

87% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 59% · Wind 16% · Biomass 12% · Imports 9%

29 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 79 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rossendale and Darwen:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office550 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test483 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s424 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership361 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth239 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Weir, Lancashire · 0.3 km

  Weir is a village to the north of Bacup in the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England, and immediately south of the boundary with the Borough of Burnley. The village had a population of 1,251 at the 2011 Census. An…

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  A671 road · 0.8 km

  The A671 is a road in the North West of England, that runs between Oldham, Greater Manchester and Worston, near Clitheroe, Lancashire. Major towns on the route include Rochdale and Burnley. The road is approximately 3…

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  Broadclough · 1.6 km

  Broadclough – historically Broad Clough – is a village located to the north of Bacup, previously having been a part of the old borough of Bacup and now with Rossendale borough of Lancashire and part of the Greenclough…

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  Sharneyford · 1.6 km

  Sharneyford is a hamlet in Lancashire, England, on the A681 road between Bacup and Todmorden. It is home to one of the smallest schools in Britain, Sharneyford Primary School. Sharneyford Mill, located north of the sc…

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  Bacup Borough F.C. · 2.0 km

  Bacup Borough Football Club is a football club based in Bacup, Lancashire, England. The club are currently members of the North West Counties League Division One North and play at West View. They are full members of t…

• Hill Top Colliery · 2.0 km

  The Hill Top Colliery in Sharneyford between Bacup and Todmorden was, until 2014, the last coal mine still in operation in Lancashire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)