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
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
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
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
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)
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:
- 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
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Sutton Lane Ends · 1.0 kmSutton 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 kmTegg'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 kmSutton Hall is a former country house to the west of the village of Sutton Lane Ends, Cheshire, England.
Trentabank Reservoir · 2.2 kmTrentabank 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)
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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.