Wesham

15°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 15° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:35

12h 55m 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

57 reported · July 2026▼ 39% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences29
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Shoplifting4

Neighbourhood team: Medlar-with-Wesham · Lancashire

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

135 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 196 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

84 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
• 1 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: Kirkham and Wesham (0.5 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,647 average▲ 8.7% YoY

Across Fylde · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£866 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £608
• 2 bed £783
• 3 bed £940

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

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Fylde Council Opens Tender for Expanded Padel and Tennis Facilities at Fairhaven Lake· 10 Sept 2026
• Historic Kirkham Landmark’s New 1860 Bistro Opens· 2 Sept 2026
• Fylde Gallery to Showcase Coastal Art, Local Talent and Treasured Artworks This Autumn and Winter· 28 Aug 2026
• Historic Kirkham Building Transformed as Major Restoration Reaches Completion· 28 Aug 2026
• Fylde Council Submits Comments to Offshore Wind Transmission DCO Process· 21 Aug 2026

Source: Fylde Council

81,374 residents in Fylde · 491/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 198 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 41,660)

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

37 schools · 9,381 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

29inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fylde

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
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

95 applications decided

97.9% granted · 93 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative

Fylde

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 2
• Con 22
• LD 2
• Oth 11

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés30

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £55,248 avg

e.g. Online Physics Tutoring Job in Wesham – Flexible Schedule, Home Manager, Become a Arabic Tutor in Wesham – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£839 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,058 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,631 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

90% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 49% · Wind 31% · Biomass 11% · Gas 5%

34 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fylde:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases538 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office450 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership313 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership308 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Christ Church, Wesham · 0.1 km

  Christ Church is an Anglican church in Wesham, a small town in the English county of Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster. It was built 1893–94 by Pal…

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  Medlar-with-Wesham · 0.1 km

  Medlar-with-Wesham is a civil parish and an electoral ward on the Fylde in Lancashire, England, which contains the town of Wesham and the hamlet of Medlar. It lies within the Borough of Fylde, and had a population of…

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  Railway Hotel, Kirkham · 0.5 km

  The Railway Hotel is a building on Station Road in Kirkham, Lancashire, England. It was built around 1850, around a decade after the Preston and Wyre Railway arrived at Kirkham, and has been designated a Grade II list…

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  Kirkham and Wesham railway station · 0.5 km

  Kirkham and Wesham railway station serves the towns of Kirkham and Wesham, in Lancashire, England. It is managed by Northern Trains, which operates most of the passenger services that call there.

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  St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkham · 1.1 km

  St John the Evangelist's Church is in Ribby Road, Kirkham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Lancaster. The church was designed by A. W. N. Pugin, and is recorded in t…

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  Kirkham Grammar School · 1.1 km

  Kirkham Grammar School is a selective, co-educational private day and boarding school in Kirkham, Lancashire, England. It was founded in 1549. Its roots can be traced back to the chantry school attached to St Michael'…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)