Property market | £144,253 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Manchester (27.4 miles) | |
Broadband | 68.8mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 82.7% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 17.4% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 484 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 95 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Hyndburn level) | |
Community | Median age is 39.8 | Happiness is Below Average for Lancashire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 6.0 burglaries per 1k people (Hyndburn) | |
Commute (approx) | - Manchester Piccadilly (74 mins) - Leeds (75 mins) | |
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£144,253 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Manchester (27.4 miles) | |
68.8mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 39.8 | Happiness is Below Average for Lancashire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 484 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 95 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Hyndburn level) | |
6.0 burglaries per 1k people (Hyndburn) | |
- Manchester Piccadilly (74 mins) - Leeds (75 mins) | |
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Accrington has a few stores nearby for groceries, including: Aldi Milnshaw Accrington, Iceland Accrington, Iceland Accrington Food Warehouse, Tesco Accrington Abbey Street Esso Express. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: Arden Inn, Grants Bar, Griffins Head, Queens Hotel, The Park Inn, The Peel Park Hotel, Tiger Lounge, Tipsy Table, Victoria Hotel, Whittakers Arms. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, we found many nearby, including: Abbey Friar, Boardwalk, Carers Link Lancashire, Dog & Partridge - Wet sales only, Double Decker Diner Jasmines Kitchen, Greggs Plc, Kenanks, Maundy Re... (see map below for more). There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: Acci Pals Mobile Cafe, Cafe 88, Cafe Brunch, Cafe Ri-An, Coffee Beanz, Costa, Frankies Cafe, Imposta Coffee Shop, The Coffee Bar, The Doula Cafe. Accrington has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Accrington has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £227,211, which is down -3.7% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £144,253 (down -5.2% on last year) , a terraced house £102,949 (down -6.8% on last year) and a flat £70,992. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £451 per month. Property prices in Accrington are slightly lower than the average property prices across Lancashire and are much lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Accrington, prices have decreased, while prices increased across the Lancashire region.
Property data is based on Hyndburn level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Accrington, or click here to browse the longer list of Accrington property transactions from 2023.
Accrington has a healthy number of schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Heathland Private School (Independent school) which is both a primary and secondary school and is based in Broadoak, Accrington. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
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School | Type | Outstanding? |
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Accrington Huncoat Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Accrington Peel Park Primary School | Primary Foundation school - Mixed | No |
Accrington Woodnook Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Green Haworth Church of England Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
St Anne's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
The Hollins | Secondary school Community school - Mixed | No |
Heathland Private School | Primary & Secondary Other independent school - Mixed | No |
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Accrington Peel Park Primary School Save school | Primary Foundation school - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (6/20/2012) | Ofsted Report Link | Accrington | |
Accrington Woodnook Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (9/21/2017) | Ofsted Report Link | Accrington | |
Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (10/10/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Accrington | |
Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (10/7/2015) | 18 submissions 94.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Accrington |
Green Haworth Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (3/1/2017) | 13 submissions 70.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Accrington |
Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (3/11/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Accrington | |
Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (3/3/2016) | Ofsted Report Link | Accrington | |
St Anne's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (5/9/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Accrington | |
Heathland Private School Save school | Primary & Secondary Other independent school - Mixed | Accrington | |||
The Hollins Save school | Secondary school Community school - Mixed | Accrington | |||
Accrington Huncoat Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | Accrington |
Station | Distance from Accrington | Commute options |
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Accrington A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +10% from the previous year. | Nearby |
- Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 74 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (77 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 110 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Church & Oswaldtwistle A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +32% from the previous year. | Nearby |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 93 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 127 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 128 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Huncoat A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +32% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 94 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 128 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 135 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Hapton A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +5% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 98 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 132 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Rishton A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +11% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 96 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 124 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 130 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Rose Grove A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +20% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Leeds (1 change(s) - 101 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 135 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Hyndburn) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Hyndburn residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 82.7% | 81.7% |
Asian | 15.1% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 1.3% | 2.9% |
Other | 0.7% | 2.1% |
Black | 0.3% | 4.0% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Hyndburn consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 11.4% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 9.9% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 7.6% | 484 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 17.3% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 6.6% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 14.0% | |
Routine occupations | 15.4% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 11.4% | 95 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 6.4% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Lancashire is average (67mbps). Accrington is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 68.8mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Hyndburn level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 68.8 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 97.4% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.5% |
Crime stats were found at the Hyndburn level:
Type | Hyndburn | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 106 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 6 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 9 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 48 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Accrington.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Cumbria and Lancashire | River Calder | Rivers Calder, Brun, Don and Pendlewater, from Laneshaw Bridge to the river Ribble including Trawden, Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Accrington and Whalley |
Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches | River Irwell | Upper Irwell catchment includes the Rivers Beal, Roch and Croal, Limey Water and their tributaries. Other locations which may be affected are around Farnworth, Whitefield, Little Lever, Radcliffe, Bury, Heywood, Whitworth and Bacup |
Cumbria and Lancashire | River Hyndburn, Pleck Brook, Antley Syke, Hyndburn Brook, Broad Oak Water, Woodnook Water, Tinker Brook, Lottice Brook, Whiteash Brook | River Hyndburn, Woodnook & Broad Oak Water, Antley Syke, Pleck, Hynburn, Tinker, Lottice and Whiteash Brooks in Accrington and Oswaldtwistle. Comprising Dunnyshop, Baxenden, Lower Fold, Peel Bank, Barnfield and Little Moor End |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Accrington, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £144,253 Detached: £227,211 | 106 | Primary: 10Secondary: 2 | 7.6% residents in higher managerial positions 11.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Clitheroe, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Hot property market | Semi-detached: £273,093 Detached: £452,557 | 40 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 | 14.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Lancaster, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £222,692 Detached: £362,841 | 78 | Primary: 13Secondary: 7 | 9.4% residents in higher managerial positions 8.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Penwortham, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £200,211 Detached: £327,899 | 89 | Primary: 16Secondary: 7 | 13.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Accrington, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £144,253 Detached: £227,211 | 106 | Primary: 10Secondary: 2 |
Clitheroe, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Hot property market | Semi-detached: £273,093 Detached: £452,557 | 40 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 |
Lancaster, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £222,692 Detached: £362,841 | 78 | Primary: 13Secondary: 7 |
Penwortham, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £200,211 Detached: £327,899 | 89 | Primary: 16Secondary: 7 |
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