Whitworth

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• Today: 20° / 13° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

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

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

67 reported · July 2026▲ 49% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour28
• Violence & sexual offences24
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft4

Neighbourhood team: Whitworth · 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)

85 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (59 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Smithy Bridge (4.9 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 (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (4.8 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Rochdale Infirmary (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• 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
• 23 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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,840 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 53% · Imports 16% · Gas 13% · Solar 11%

56 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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  Whitworth railway station · 0.1 km

  Whitworth railway station served the town of Whitworth, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947.

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  Whitworth, Lancashire · 0.8 km

  Whitworth is a town and civil parish in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, amongst the foothills of the Pennines between Bacup, to the north, and Rochdale, to the south. It had a population of 7,500 at the 2011 Census.

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  Cowm Reservoir · 1.3 km

  Cowm Reservoir in Whitworth was built following the 1866 Rochdale Waterworks Act. The reservoir is owned by United Utilities.

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  Facit railway station · 1.4 km

  Facit railway station served Facit near Whitworth, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1870 until closure to passengers in 1947 and freight in 1963.

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  Broadley railway station · 1.5 km

  Broadley railway station served Broadley in Rochdale, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947.

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  Brown Wardle Hill · 1.8 km

  Brown Wardle is a hill between the village of Wardle, Greater Manchester and the town of Whitworth, Lancashire, England. The summit is on the border of Greater Manchester and Lancashire and stands 1,314 feet (401 m) a…

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