Disley
Disley is a village in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 3,159. There is one GP or clinic, one pharmacy, and nine restaurants or cafés, along with 23 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Disley, 0.4 km away. In June 2026, there were around 9 recorded street crimes, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Disley area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Cheshire East area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 398,772 residents at roughly 342 people per km².
- Council
- Cheshire East
- County
- Cheshire
- Constituency
- Macclesfield
- Police force
- Cheshire
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 65th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.
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
8°COvercast
- Today: 9° / 5° · 27% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:34
9h 26m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
38US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
12 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences3
- Anti-social behaviour2
- Other theft2
- Burglary1
Neighbourhood team: Disley · Cheshire
Local policing priorities
- Antisocial behaviour and drug taking at an address on Buxton Old Road, Disley.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
578 reported road collisions (2025)
170 killed or seriously injured · 696 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
136 food businesses within 2 miles
- 116 rated 4–5 ★ (101 top)
- 4 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Disley (0.4 km)
- 23 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Disley (0.4 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£311,897 average▲ 4.5% YoY
Across Cheshire East · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£985 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY
- 1 bed £696
- 2 bed £898
- 3 bed £1,106
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
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
Property sales
6,340 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (0.7 km)
12 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
8 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Disley Community Centre Car Park (0.2 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres2
- Sports pitches17
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds8
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
398,772 residents in Cheshire East · 342/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK21,219
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,144
- Net moves+5,075
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 231 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£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
Schools
182 schools · 59,906 pupils
125 primary · 23 secondary · 34 other
Ofsted: 61 of 70 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)
157 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Alsager SchoolGood
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolGood
- Malbank School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
- Middlewich High SchoolGood
- Sandbach High School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
- The Fallibroome AcademyGood
- The Oaks AcademyGood
- The Macclesfield AcademyRequires improvement
- All Hallows Catholic College
- Brine Leas School
- Cheshire Studio School
- Congleton High School
- Crewe Engineering and Design UTC
- Eaton Bank Academy
- Knutsford Academy
- Poynton High School
- Ruskin Community High School
- Sandbach School
- Shavington Academy
- Sir William Stanier School
- St Thomas More Catholic High School
- Tytherington School
- Wilmslow High School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire East
Care & health services
414 CQC-registered services
- Care homes105
- GP practices72
- Dentists104
- Homecare agencies94
- Hospitals & hospices11
CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding
Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire East
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 61 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
553 applications decided
85.7% granted · 474 granted, 79 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Tim Roca
Labour
Macclesfield
Recent votes:
- NoHighways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment
- NoOpposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax
- NoOpposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants
- AyeCarbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour / Independent coalition
- Lab 28
- Con 32
- LD 1
- Grn 1
- Ref 1
- Oth 19
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies1
- Parks & greens7
- Restaurants & cafés11
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
22,390 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
281 jobs advertised · £42,160 avg
e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Manchester, Commercial Insurance Broker, Technical Manager
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
80% low-carbon electricity
Nuclear 48% · Wind 24% · Imports 13% · Gas 7%
34 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO
Health
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Health services
0 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in SK12
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Macclesfield:
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND609 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Remove the grey belt planning rules517 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
- Ban on sale of disposable BBQs351 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases293 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks275 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
St Mary's Church, Disley · 0.2 kmSt Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Chadkirk. It is on a hill overlooking the village of Disley, Cheshire, England. It is record…
Disley railway station · 0.4 kmDisley railway station serves the village of Disley in Cheshire, England. It is sited 12+1⁄3 miles (19.8 km) south-east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line. It was built by the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bri…
Gritstone Trail · 0.4 kmThe Gritstone Trail, or Cheshire Gritstone Trail, is a 35-mile (56 km) long-distance footpath in England which follows the most westerly hills of the Peak District from Disley Station to Mow Cop, and on via the Maccle…
Disley · 0.5 kmDisley is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is located on the edge of the Peak District in the Goyt Valley, south of Stockport and close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills. The popul…
Bollinhurst Reservoir · 1.1 kmThe Bollinhurst Reservoir was constructed in Lyme Park in 1872 for the Stockport District Waterworks Company. At the time of the First World War, it had a capacity of 84.46 million gallons.
Hague Bar · 1.3 kmHague Bar is a hamlet in New Mills, Derbyshire, near Marple and Stockport. The Manchester to Sheffield railway passes through the Goyt valley at this point. Its population is included in the figures shown for New Mill…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Disley?
- Disley is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Cheshire East local authority.
- What is the population of Disley?
- Disley has an approximate settlement population of 3,159.
- How deprived is Disley?
- The Cheshire East local authority, which includes Disley, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.