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 less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). 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 250th of 294 English council areas — better than 15% 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
10°CClear
- Today: 13° / 8° · 24% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:31
9h 18m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
24US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
Road safety
242 reported road collisions (2025)
83 killed or seriously injured · 285 casualties · 8.2 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 400 rated 4–5 ★ (348 top)
- 4 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
£319,016 average▲ 3.9% YoY
Across Stockport · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,119 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY
- 1 bed £812
- 2 bed £1,036
- 3 bed £1,266
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
4,170 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (3.7 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
28 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: 350 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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK17,536
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK15,542
- Net moves+1,994
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 183 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
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
136 schools · 46,711 pupils
86 primary · 14 secondary · 36 other
Ofsted: 42 of 57 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)
115 inspected 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
310 CQC-registered services
- Care homes70
- GP practices49
- Dentists80
- Homecare agencies72
- 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
323 applications decided
94.4% granted · 305 granted, 18 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Tom Morrison
Liberal Democrat
Cheadle
Recent votes:
- NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
- NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
- NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
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
14,175 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
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
71% low-carbon electricity
Nuclear 39% · Wind 25% · Gas 20% · Imports 9%
83 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
Health services
10 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in SK8
- Cheadle Hulme Medical Group
- Adshall Road Medical Prac
- Cheadle Medical Practice
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cheadle:
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND355 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills163 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks158 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases144 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
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 less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.