Birch

16°CCloudy

• Today: 20° / 13° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

189 reported road collisions (2024)

65 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

414 food businesses within 2 miles

• 300 rated 4–5 ★ (239 top)
• 36 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Heywood (2.7 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,083 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Rochdale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£844 average monthly rent▲ 7.5% YoY

• 1 bed £614
• 2 bed £789
• 3 bed £948

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

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (6.2 km)

51 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

83 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: MOTO Birch Westbound Services (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Armed Forces community to be honoured at Festival of Remembrance· 11 Sept 2026
• Rochdale's renaissance: report shows boost Greater Manchester Town of Culture brought to town· 11 Sept 2026
• Council poised to purchase major Middleton landmark· 10 Sept 2026
• Expanding ‘trainer flat’ scheme helps care leavers to thrive in adulthood· 9 Sept 2026
• Newly restored Victorian manor house turned café opens its doors· 4 Sept 2026

Source: Rochdale Council

223,773 residents in Rochdale · 1,416/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 17 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

30% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,601 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 98,090)

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

105 schools · 38,108 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 31 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

90inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochdale

221 CQC-registered services

• Care homes61
• GP practices46
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rochdale

• In a conservation area (Birch Village Conservation Area)
• Within the Green Belt
• 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

132 applications decided

88.6% granted · 117 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mrs Elsie Blundell

Labour

Heywood and Middleton North

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 7
• LD 3
• Ref 15
• Oth 4

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens29
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £34,320 avg

e.g. Online Marketing Tutoring Job in Birch – Flexible Schedule, Labourer, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£690 median full-time weekly pay

5.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,053 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 105,798 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 54% · Imports 16% · Gas 11% · Solar 10%

50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 76.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.2 women · 53.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Heywood and Middleton North:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office483 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s354 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership308 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance260 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth253 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Birch, Greater Manchester · 0.2 km

  Birch, also known as Birch-in-Hopwood, is a village 2⁄3 of a mile northwest of Middleton, Greater Manchester, England.

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  Birch Services · 0.4 km

  Birch Services is a motorway service station located on the M62 motorway between Junction 18 (M60) and Junction 19 Heywood, close to Rochdale and Bury. There are two sides to the service station, the Eastbound service…

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  Heywood and Middleton North · 1.1 km

  Heywood and Middleton North is a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Elsie Blundell of the Labour Party.

• St Anne's Academy · 1.5 km

  St Anne's Academy is an 11–16 mixed comprehensive academy in Middleton area of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. The school has specialist status in Teaching and Learning. The…

• Newhouse Academy · 1.8 km

  Newhouse Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Heywood, Greater Manchester, England.

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  Bowlee · 1.8 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)