Haydock

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 7° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:32

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

90 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Criminal damage & arson14
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Public order8

13 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Haydock · Merseyside

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

244 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 301 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

272 food businesses within 2 miles

• 205 rated 4–5 ★ (157 top)
• 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Garswood (2.4 km)
• 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£186,445 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across St. Helens · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£807 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £593
• 2 bed £737
• 3 bed £901

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

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,267 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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (7.6 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Atg Access LTD (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

183,247 residents in St. Helens · 1,344/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,728
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,418
• Net moves+1,310

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 68 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,403 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 86,150)

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

79 schools · 25,931 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 22 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · St. Helens

164 CQC-registered services

• Care homes41
• GP practices31
• Dentists27
• Homecare agencies40
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · St. Helens

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

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

109 applications decided

92.7% granted · 101 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

David Baines

Labour

St Helens North

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• Con 1
• LD 3
• Ref 34
• Oth 6

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

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,695 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

62 jobs advertised · £38,941 avg

e.g. Warehouse Operative - Chill PM, Hgv Class 1 Driver, Senior Key Account Executive

Source: Adzuna

£748 median full-time weekly pay

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

£21,753 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 92,695 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 23% · Solar 8%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81 yrs women · 77 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56 women · 55.7 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

9 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in WA11

• Modality St Helens
• Rainford Health Centre
• Kenneth Macrae Med Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Helens North:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 270 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth248 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND180 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants171 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK161 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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• Haydock railway station · 0.7 km

  Haydock railway station served the village of Haydock, formerly in Lancashire, now in Merseyside, England.

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  Blackbrook, St Helens · 1.2 km

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  Haydock · 1.4 km

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  Church of St James the Great, Haydock · 1.5 km

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• St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy · 1.9 km

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