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Bury

Bury is in Greater Manchester, England, with 3 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 20 restaurants and cafés. There are 78 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Bury, Bolton Street, 0.5 km away. In June 2026, there was around 1 recorded street crime, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 11 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Bury is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 193,851 residents at roughly 1,949 people per km².

30/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 279th of 294 English council areas — better than 5% of them.

Low crime23
Home affordability67
Affordable rents58
Good schools6
Life expectancy24
Low deprivation35
Employment25
Low council tax20

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°COvercast

  • Today: 17° / 10° · 87% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: East Bury · Greater Manchester

Local policing priorities

  • 1.Anti-Social Behaviour 2.Anti-Social Behaviour Drug Related 3.Anti-Social Driving 4.Drug Offences 5.Neighbourhood Crime (Burglaries & Ro…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

165 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 212 casualties · 8.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

493 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 378 rated 4–5 ★ (320 top)
  • 31 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bury, Bolton Street (0.5 km)
  • 78 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kearsley (6.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£238,446 average 3.3% YoY

Across Bury · to 2026-06

Detached£405,531
Semi-detached£266,129
Terraced£198,808
Flat£132,500

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£969 average monthly rent 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £686
  • 2 bed £888
  • 3 bed £1,064

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (2.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (10.7 km)

45 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

41 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: The Castle (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres9
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches81
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

193,851 residents in Bury · 1,949/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 110 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

10% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,555 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (36% of 85,370)

A £1,703
B £1,987
C £2,271
D £2,555
E £3,123
F £3,691
G £4,259
H £5,110

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

91 schools · 28,108 pupils

64 primary · 14 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 32 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hazel Wood High SchoolGood
  • Parrenthorn High SchoolGood
  • St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
  • The Heys SchoolGood
  • Unsworth AcademyGood
  • Bury Church of England High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Manchester Mesivta SchoolRequires improvement
  • Philips High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Tottington High SchoolRequires improvement
  • St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
  • Star Radcliffe Academy
  • The Derby High School
  • The Elton High School
  • Woodhey High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bury

Care & health services

206 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes53
  • GP practices36
  • Dentists46
  • Homecare agencies54
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bury

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 54 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

168 applications decided

80.4% granted · 135 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 31
  • Con 3
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 11

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools17
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets7
  • Parks & greens31
  • Restaurants & cafés29

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

737 jobs advertised · £39,202 avg

e.g. Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Vehicle Technician, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£725 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,068 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 90,853 certificates

11.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bury North:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • St Gabriel's Roman Catholic High School, Bury · 0.1 km

    St Gabriel's Roman Catholic High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1954, it became an academy sponsored by the St Teresa of Calcutta Cat…

  • Bury Grammar School (Girls) · 0.2 km

    Bury Grammar School (Girls) is a private girls' day school in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, which was founded in 1884. The Headmistress since 2015 has been Jo Anderson. The previous headmistress, Bobby Georghiou,…

  • Bury Grammar School · 0.2 km

    Bury Grammar School is a 3–18 private day school for boys in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, that has existed since c.1570. It is now part of a group of schools for preschool, junior, senior and sixth form studies.

  • Bury EMU Depot · 0.3 km

    Bury EMU Depot was an Electric Traction Depot located in Bury, England. The depot was located on the west side of the line to the south of Bury railway station.

  • Daisyfield Viaduct · 0.3 km

    Daisyfield Viaduct is a stone structure crossing the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and River Irwell in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It no longer carries trains, and is now used as a recreational feature for…

  • Bury Town Hall · 0.4 km

    Bury Town Hall is a municipal building in Knowsley Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Metropolitan Borough of Bury, is a locally listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)