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Broadbottom

Broadbottom is a village in Greater Manchester, England. It has 1 pharmacy, around 4 restaurants and cafés, 24 bus stops, and Broadbottom railway station 0.2 km away. There were around 17 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 Broadbottom area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tameside area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 231,071 residents at roughly 2,240 people per km².

Council
Tameside
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Stalybridge and Hyde
Police force
Greater Manchester
27/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 284th of 294 English council areas — better than 3% of them.

Low crime18
Home affordability71
Affordable rents49
Good schools17
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation7
Employment17
Low council tax47

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°CSunny

  • Today: 18° / 12° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Oxford Road, United Kingdom

Crime

12 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Public order3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Longdendale and Hattersley · Greater Manchester

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour / Off-road bikes

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

Road safety

226 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 304 casualties · 9.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

92 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 84 rated 4–5 ★ (76 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Broadbottom (0.3 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Broadbottom (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£211,304 average 2.2% YoY

Across Tameside · to 2026-06

Detached£368,498
Semi-detached£241,914
Terraced£185,060
Flat£124,201

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£927 average monthly rent 5.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £682
  • 2 bed £881
  • 3 bed £1,058

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

Affordability

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (7.3 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: MFG EvPower Hyde Road (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Sports pitches16
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

231,071 residents in Tameside · 2,240/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 23 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,447 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 105,660)

A £1,631
B £1,903
C £2,175
D £2,447
E £2,991
F £3,535
G £4,079
H £4,894

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

Schools

110 schools · 36,196 pupils

75 primary · 16 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 35 of 44 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

97inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Laurus RyecroftOutstanding
  • Audenshaw SchoolGood
  • Dixons Pennine AcademyGood
  • Fairfield High School for GirlsGood
  • Mossley Hollins High SchoolGood
  • Alder Community High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Hyde High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Rayner Stephens High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Denton Community AcademyInadequate
  • All Saints Catholic College
  • Dixons Ashton Academy
  • Droylsden Academy
  • Longdendale High School
  • St Damian's RC Science College
  • St Thomas More RC College
  • West Hill School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tameside

Care & health services

160 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes35
  • GP practices35
  • Dentists34
  • Homecare agencies31
  • Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Tameside

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

81.7% granted · 107 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jonathan Reynolds

Labour (Co-op)

Stalybridge and Hyde

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 25
  • Con 5
  • Ref 19
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens17
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

20 jobs advertised · £39,025 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Roadside Vehicle Technician, Cnc Turner Setter Operator

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£695 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,268 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 115,218 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 53% · Imports 15% · Solar 13% · Gas 12%

54 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 80.9 yrs women · 77.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56 women · 55.2 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stalybridge and Hyde:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Broadbottom Hall · 0.2 km

    Broadbottom Hall is a Grade II* listed country house on Bostock Road in Broadbottom, a village within Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, the hall dates from 1680, was extended in the…

  • Broadbottom Viaduct · 0.3 km

    Broadbottom Viaduct is a railway viaduct that spans the River Etherow between Derbyshire and Greater Manchester in England. Originally of wooden construction supported by stone piers, the timber was replaced first wit…

  • Broadbottom railway station · 0.4 km

    Broadbottom railway station serves the village of Broadbottom in Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Manchester-Glossop Line, 10 miles (16 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashto…

  • Broadbottom · 0.4 km

    Broadbottom is a village in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it stands on the River Etherow which forms the border with Derbyshire.

  • Hattersley · 1.4 km

    Hattersley is a housing estate in the Tameside district of Greater Manchester, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Hyde, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Glossop and 10 miles (16 km) east of Manchester, at the eastern terminu…

  • Cross, Mottram in Longdendale · 1.5 km

    The Cross, Mottram in Longdendale is a Grade II* listed structure on Warhill, near St Michael and All Angels Church, in the village of Mottram in Longdendale within Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Believed to b…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Broadbottom?
Broadbottom is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Tameside local authority.
How deprived is Broadbottom?
The Tameside local authority, which includes Broadbottom, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.