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Styal

Styal is a village in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 2,000. It has 1 park and green space, and around 3 restaurants and cafés, along with 7 bus stops and Styal railway station 0.4 km away. There were around 9 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Styal area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cheshire East area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 398,772 residents at roughly 342 people per km².

Council
Cheshire East
County
Cheshire
Constituency
Tatton
Police force
Cheshire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 68th of 294 English council areas — better than 77% of them.

Low crime72
Home affordability61
Affordable rents72
Good schools43
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation72
Employment78
Low council tax45

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

16°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 20° / 14° · 73% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Oxford Road, United Kingdom

Crime

7 reported · July 2026 56% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Public order2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Drugs1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wilmslow Dean Row and Lacey Green · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

314 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 260 rated 4–5 ★ (238 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Styal (0.8 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Styal (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£303,387 average 5% YoY

Across Cheshire East · to 2026-06

Detached£493,244
Semi-detached£290,686
Terraced£223,543
Flat£152,964

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (11.8 km)

43 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

43 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: 8001509 (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches21
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

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)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (21% of 190,830)

A £1,637
B £1,909
C £2,182
D £2,455
E £3,000
F £3,546
G £4,091
H £4,910

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

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)

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

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

548 applications decided

89.1% granted · 488 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens97
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

22,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

106 jobs advertised · £37,856 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

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

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tatton:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Styal · 0.8 km

    Styal is a village and civil parish near the town of Wilmslow in Cheshire, England. The River Bollin runs through the parish.

  • Styal railway station · 0.9 km

    Styal railway station serves the village of Styal, in Cheshire, England. It is a stop on the Styal Line, which links Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Airport and Wilmslow.

  • Norcliffe Chapel · 0.9 km

    Norcliffe Chapel is in the village of Styal, Cheshire, England. It is a Unitarian chapel, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The chapel was built in 182…

  • Norcliffe Hall · 1.2 km

    Norcliffe Hall is a large house encompassing 20,254 square feet near the village of Styal, Cheshire, England. It stands to the west of the village and to the north of Styal Country Park. It was built in 1831 for Rober…

  • Quarry Bank Mill · 1.3 km

    Quarry Bank Mill in Styal, Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved textile factories of the Industrial Revolution. Built in 1784, the cotton mill is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a desi…

  • British European Airways Flight 411 · 1.4 km

    British European Airways Flight 411 crashed on approach to Manchester Airport after a flight from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport on 14 March 1957 and hit a house in Wythenshawe. All on board, 20 passengers a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Styal?
Styal is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Cheshire East local authority.
How deprived is Styal?
The Cheshire East local authority, which includes Styal, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.