Macclesfield

14°CFog

• Today: 18° / 13° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Mist

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

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

338 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences114
• Shoplifting59
• Anti-social behaviour42
• Public order38

60 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Macclesfield Central · 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)

345 food businesses within 2 miles

• 289 rated 4–5 ★ (254 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Macclesfield (0.3 km)
• 68 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: 168.9p · ESSO (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (11.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Macclesfield (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms6
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches49
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

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
• 209 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)

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés81

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

684 jobs advertised · £37,701 avg

e.g. Apprentice Educator, Nursery Practitioner Level 3, Sales Executive

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

92% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 54% · Wind 30% · Biomass 9% · Gas 6%

34 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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  St Michael's Church, Macclesfield · 0.1 km

  St Michael and All Angels Church overlooks Market Place in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deaner…

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  The Castle, Macclesfield · 0.1 km

  The Castle is a Grade II listed public house at 25 Church Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, SK11 6LB.

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  Macclesfield Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Macclesfield Town Hall is a Georgian municipal building in the Market Place of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Dating originally from 1823–24, it was designed by Francis Goodwin in the Greek Revival style, and extend…

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  King Edward Street Chapel, Macclesfield · 0.1 km

  King Edward Street Chapel, Macclesfield is in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

• Macclesfield Castle · 0.2 km

  Macclesfield Castle was a fortified manor house in Macclesfield, Cheshire. John de Macclesfield began construction of the castle in 1398. It was made from sandstone, and was square with projecting wings. Alterations w…

• Macclesfield Hundred · 0.2 km

  The hundred of Macclesfield was an ancient division of the historic county of Cheshire, in northern England. It was known to have been in existence at least as early as 1242, and it was formed to a great extent from t…

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