Prescot

15°CMist

• Today: 20° / 15° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

256 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences102
• Shoplifting37
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Public order20

114 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Prescot North · Merseyside

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

185 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 226 casualties · 12 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

357 food businesses within 2 miles

• 276 rated 4–5 ★ (206 top)
• 24 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£189,116 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across Knowsley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£844 average monthly rent▲ 10.4% YoY

• 1 bed £592
• 2 bed £754
• 3 bed £914

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (10.5 km)

34 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 3 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

47% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Knowsley

124 CQC-registered services

• Care homes27
• 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)

67 applications decided

98.5% granted · 66 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

342 jobs advertised · £39,920 avg

e.g. Chef, Ward Hostess/Host, CE&I Senior Design Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% 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

90% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 51% · Wind 33% · Biomass 6% · Gas 5%

28 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Knowsley:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test386 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office350 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth345 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership312 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s234 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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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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