Delamere

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 7° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:35

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▼ 25% YoY

• Burglary1
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Tarvin and Kelsall · Cheshire

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

522 reported road collisions (2025)

132 killed or seriously injured · 670 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 24 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Delamere (1.6 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,534 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Cheshire West and Chester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£991 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £725
• 2 bed £914
• 3 bed £1,121

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4,935 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: EVC Nunsmere Hall Hotel (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

357,150 residents in Cheshire West and Chester · 388/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK19,428
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,839
• Net moves+2,589

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 186 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,517 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 166,820)

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

182 schools · 53,706 pupils

126 primary · 20 secondary · 36 other

Ofsted: 66 of 73 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire West and Chester

356 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices73
• Dentists77
• Homecare agencies75
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire West and Chester

• Within the Green Belt
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

412 applications decided

92% granted · 379 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Aphra Brandreth

Conservative

Chester South and Eddisbury

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 35
• Con 20
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£798 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,803 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 168,339 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 25% · Imports 3%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.9 women · 61.6 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

3 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in CW8

• Firdale Medical Centre
• The Weaverham Surgery
• Oakwood Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chester South and Eddisbury:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules271 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills269 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks231 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND216 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth178 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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