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Langley (Cheshire East)

Langley (Cheshire East) is a village in Cheshire, England. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 9 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Macclesfield, 3 km away. There was around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly Vehicle crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Langley (Cheshire East) 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
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 65th of 294 English council areas — better than 78% of them.

Low crime72
Home affordability61
Affordable rents72
Good schools43
Life expectancy52
Low deprivation78
Employment78
Low council tax45

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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 37% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:31

9h 19m 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 · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, 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

6 reported · August 2026▼ 14% YoY

  • Vehicle crime3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Macclesfield East and Sutton · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • You had concerns about vehicle speed in the area, particularly on Buxton Road.

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

166 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 138 rated 4–5 ★ (116 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Macclesfield (3.0 km)
  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Macclesfield (2.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£311,897 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Cheshire East · to 2026-08

Detached£504,698
Semi-detached£299,120
Terraced£231,113
Flat£157,592

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: 181.9p · Asda (3.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 201.9p · Asda (3.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: A L M-Hyundai (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

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)

A £1,637
B £1,909
C £2,182
D £2,455
E £3,000
F £3,546
G £4,091
H £4,910

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 15 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:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

22,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 39% · Wind 25% · Gas 20% · Imports 9%

83 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

17 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in SK11

  • High Street Surgery
  • South Park Surgery
  • Cumberland House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Macclesfield:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Langley, Cheshire · 0.1 km

    Langley is a semi-rural village in civil parish of Sutton, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the River Bollin, near Macclesfield and Macclesfield Forest. In 2020 it had a…

  • Langley Hall, Cheshire · 0.2 km

    Langley Hall is a country house in the village of Langley, Cheshire, England. It was built in about 1650, and is described by the authors of the Buildings of England series as "a distinguished house". The house is con…

  • Sutton Lane Ends · 1.0 km

    Sutton Lane Ends or Sutton is a semi-rural village and civil parish, approximately one mile south of Macclesfield. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 936. The parish includes the villages of Langley and Oakgrov…

  • Tegg's Nose · 1.2 km

    Tegg's Nose is a hill east of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. It has a short ridge with a high point of 380 metres (1,250 ft) at SJ947725, terminating in a promontory at the southern end. It lies on the western edg…

  • Sutton Hall, Sutton Lane Ends · 1.4 km

    Sutton Hall is a former country house to the west of the village of Sutton Lane Ends, Cheshire, England.

  • Trentabank Reservoir · 2.2 km

    Trentabank Reservoir is within Macclesfield Forest, partly in the Peak District National Park, in England, and is home to rich unimproved uplands and grasslands. The reservoir is surrounded mainly by coniferous planta…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Langley (Cheshire East)?
Langley (Cheshire East) is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Cheshire East local authority.
How deprived is Langley (Cheshire East)?
The Cheshire East local authority, which includes Langley (Cheshire East), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.