Rising Bridge’s story
1 listed building
Historic England lists them inside Rising Bridge’s built-up area.
56% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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Rising BridgeLancashire
639 people call this village in Lancashire, North West home.
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Photo: Steve Houldsworth · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
639
Census 2021 · Rossendale council
Median home
£150K
29 sales in 3 years
Median age
43.1
17% are 65+ · Lancashire 20%
Degree level
27%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
13%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Rising Bridge a good place to live?
Rising Bridge has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures on this page are still real. 56% of its homes date from before 1919. On the way to work, 13% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. The median home sold for £149,950.
What makes Rising Bridge stand out
The 3 things Rising Bridge does most differently from other towns.
Homes built before 1919
History
Against 15% in the typical UK town
Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
13% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (England’s towns 27%)
Median sale, £ thousands
Housing
46% below the typical UK town’s £277K
Standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rising Bridge.
Work & commute
Rising Bridge is a driving town: 84% of commuters go by car, above Lancashire’s towns and England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Short trips to work, under 5 km: 37%, below both Lancashire’s towns (49%) and England’s towns (45%). Average household income comes to £42K a year before tax. 4% of commuters who live in Rising Bridge also work there. The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 3.1%.
13%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving84%
On foot9%
Bus3%
Bicycle1%
37%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
24%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£42K
mean household income, before tax
3.1%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Schools
The schools around Rising Bridge
Key Stage 2 results at the 17 primary schools within 3 km: 61% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one school is below. GCSE results at the 4 secondary schools within 3 km: 36% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 42.7.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Stonefold CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 133 | D |
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
Housing
Rising Bridge is a town of owners: 72% of households own their home, above Lancashire’s towns and England’s towns
8% live in social housing, below both Lancashire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (18%). From September 2023 to August 2026, 29 homes sold inside Rising Bridge’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £149,950. Private rents average £811 a month across the Rossendale council area.
£150Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Rising Bridge£150K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | £278,500 | 6 |
| Terraced | £142,000 | 21 |
72%
of households own their home · England 61%
19%
rent privately · England 21%
£811
average private rent a month, Rossendale council area
£2,516
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Safety
Rising Bridge records more burglary and damage per resident than Lancashire’s towns or England’s towns, at 24 per 1,000 a year
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 55 crimes and 9 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Rising Bridge’s built-up area. Violence came to 36 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Lancashire’s towns (24.4) and England’s towns (22). Also worth knowing: of all the crimes, 49% were violence and sexual offences.
36violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual27
Damage & arson7
Public order7
Burglary5
Vehicle crime4
Other theft2
Weapons2
Bicycle theft1
Anti-social9
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
36
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
24
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
28.7
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
55
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Health
More people in Rising Bridge live with a disability than in Lancashire’s towns or across England’s towns: 23%
Seeing a GP means leaving Rising Bridge: the nearest practice is 1.5 miles away. The nearest A&E to Rising Bridge is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 5.5 miles away. At the census, 6.1% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, near Lancashire’s towns (6.3%) and higher than England’s towns (5.2%).
80%good or very good health
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 80%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 6%
| Census 2021 | Rising Bridge | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.1% | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 20% | 17% |
77.3
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
81.6
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
History
Rising Bridge keeps more of its old housing than Lancashire’s towns or England’s towns: 56% built before 1919
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
None of the 1 listed building reaches Grade II* or Grade I; all are Grade II. Scaled to its population, Rising Bridge has 16 listed buildings per 10,000 people, close to Lancashire’s towns (15) and below England’s towns (39).
1listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II1
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
56%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
16
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
Rising Bridge has fewer young adults than Lancashire’s towns or England’s towns: 9.6% are 15 to 24
The age that splits Rising Bridge in two is 43.1. Degrees are held by 27% of adults, below Lancashire’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (34%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 17% of residents.
43.1median age
Rising BridgeLancashireEngland
Ages · share of residents
17%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications19%
Apprenticeship8%
A levels or similar20%
Degree level27%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Rising Bridge | Lancashire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.9% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lancashire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Haworth Art Gallery and 5 more in and around Rising Bridge
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Rising Bridge. Best known first.
MuseumHaworth Art Gallery1.7 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumHelmshore Mills Textile Museum2.9 km outside town, to the south
MuseumThe Whitaker2.7 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumWhitakers' Mill2.9 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumHigher Mill3 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumAccrington Dome3.2 km outside town, to the northwestPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Haworth Art Gallery: Alexander P Kapp; cropped by Beyond My Ken 20:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helmshore Mills Textile Museum: robert wade, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Whitaker: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Rising Bridge
13pages on Rising Bridge
The big questions
Safety36 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingMedian home £150K · rent £811 a monthHousing8 sold in 12 months · busiest street Blackburn RoadSchools1 state schoolHealthLife expectancy 77.3 (men), 81.6 (women)Work & commute47% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazards0% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Rising Bridge’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
HaslingdenAccringtonRawtenstallOswaldtwistleChurchHuncoatHaptonRising Bridge
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Bridge | 639 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haslingden | 16,005 | 1.9 | C | B | C | C− |
| Accrington | 34,897 | 2.3 | D− | B+ | D− | D− |
| Rawtenstall | 23,683 | 2.5 | C− | B− | C− | C− |
| Oswaldtwistle | 10,810 | 3.1 | D | B | D | D |
| Church | 5,030 | 3.1 | D− | B+ | D− | D |
| Huncoat | 1,258 | 3.2 | — | B− | C+ | C− |
| Hapton | 2,240 | 3.8 | — | B | B− | C+ |
Huncoat and Hapton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Rising Bridge
How many listed buildings are there in Rising Bridge?
1 on Historic England’s list.
Is Rising Bridge expensive to live in?
By type: terraced houses £142,000 and semi-detached houses £278,500.
How much is council tax in Rising Bridge?
Band D council tax in Rising Bridge is £2,516 for 2026–27, more than in 68% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
About Rising Bridge
Village in Lancashire, England
Rising Bridge is a built-up area of 639 people, in the Rossendale council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
- Population
- 639 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Rossendale
- County
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km²)
- ONS code
- E63000914
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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