GeraMind / Active Life Score / North West
Most Active Areas in the North West
Across 36 local authorities, an average of 62.4% of adults were physically active in November 2024–November 2025. The most active area is Ribble Valley (74.3% active). Real Sport England Active Lives data.
How active are adults in the North West?
Across the 36 local authorities in the North West, an average of 62.4% of adults were physically active (150+ minutes/week) and 26.8% were inactive (<30 minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data published April 2026. The most active area is Ribble Valley (74.3% active); the least active is Blackburn with Darwen (54.6% active). These are unweighted averages across the region's local authorities.
| Metric | North West (mean across 36 LAs) | England average |
|---|---|---|
| Active (150+ min/week) | 62.4% | 64.5% |
| Fairly active (30–149 min/week) | 10.7% | 10.7% |
| Inactive (<30 min/week) | 26.8% | 24.7% |
| Gera Active Life Score (GALS) | 48 / 100 | 56 / 100 |
Every North West local authority, ranked (November 2024–November 2025)
| # | Local Authority | Active % | Inactive % | GALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ribble Valley | 74.3% | 17.8% | 83 |
| 2 | Westmorland and Furness | 73.5% | 18.1% | 81 |
| 3 | Trafford | 67.8% | 19.0% | 74 |
| 4 | Rossendale | 69.0% | 20.7% | 70 |
| 5 | South Ribble | 66.0% | 21.1% | 67 |
| 6 | Stockport | 68.5% | 21.8% | 67 |
| 7 | Cheshire East | 66.9% | 22.1% | 65 |
| 8 | Salford | 67.3% | 22.5% | 64 |
| 9 | Menchester | 66.3% | 23.6% | 60 |
| 10 | Warrington | 65.9% | 24.0% | 59 |
| 11 | Cheshire West and Chester | 65.8% | 23.9% | 59 |
| 12 | Cumberland | 67.3% | 24.8% | 58 |
| 13 | West Lancashire | 63.6% | 23.5% | 58 |
| 14 | Bury | 62.6% | 23.4% | 58 |
| 15 | Fylde | 62.7% | 24.2% | 56 |
| 16 | Chorley | 62.1% | 24.6% | 54 |
| 17 | Lancashire | 62.9% | 26.4% | 50 |
| 18 | Lancaster | 68.3% | 26.4% | 50 |
| 19 | Liverpool | 63.8% | 27.1% | 49 |
| 20 | Wirral | 61.6% | 26.3% | 49 |
| 21 | Sefton | 62.4% | 27.1% | 48 |
| 22 | Burnley | 59.8% | 29.3% | 39 |
| 23 | Wyre | 57.6% | 28.8% | 39 |
| 24 | Preston | 59.2% | 31.3% | 34 |
| 25 | St. Helens | 58.1% | 30.6% | 34 |
| 26 | Halton | 57.9% | 31.4% | 32 |
| 27 | Rochdale | 58.0% | 31.4% | 32 |
| 28 | Tameside | 57.7% | 31.9% | 31 |
| 29 | Knowsley | 56.6% | 31.4% | 31 |
| 30 | Pendle | 59.6% | 32.6% | 30 |
| 31 | Wigan | 55.9% | 31.6% | 30 |
| 32 | Blackburn with Darwen | 54.6% | 31.8% | 28 |
| 33 | Hyndburn | 56.3% | 32.4% | 28 |
| 34 | Oldham | 56.6% | 33.4% | 26 |
| 35 | Bolton | 55.7% | 33.4% | 25 |
| 36 | Blackpool | 55.3% | 34.2% | 22 |
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Frequently asked questions
- Which is the most active area in the North West?
- Ribble Valley is the most physically active local authority in the North West, with 74.3% of adults active (150+ minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025. It scores GALS 83/100 on the Gera Active Life Score.
- Which is the least active area in the North West?
- Blackburn with Darwen has the lowest share of active adults in the North West (54.6% active, 31.8% inactive) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data.
- How does the North West compare with the England average?
- The North West averages 62.4% active adults across its 36 local authorities, which is below the England average of 64.5% active (November 2024–November 2025). These are unweighted means across local authorities, not population-weighted regional totals.
- What is the Gera Active Life Score (GALS)?
- GALS is a 0–100 index Gera computes from real Sport England Active Lives data. For each local authority: raw = activePct − inactivePct + 0.5 × fairlyActivePct, then normalised across all 317 English LAs. Full methodology at geramind.com/methodology/active-life-score.
Other English regions
- South West — mean GALS 70/100 (68.7% active)
- South East — mean GALS 66/100 (67.4% active)
- London — mean GALS 60/100 (66.0% active)
- East — mean GALS 56/100 (64.0% active)
- East Midlands — mean GALS 53/100 (63.5% active)
- West Midlands — mean GALS 48/100 (61.7% active)
- Yorkshire — mean GALS 47/100 (62.6% active)
- North East — mean GALS 41/100 (60.6% active)
Related
- Active Life Score — all 317 English local authorities
- GALS methodology — how the score is computed
- GeraClinic — book a GP or health check across the Gera network.
- GeraHome — verified home & wellbeing services near you.
Contains public sector information published by Sport England and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Sport England — Active Lives Adult Survey (Table 3 Levels Local Authority) (November 2024–November 2025, published April 2026).