Bollington

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 12° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

49 reported · July 2026▲ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Public order6
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Bollington · Cheshire

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

570 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 743 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

86 food businesses within 2 miles

• 77 rated 4–5 ★ (69 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Prestbury (2.6 km)
• 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£303,387 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Cheshire East · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£984 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £696
• 2 bed £898
• 3 bed £1,105

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

7.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.6 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Pool Bank Car Park 1 (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

398,772 residents in Cheshire East · 342/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 228 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (21% of 190,830)

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

182 schools · 60,238 pupils

124 primary · 23 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 61 of 70 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

157inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire East

412 CQC-registered services

• Care homes105
• GP practices71
• Dentists104
• Homecare agencies93
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire East

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

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

548 applications decided

89.1% granted · 488 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tim Roca

Labour

Macclesfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent coalition

• Lab 28
• Con 32
• LD 1
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 19

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

120 jobs advertised · £42,814 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, CCTV Drainage Coordinator, Specialist Shift Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£808 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,202 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 195,088 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 51% · Imports 16% · Solar 13% · Gas 12%

55 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66 women · 64.5 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Macclesfield:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership379 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs337 local signatures · 17,688 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office332 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership326 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s295 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Bollington railway station · 0.2 km

  Bollington railway station served the town of Bollington, in Cheshire, England. It was opened in 1869 by the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M), a joint line constructed and operated by the Manchester,…

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  Bollington Methodist Church · 0.4 km

  Bollington Methodist Church is located on Wellington Road in Bollington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England (NHLE) as a designated Grade II listed building.

• Hollin Old Hall · 0.4 km

  Hollin Old Hall is a house in Bollington, Cheshire, England. The oldest part of the house dates from the seventeenth century. In the middle of the eighteenth century the roof was raised, and an addition was made to t…

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  Holly Bush, Bollington · 0.7 km

  The Holly Bush is a public house at 75 Palmerston Street in Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England (NHLE) as a designated Grade II listed building.

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  Kerridge · 0.7 km

  Kerridge is a village in the civil parish of Bollington, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Kerridge borders the neighbouring village and civil parish of Rainow.

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  Clarence Mill · 0.8 km

  Clarence Mill is a five-storey former cotton spinning mill in Bollington, Cheshire, in England. It was built between 1834 and 1877 for the Swindells family of Bollington. It was built alongside the Macclesfield Canal,…

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