Prescot

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:35

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

240 reported · August 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences91
• Anti-social behaviour53
• Public order24
• Shoplifting19

117 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Prescot North · Merseyside

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

181 reported road collisions (2025)

28 killed or seriously injured · 215 casualties · 11.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

354 food businesses within 2 miles

• 277 rated 4–5 ★ (211 top)
• 26 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Prescot (0.7 km)
• 76 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£191,550 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Knowsley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£858 average monthly rent▲ 11.4% YoY

• 1 bed £601
• 2 bed £767
• 3 bed £929

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

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,606 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: 155.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (10.3 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Cyprus Steet Car, Prescot (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches28
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

154,519 residents in Knowsley · 1,787/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,469
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,795
• Net moves+1,674

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 17 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

40% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,488 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 71,760)

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

62 schools · 21,497 pupils

49 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 21 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Knowsley

125 CQC-registered services

• Care homes29
• GP practices25
• Dentists27
• Homecare agencies24
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Knowsley

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

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

73 applications decided

97.3% granted · 71 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Anneliese Midgley

Labour

Knowsley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 24
• LD 3
• Grn 8
• Ref 4
• Oth 6

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens980
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

358 jobs advertised · £42,935 avg

e.g. Class 1 Driver, Children with Disabilities Team, Class 1 Night Driver

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,287 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 83,013 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Nuclear 26% · Wind 20% · Imports 2%

202 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.9 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.7 women · 54 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in L34

• Park House Medical Centre
• Prescot Medical Centre
• Macmillan St Helens Sp, Palliative Care

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Knowsley:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth348 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND232 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK126 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases104 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after96 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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  Flat Iron Building (Prescot) · 0.1 km

  Flat Iron Building, also known as 72 Ecclestone Street, is a historic building in Prescot, Merseyside. It was built in 1890 to service Prescot's extensive watchmaking industry.

• Prescot Playhouse · 0.1 km

  The Prescot Playhouse was an Elizabethan theatre in the town of Prescot, which was then in Lancashire. The playhouse was built before 1603, probably in the mid-1590s, and probably remained in theatrical use until 160…

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  Prescot Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Prescot Town Hall is a municipal building in Warrington Road, Prescot, a town in Merseyside, England. The building is currently used as the offices and meeting place of Prescot Town Council.

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  Prescot Museum · 0.2 km

  Prescot Museum is a local museum in Prescot, England. The museum focuses on topics relating to the history of Knowsley, its people and local industries such as coalmining and watchmaking. In 2012 the museum building w…

• Prescot Urban District · 0.2 km

  Prescot Urban District was a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England, from 1895 to 1974.the main settlement of the district was the town of Prescot.

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  Shakespeare North · 0.4 km

  The Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Merseyside, in the north of England, is a cultural and educational venue that opened in 2022. The development includes a 420-seat main auditorium, a modern studio space, out…

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