Vehicle barriers in Nelson (Pendle)

Nelson (Pendle) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63000746 in North West. ONS counted 33,805 usual residents and a median age of 33.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Medium. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 22.9%, then Manufacturing at 18.4%, then Human health and social work activities at 13.4%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 59.7%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 22.9%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 9.4%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 7.9%. Tenure: Owned: owns outright at 32.3%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 30.8%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 21.9%, then Rented: social rented at 15%.

The largest occupation group is Elementary occupations at 17.5% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 47.1% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Terraced housing leads the stock.

Street frontages are a poor place for a boom. Private yards behind that housing are the sites worth surveying.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in North West include Neston (Cheshire West and Chester), Newton-le-Willows, Northwich.