Middlewich

21°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 21° / 13° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:32

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

102 reported · July 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences53
• Public order20
• Criminal damage & arson13
• Other theft4

9 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Middlewich · 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)

60 food businesses within 2 miles

• 43 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Winsford (3.4 km)
• 26 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: 156.9p · Esso (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (9.1 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Middlewich (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds9

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
• 44 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

Andrew Cooper

Labour

Mid Cheshire

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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

115 jobs advertised · £37,485 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, E-commerce Buyer

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Nuclear 22% · Solar 17% · Wind 3%

212 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · 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 Mid Cheshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office395 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s345 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test297 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth284 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• First Battle of Middlewich · 0.0 km

  The First Battle of Middlewich took place on 13 March 1643, during the First English Civil War, and was fought between the Parliamentarians, under Sir William Brereton, and the Royalist supporters of King Charles I of…

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  St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich · 0.1 km

  St. Michael and All Angels is the parish church for the town of Middlewich in Cheshire, England. It stands at the junction of the A54 and A533 roads. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as…

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  Middlewich · 0.1 km

  Middlewich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East district of Cheshire, England. It is located 20 miles (32.2 km) east of Chester, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Winsford, 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Nort…

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  Middlewich Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Middlewich Town Hall, also known as Victoria Buildings, is a municipal structure in Lewin Street, Middlewich, Cheshire, England. The building, which was originally commissioned as a technical school and public library…

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  Middlewich railway station · 0.3 km

  Middlewich railway station served the town of Middlewich, in Cheshire, England, between 1868 and 1960. It lay on a branch line between Sandbach and Northwich. The Mid Cheshire Rail Users' Association is campaigning fo…

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  Middlewich High School · 0.4 km

  Middlewich High School is a co-educational secondary school located in Middlewich, Cheshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)