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Ainsworth

Ainsworth is a village in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has 1 pharmacy and 2 restaurants and cafés, 14 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Bury, Bolton Street, 3.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ainsworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bury area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 193,851 residents at roughly 1,949 people per km².

Council
Bury
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Bury South
Police force
Greater Manchester
30/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 279th of 294 English council areas — better than 5% of them.

Low crime23
Home affordability67
Affordable rents58
Good schools6
Life expectancy24
Low deprivation35
Employment25
Low council tax20

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

13°CModerate rain

  • Today: 17° / 10° · 87% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford M60, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

165 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 212 casualties · 8.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

280 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 212 rated 4–5 ★ (159 top)
  • 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bury, Bolton Street (3.8 km)
  • 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hall i' th' Wood (3.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£238,446 average 3.3% YoY

Across Bury · to 2026-06

Detached£405,531
Semi-detached£266,129
Terraced£198,808
Flat£132,500

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£969 average monthly rent 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £686
  • 2 bed £888
  • 3 bed £1,064

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

46 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

49 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Shell (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

193,851 residents in Bury · 1,949/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 110 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

10% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,555 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (36% of 85,370)

A £1,703
B £1,987
C £2,271
D £2,555
E £3,123
F £3,691
G £4,259
H £5,110

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

Schools

91 schools · 28,108 pupils

64 primary · 14 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 32 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hazel Wood High SchoolGood
  • Parrenthorn High SchoolGood
  • St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
  • The Heys SchoolGood
  • Unsworth AcademyGood
  • Bury Church of England High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Manchester Mesivta SchoolRequires improvement
  • Philips High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Tottington High SchoolRequires improvement
  • St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
  • Star Radcliffe Academy
  • The Derby High School
  • The Elton High School
  • Woodhey High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bury

Care & health services

206 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes53
  • GP practices36
  • Dentists46
  • Homecare agencies54
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bury

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Ainsworth Village)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 20 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

168 applications decided

80.4% granted · 135 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mr James Frith

Labour

Bury North

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 31
  • Con 3
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£725 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,068 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 90,853 certificates

11.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 69% · Nuclear 26% · Gas 2% · Solar 1%

11 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

9 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in BL2

  • The Dunstan Partnership
  • Tonge Fold Health Centre
  • Harwood Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bury North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Presbyterian Chapel, Ainsworth · 0.2 km

    The Presbyterian Chapel, Ainsworth is a Grade II* listed building on Knowsley Road in Ainsworth, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Originally built in 1715, the chapel has…

  • Duke William Inn · 0.2 km

    The Duke William Inn is a Grade II listed public house on Well Street in Ainsworth, a village near Radcliffe within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Although dated 1737, it was likely a r…

  • Ainsworth, Greater Manchester · 0.3 km

    Ainsworth is a village and former civil parish in the Bury district, now in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the western fringe of Bury, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) northwest of Radcliffe, and 2.9 miles (4.7 km) east of…

  • Dearden Fold Farmhouse · 0.6 km

    Dearden Fold Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building on Bury Old Road near Ainsworth, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Believed to date from the late 15th century, with dend…

  • Ainsworth Mill, Breightmet · 1.4 km

    Ainsworth Mill, Breightmet is a mercerising mill near the Breightmet neighborhood of Bolton, Greater Manchester. It was bought by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1940s as an attempt to develop a cotton finish…

  • Harwood, Greater Manchester · 1.6 km

    Harwood is a suburb to the north-northeast of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, bordering Bury. Harwood is also part of the historic county of Lancashire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ainsworth?
Ainsworth is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Bury local authority.
How deprived is Ainsworth?
The Bury local authority, which includes Ainsworth, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.