Bowdon

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• Today: 18° / 9° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 78% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bowdon · Greater Manchester

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

190 reported road collisions (2024)

56 killed or seriously injured · 241 casualties · 8.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

411 food businesses within 2 miles

• 350 rated 4–5 ★ (307 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hale (1.2 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£396,811 average▲ 9.7% YoY

Across Trafford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,367 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £943
• 2 bed £1,200
• 3 bed £1,480

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

9.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.6 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (2.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

36 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Brown Street Car Park (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches84
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

235,052 residents in Trafford · 2,217/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 209 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,292 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 104,310)

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

102 schools · 44,496 pupils

62 primary · 19 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 38 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Trafford

260 CQC-registered services

• Care homes56
• GP practices49
• Dentists71
• Homecare agencies63
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Trafford

• Not in the Green Belt
• 81 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

324 applications decided

86.1% granted · 279 granted, 45 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Connor Rand

Labour

Altrincham and Sale West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 35
• Con 12
• LD 7
• Grn 7
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés53

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,275 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

40 jobs advertised · £48,138 avg

e.g. Become a Spanish Tutor in Bowdon – Flexible & Remote, Become a French Tutor in Bowdon – Flexible & Remote, Nanny - Full time Nanny wanted Altricham

Source: Adzuna

£869 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,384 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 104,226 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 65% · Nuclear 31% · Biomass 2% · Gas 1%

8 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.2 women · 63.8 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Altrincham and Sale West:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s429 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office343 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 318 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership282 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership233 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Bowdon, Greater Manchester · 0.1 km

  Bowdon is a village and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is a suburb of Altrincham, lying within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire. It became part of Gre…

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  Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon · 0.3 km

  The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in the village of Bowdon near Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an a…

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  The Griffin, Bowdon · 0.3 km

  The Griffin is a Grade II listed public house on Stamford Road in Bowdon, a village in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the late 18th century with later 19th‑century additions, it appears on the 1877 an…

• Altrincham Grammar School for Girls · 0.7 km

  Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, also known as Altrincham Girls Grammar School (AGGS) is a girls' grammar school with academy status in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England. With about 1,250 students aged 11 to 18,…

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  South Downs Road Cricket Ground, Bowdon · 0.7 km

  South Downs Road is a cricket ground in South Downs Road, Bowdon, Greater Manchester. The ground is surrounded by residential housing on all sides. The ground is used by Bowdon Cricket Club. It also has facilities for…

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  Denzell House · 0.9 km

  Denzell House is a Grade II* listed building on Dunham Road in Bowdon, a suburb of Altrincham, within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it is noted for its Vi…

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