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County or areaLancashire
Postcode districtPR1
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 6 min4:39 am – 9:45 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 26 min8:26 am – 3:51 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People5,337 residentsin the Penwortham North census areaMedian age 47.52,205 households89% of homes owner-occupied49% owned outright3% social rented, 8% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.8% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 2,597 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: health and social work 15%, public administration and defence 14%, retail and wholesale 13%Getting to work: 36% work from home, 55% go by car, 2% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle72% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages42% of adults hold a degree or higher10% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C949 mm of rain a year, 27 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October37 days of air frost, 7 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 2 to 7°CJFebruary: 2 to 8°CFMarch: 3 to 10°CMApril: 5 to 13°CAMay: 8 to 16°CMJune: 11 to 19°CJJuly: 13 to 20°CJAugust: 12 to 20°CASeptember: 10 to 18°CSOctober: 8 to 14°CONovember: 5 to 10°CNDecember: 2 to 8°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksFrenchwood Knollhill · 1.8 miHigher Ridding Woodwoodland · under a mileBlashaw Dam Woodwoodland · under a mileBull Nosewetland · under a milePool Plattidal water · 2.3 miThe Serpentinewater · 2.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesHurst Grange Parkpark · under a mile · 15 haAshton Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 32 haPriory Parkpark · under a mile · 4 haPenwortham Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 36 haKing George's Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 2 haPenwortham West Allotmentsallotments · under a mile · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes149 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197616 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202629 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 6.9 · PM2.5 5.8 · PM10 9.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband95% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,284 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation23 m75 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -3 to 28 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNHS Nightingale Hospital Preston1.3 miGP surgerySt Fillan's Medical Ctre21 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPenwortham Pharmacy22 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentist46 - 48 Liverpool Roadright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi36 schools21 primary, 6 secondary, 3 independent, 5 special, 1 nurseryPrimaryPenwortham Primary Schoolages 3-11, 201 pupilsunder a milePrimaryPenwortham, St Teresa's Catholic Primary Schoolages 4-11, 282 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryPenwortham Girls' High Schoolages 11-16, 799 pupilsunder a mileCollegeCardinal Newman College1.9 miUniversityUniversity of Central Lancashire1.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL29 miRailway stationPreston1.1 miBus stationBus StationPreston City Centre1.7 miFerryKnott End-On-Sea Ferry LandingKnott End on Sea16 miBus stops98 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

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