Cheadle (Stockport)
Cheadle (Stockport) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has 3 schools, 1 supermarket, and 13 restaurants and cafés, with 35 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Gatley, 1.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cheadle (Stockport) area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Stockport area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 294,773 residents at roughly 2,338 people per km².
- Council
- Stockport
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
My Area Score
Challenged
Ranked 255th of 294 English council areas — better than 13% of them.
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
14°CFog
- Today: 19° / 14° · 72% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31
12h 55m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
8US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)
Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom
Crime
Road safety
221 reported road collisions (2024)
71 killed or seriously injured · 268 casualties · 7.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 402 rated 4–5 ★ (349 top)
- 5 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Gatley (1.8 km)
- 35 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Gatley (1.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£314,495 average▲ 3.5% YoY
Across Stockport · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,111 average monthly rent▲ 5.1% YoY
- 1 bed £807
- 2 bed £1,029
- 3 bed £1,257
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
8.6× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (3.7 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (9.2 km)
54 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
72 charging locations within ~8 km
- 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 300 kW
- Nearest: BizSpace Cheadle Place (0.5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres6
- Gyms2
- Sports pitches82
- Golf courses2
- Playgrounds15
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
294,773 residents in Stockport · 2,338/km²
- Under 16: 19%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 20%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 154 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,619 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (24% of 133,540)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
138 schools · 47,342 pupils
87 primary · 14 secondary · 37 other
Ofsted: 43 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)
117inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Laurus Cheadle HulmeOutstanding
- Bramhall High SchoolGood
- Hazel Grove High SchoolGood
- St Anne's RC Voluntary AcademyGood
- Stockport SchoolGood
- Priestnall SchoolRequires improvement
- The Kingsway SchoolRequires improvement
- Reddish Vale High SchoolInadequate
- Werneth SchoolInadequate
- Cheadle Hulme High School
- Harrytown Catholic High School
- Marple Hall School
- St James' Catholic High School
- Stockport Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stockport
Care & health services
307 CQC-registered services
- Care homes67
- GP practices49
- Dentists78
- Homecare agencies73
- Hospitals & hospices9
CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Stockport
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
332 applications decided
94.3% granted · 313 granted, 19 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Tom Morrison
Liberal Democrat
Cheadle
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat majority
- Lab 14
- Con 1
- LD 34
- Grn 4
- Ref 2
- Oth 8
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools15
- Pharmacies1
- Supermarkets3
- Parks & greens1114
- Restaurants & cafés16
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
13,810 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£782 median full-time weekly pay
3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£26,236 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
37% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 129,334 certificates
10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
72% low-carbon electricity
Nuclear 58% · Imports 18% · Gas 10% · Biomass 7%
46 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 63.1 women · 61.8 men
62% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.5
- Feeling worthwhile7.8
- Happiness yesterday7.3
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cheadle:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s340 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office332 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership288 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test244 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats217 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Park Road Stadium · 0.1 kmThe Ground Up Solutions Stadium is an association football stadium in Cheadle, Stockport, England. It is the home ground of North West Counties Football League club Cheadle Town F.C. and FA Women's National League clu…
Cheadle Town F.C. · 0.1 kmCheadle Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Cheadle, a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. They were established in 1961 and joined the North West Counties Football League i…
Cheadle (constituency) · 0.4 kmCheadle is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Tom Morrison of the Liberal Democrats. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-p…
- Moseley Old Hall, Cheadle · 0.5 km
Moseley Old Hall is a small 17th-century country house on Cuthbert Road in Cheadle, a suburban village within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.
- Cheadle Bulkeley · 0.5 km
Cheadle Bulkeley was a township in the ancient parish of Cheadle and later a separate civil parish, now in Greater Manchester, England. It lay in the historic county of Cheshire. In 1851 it had a population of 5489.
Cheadle, Greater Manchester · 0.5 kmCheadle is a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, it borders Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Chead…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cheadle (Stockport)?
- Cheadle (Stockport) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Stockport local authority.
- How deprived is Cheadle (Stockport)?
- The Stockport local authority, which includes Cheadle (Stockport), is around the average in England on the IoD2019.