Formby

15°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 11° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:38

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

98 reported · July 2026▲ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Shoplifting23
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Public order7

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Harington · Merseyside

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

297 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 382 casualties · 10.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

123 food businesses within 2 miles

• 113 rated 4–5 ★ (108 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Formby (0.5 km)
• 57 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£225,433 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across Sefton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£935 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £621
• 2 bed £811
• 3 bed £990

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (12 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Grapes Hotel Formby (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches17
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

279,233 residents in Sefton · 1,783/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 89 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 131,350)

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

116 schools · 41,789 pupils

74 primary · 18 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 40 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

103inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sefton

287 CQC-registered services

• Care homes111
• GP practices54
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies50
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sefton

• Not in the Green Belt
• 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

256 applications decided

90.6% granted · 232 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Bill Esterson

Labour

Sefton Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 36
• LD 17
• Grn 3
• Ref 4
• Oth 6

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés29

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

54 jobs advertised · £31,407 avg

e.g. Veterinary Surgeon, Become a Law Tutor in Formby – Flexible & Remote, Manager in Training

Source: Adzuna

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,038 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 140,983 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 33% · Gas 6% · Imports 4%

29 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.5 women · 59 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sefton Central:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices602 local signatures · 7,817 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office336 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership282 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test276 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s259 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Formby · 0.2 km

  Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.

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  Formby High School · 0.3 km

  Formby High School is an English secondary school with academy status located in the town of Formby, Merseyside. The local primary schools Freshfield, Redgate and Trinity St. Peter's act as feeder schools to Formby High.

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  Freshfield · 0.5 km

  Freshfield is an area of Formby, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, situated at the northern end of the town. It has no local political distinction or representation and is included as part of…

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  Formby railway station · 0.5 km

  Formby railway station is a railway station in the town of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. The station has a car park.

• Harington (ward) · 0.6 km

  Harington is a ward of Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in the Sefton Central Parliamentary constituency that covers the western half of the town of Formby, including the western half of the area known as Freshfield. T…

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  Freshfield railway station · 0.9 km

  Freshfield railway station serves the Freshfield district of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)