Pickmere

8°CCloudy

• Today: 12° / 7° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:34

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

• 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

9 reported · August 2026▼ 25% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: High Legh and Mobberley · Cheshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

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)

36 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lostock Gralam (2.6 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£311,897 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Cheshire East · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (4.2 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Cygnet Group (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds3

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)

• 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

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

£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 · 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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire East

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

553 applications decided

85.7% granted · 474 granted, 79 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Esther McVey

Conservative

Tatton

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)

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Nuclear 24% · Wind 21% · Solar 8%

173 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

1 GP surgery · 5 pharmacies in WA16

• Knutsford Medical Partnership

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tatton:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND494 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules279 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills250 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth206 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately177 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Pickmere · 0.6 km

  Pickmere is a village and civil parish near Knutsford in the Borough of Cheshire East. It has a population of 541. Landmarks in and around the village include a lake, Pick Mere, at grid reference SJ682770.

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  Wincham · 0.9 km

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  Aston by Budworth · 1.1 km

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  Aston Park, Cheshire · 1.4 km

  Aston Park is a Queen Anne country house in the parish of Aston by Budworth, Cheshire, England, built in 1715. The first mention of a building on the site is in the Domesday Book from 1086.

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  Arley Green · 2.2 km

  Arley Green is a hamlet in Cheshire, England, within the parish of Aston By Budworth. The buildings originally formed Cowhouse Farm. Rowland Egerton-Warburton, the then owner of nearby Arley Hall, converted the half-t…

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  St Mary and All Saints' Church, Great Budworth · 2.3 km

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