Widnes

16°CMist

• Today: 20° / 14° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:36

12h 59m 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

290 reported · July 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences134
• Public order37
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Shoplifting19

38 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Riverside · Cheshire

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)

432 food businesses within 2 miles

• 363 rated 4–5 ★ (304 top)
• 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Widnes (1.9 km)
• 25 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Bristol Street Motors - Nissan Dealer (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches50
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds14

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

• In a conservation area (Victoria Square)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 11 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

Derek Twigg

Labour

Widnes and Halewood

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés42

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

336 jobs advertised · £37,572 avg

e.g. HGV Class 2 Driver, Support Worker, Class 1 Driver

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Nuclear 33% · Gas 10% · Imports 4%

43 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 Widnes and Halewood:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office395 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth353 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership349 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s314 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test294 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Widnes · 0.0 km

  Widnes is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400.

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  Widnes Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Widnes Town Hall is a municipal building in Victoria Road in Widnes, Cheshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Widnes Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Riverside College, Widnes · 0.3 km

  Riverside College is a further education college based over two sites in Widnes, Cheshire, England. It was rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted following an inspection in 2020, and received its second “Outstanding” rating fr…

• Widnes Central railway station · 0.4 km

  Widnes Central railway station served the town of Widnes, England from 1879 to 1964.

• Widnes South railway station · 0.4 km

  Widnes South railway station was located in the town of Widnes in Cheshire, England on the east side of Victoria Road. It was built by the London and North Western Railway and situated on their Widnes Deviation Line,…

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  Municipal Borough of Widnes · 0.4 km

  The Municipal Borough of Widnes was a municipal borough centred around the town of Widnes in Lancashire, England from 1892 until 1974.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)