Warrington

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:31

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

22 reported · August 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Bicycle theft2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Bold · 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)

120 food businesses within 2 miles

• 98 rated 4–5 ★ (89 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sankey for Penketh (1.8 km)
• 24 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

66 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Warrington West Railway Station (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 4 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

Ms Marie Rimmer

Labour

St Helens South and Whiston

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,695 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2,817 jobs advertised · £43,185 avg

e.g. HGV Driver, Class 1 Driver, Industrial Mechanical Estimator

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 19% · Imports 3%

77 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

26 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in WA5

• Guardian Street Med/Ctr
• Penketh Health Centre
• Folly Lane Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Helens South and Whiston:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth284 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND206 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK133 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills106 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately97 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• Great Sankey High School · 0.9 km

  Great Sankey High School (GSHS) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is a member of the Omega Multi-Academy Trust (OMAT). The school was…

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  Bold Heath · 1.7 km

  Bold Heath is a hamlet and rural area in the civil parish of Bold in St Helens, Merseyside.

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  Sankey for Penketh railway station · 1.8 km

  Sankey for Penketh railway station, also known as just Sankey, is a railway station in the west of Warrington, Cheshire, England, serving the Great Sankey, Penketh and Whittle Hall areas of the town. The station, and…

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  Penketh · 1.8 km

  Penketh is a civil parish and suburb of Warrington in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Warrington town centre. It has a population of 8,699. It is in the histo…

• Penketh High School · 2.2 km

  Penketh High School is a secondary school in Penketh, Warrington. It is a co-educational, non-denominational academy school for 11 to 16 year olds. It converted from comprehensive to academy status in April 2013. In A…

• Omega Development Site · 2.2 km

  Omega is a property development site in Warrington, Cheshire comprising 226 hectares straddling the M62 motorway. The site comprises a large part of the former RAF/USAF Burtonwood airbase. A new junction on the M62 w…

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