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Agriculture and Forestry

Farm Type (Number of Holdings), 2006
  Cereals General Cropping Horticulture Pigs and Poultry Dairy Grazing Livestock (LFA) Grazing Livestock (Lowland) Mixed Other
                   
Burnley 0 0 * * 10 * 0 * 104
Chorley 13 5 21 37 51 22 101 22 281
Fylde 16 8 17 21 62 0 64 19 155
Hyndburn 0 0 * * 11 74 0 * 104
Lancaster * * 17 * 184 170 127 10 374
Pendle * 0 * * 59 174 0 9 216
Preston * * 14 * 83 * 92 17 201
Ribble Valley * 0 12 * 166 264 138 20 428
Rossendale 0 0 * * 20 133 0 9 194
South Ribble 9 * 52 * 39 0 73 8 193
West Lancashire 57 189 160 25 12 0 65 27 282
Wyre 20 25 22 40 136 25 159 33 355
                   
Lancashire County no. 121 236 326 288 833 937 819 184 2,887
Lancashire County % 1.8 3.6 4.9 4.3 12.6 14.1 12.4 2.8 43.5
                   
Blackburn with Darwen 0 0 7 * 24 79 11 * 160
Blackpool 0 0 14 * 0 0 * * *
                   
Lancashire NUTS-2 121 236 * * 857 1,016 * * *
                   
North West no. 670 520 790 810 2,990 3,452 3,341 857 10,007
North West % 2.9 2.2 3.4 3.5 12.8 14.7 14.3 3.7 42.7
                   
England no. 22,363 8,802 9,246 8,346 12,628 12,666 32,894 10,836 82,600
England % 11.2 4.4 4.6 4.2 6.3 6.3 16.4 5.4 41.2
Note * suppressed data to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings
Source DEFRA - June Agricultural Census, 2006
Farm Size (Number of Holdings), 2006
  Less than 5 ha 5 to <20 ha 20 to <50 ha 50 to <100 ha 100 ha or greater
           
Burnley 88 47 29 17 16
Chorley 270 125 83 50 25
Fylde 186 44 49 41 42
Hyndburn 99 53 32 18 8
Lancaster 366 129 136 145 134
Pendle 225 119 84 33 29
Preston 219 74 78 39 20
Ribble Valley 433 165 178 157 135
Rossendale 164 118 56 18 21
South Ribble 243 75 41 32 11
West Lancashire 386 156 109 99 67
Wyre 405 141 111 110 48
           
Lancashire County no. 3,084 1,246 986 759 556
Lancashire County % 46.5 18.8 14.9 11.4 8.4
           
Blackburn with Darwen 159 73 49 20 11
Blackpool 42 * * * 0
           
Lancashire NUTS-2 no. 3,285 * * 766 567
Lancashire NUTS-2 % * * * * *
           
North West no. 10,099 4,292 3,407 3,070 3,569
North West % 43.1 18.3 14.5 13.1 11.0
           
England no. 84,612 39,619 27,700 21,782 26,668
England % 42.2 19.8 13.8 10.9 13.3
Note * suppressed data to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings
Source DEFRA - June Agricultural Census, 2006
Agricultural Employment, 2006
  Farmers Managers Male Employees Female Employees Casual Labour Total Labour
F-T P-T F-T P-T F-T P-T F-T P-T
                     
Burnley 77 108 * * * * * * * *
Chorley 245 314 * * 96 34 62 63 39 877
Fylde 210 212 * * 106 45 13 22 70 711
Hyndburn 78 134 * * * 14 * * * 262
Lancaster 556 509 23 * 172 81 * 49 67 1,541
Pendle 204 285 * * 18 19 * 19 * 581
Preston 242 204 * * 97 38 41 23 65 733
Ribble Valley 631 620 12 * 95 73 * 33 101 1,576
Rossendale 123 303 * * * * * 19 * 495
South Ribble 207 224 15 11 82 43 17 46 92 737
West Lancashire 617 469 110 24 577 82 160 120 * *
Wyre 475 399 43 * 116 77 * 71 110 1,332
                     
Lancashire County no. 3,666 3,782 277 68 1,389 524 422 476 1,286 11,890
Lancashire County % 30.8 31.8 2.3 0.6 11.7 4.4 3.5 4.0 10.8 100.0
                     
Blackburn with Darwen 133 172 * * 11 * * 8 * 356
Blackpool * * * * * 0 0 0 * 61
                     
Lancashire NUTS-2 no. * * * * * * * 484 * 12,307
Lancashire NUTS-2 % * * * * * *   3.9 * 100.0
                     
North West no. 13,577 13,536 722 224 3,843 1,614 831 1,353 3,316 39,016
North West % 34.8 34.7 1.9 0.6 9.8 4.1 2.1 3.5 8.5 100.0
                     
England no. 96,720 127,049 9,848 4,432 38,879 15,216 7,958 13,197 47,718 361,017
England % 26.8 35.2 2.7 1.2 10.8 4.2 2.2 3.7 13.3 100.0
Note * suppressed data to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings
Source DEFRA - June Agricultural Census, 2006
Total Farmed Area, 2006 (hectares)
  Crops and Fallow Temporary Grass Permanent Grass Rough Grazing Woodland Set-Aside All Other Land Total
                 
Burnley * 80 3,941 1,526 154 * 23 *
Chorley 1,443 979 8,080 3,193 169 169 * *
Fylde * 1,721 6,499 143 135 375 206 *
Hyndburn * 224 3,681 503 * * * *
Lancaster * 1,453 31,758 11,528 1,286 * 301 *
Pendle * 1,225 9,092 1,737 97 * * *
Preston 262 684 7,906 * 58 * * *
Ribble Valley * 2,511 32,804 13,433 929 * 246 *
Rossendale * 157 6,649 1,616 58 * 24 *
South Ribble 1,101 651 4,690 45 100 131 125 6,843
West Lancashire 15,669 1,471 4,572 * * 1,336 393 *
Wyre 3,174 2,694 12,550 2,583 * 211 248 *
                 
Lancashire County no. 25,983 13,848 132,223 37,859 3,643 2,306 1,756 217,618
Lancashire County % 11.9 6.4 60.8 17.4 1.7 1.1 0.8 100.0
                 
Blackburn with Darwen * 243 4,947 1,107 73 * 26 *
Blackpool * 0 120 * 0 0 8 *
                 
Lancashire NUTS-2 no. * 14,091 137,290 * 3,716 * 1,790  
Lancashire NUTS-2 % * * * * * * * 100.0
                 
North West no. 111,604 82,287 529,814 176,764 17,309 10,612 7,481 905,084
North West % 11.9 8.8 56.6 18.9 1.8 1.1 0.8 100.0
                 
England no. 3,842,238 589,437 3,330,440 669,819 296,000 439,0.0 161,609 9,328,573
England % 41.2 6.3 35.7 7.2 3.2 4.7 1.7 100.0
Note * suppressed data to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings
Source DEFRA - June Agricultural Census, 2006
Agricultural Land Classification (ALC)
    Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Non-agricultural Urban
                 
North Lancashire Ha 0 16,916 39,491 18,376 19,475 1,030 9,338
% 0.0 16.2 37.7 17.6 18.6 1.0 8.9
Blackpool Ha 0 188 548 0 0 31 2,691
% 0.0 5.4 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.9 77.8
Fylde Ha 0 7,736 5,524 349 0 939 1,748
% 0.0 47.5 33.9 2.1 0.0 5.8 10.7
Lancaster Ha 0 625 21,331 15,495 16,512 0 2,609
% 0.0 1.1 37.7 27.4 29.2 0.0 4.6
Wyre Ha 0 8,367 12,088 2,532 2,963 60 2,290
% 0.0 29.6 42.7 8.9 10.5 0.2 8.1
                 
Central Lancashire Ha 21,978 5,872 35,107 5,402 2,858 340 8,883
% 27.3 7.3 43.6 6.7 3.6 0.4 11.0
Chorley Ha 1,302 384 12,268 2,257 2,525 275 1,279
% 6.4 1.9 60.5 11.1 12.4 1.4 6.3
Preston Ha 0 117 10,930 498 217 0 2,497
% 0.0 0.8 76.7 3.5 1.5 0.0 17.5
South Ribble Ha 286 963 7,257 740 0 0 2,053
% 2.5 8.5 64.2 6.5 0.0 0.0 18.2
West Lancashire Ha 20,390 4,408 4,652 1,907 116 65 3,054
% 58.9 12.7 13.4 5.5 0.3 0.2 8.8
                 
Lancashire West Ha 21,978 22,788 74,598 23,778 22,333 1,370 18,221
% 11.9 12.3 40.3 12.8 12.1 0.7 9.8
                 
East Lancashire Ha 0 0 18,685 54,873 37,982 1,979 7,741
% 0.0 0.0 15.4 45.3 31.3 1.6 6.4
Blackburn with Darwen Ha 0 0 1,299 4,736 4,872 180 2,614
% 0.0 0.0 9.5 34.6 35.6 1.3 19.1
Burnley Ha 0 0 1,052 3,691 4,801 13 1,514
% 0.0 0.0 9.5 33.3 43.4 0.1 13.7
Hyndburn Ha 0 0 203 4,822 681 0 1,593
% 0.0 0.0 2.8 66.1 9.3 0.0 21.8
Pendle Ha 0 0 866 10,453 3,993 0 1,624
% 0.0 0.0 5.1 61.7 23.6 0.0 9.6
Ribble Valley Ha 0 0 15,265 24,770 16,247 1,770 396
% 0.0 0.0 26.1 42.4 27.8 3.0 0.7
Rossendale Ha 0 0 0 6,401 7,388 16 0
% 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.4 53.5 0.1 0.0
                 
Lancashire County Ha 21,978 22,601 91,435 73,914 55,444 3,139 20,658
% 7.6 7.8 31.6 25.6 19.2 1.1 7.1
Lancashire NUTS-2 Ha 21,978 22,789 93,282 78,650 60,316 3,350 25,963
% 7.2 7.4 30.5 25.7 19.7 1.1 8.5
                 
North West Ha 29,133 73,899 480,952 275,175 355,588 49,355 148,867
% 2.1 5.2 34.0 19.5 25.2 3.5 10.5
England Ha 354,562 1,848,874 6,290,210 1,839,581 1,100,305 655,856 951,424
% 2.7 14.2 48.2 14.1 8.4 5.0 7.3
Source DEFRA - Agricultural Land Classification Statistics

Woodland and Trees - Key Facts (1999)

  • The total area of woodland of 0.1 hectares and over in Lancashire is 14,078 hectares. This represents 4.6% of the land area.
  • Broadleaved woodland is the dominant forest type representing 52% of all woodland. Conifer woodland represents 24.4%, Mixed woodland 15.0% and Open Space within woodlands 7.2%.
  • The main conifer species is Sitka spruce covering 2,293 hectares or 52.7% of all conifer species. The main broadleaved species is oak covering 1,584 hectares or 18.6% of all broadleaved species.
  • 1,662 hectares or 12% of woodland over 2 hectares is owned by or leased to the Forestry Commission and 11,742 hectares or 88% of woodland is in Other ownership.
  • There are a total of 1,244 woods over 2 hectares within Lancashire with a mean wood area of 10.8 hectares. There are a total of 2,492 woods from 0.1 - <2.0 hectares with a mean wood area of 0.27 hectares.
  • There are 1.6 million live trees outside woodland in Lancashire.
  • Woodland land cover increased by over 2,400 hectares from 3.7% to 4.5% of the land area between 1980 and 1999.
  • The area of broadleaves increased by 25% between 1980 and 1999, with the relative proportion of broadleaves to conifers increasing from 64% to 66%.

Source Forestry Commission - National Inventory of Woodland and Trees: County Report for Lancashire

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