Poynton

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 13° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

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

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

41 reported · July 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Public order5

13 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Poynton East and Pott Shrigley · 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)

189 food businesses within 2 miles

• 151 rated 4–5 ★ (137 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Poynton (1.2 km)
• 43 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 (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.8 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Hazel Grove Park and Ride (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches56
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

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
• 16 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

Labour / Independent coalition

• Lab 28
• Con 32
• LD 1
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 19

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £32,640 avg

e.g. Online History Tutoring Job in Poynton – Flexible Schedule, Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Online History Tutor - Part Time

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

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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  Poynton railway station · 1.2 km

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  Anson Engine Museum · 1.8 km

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