Delph

16°CSunny

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

216 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 290 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

125 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Greenfield (3.1 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£214,850 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Oldham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£931 average monthly rent▲ 11% YoY

• 1 bed £694
• 2 bed £868
• 3 bed £1,054

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 (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.7p · Asda (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (10.6 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Kingfisher (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Toughest half marathon in the UK returns· 3 Sept 2026
• Historic chippy Levers makes a splash in new home as Spindles welcomes wave of new investment· 2 Sept 2026
• Nostalgic Oldham to bring free family fun and retro entertainment to town centre· 2 Sept 2026
• The Spindles celebrates five major retail investments as town centre momentum continues· 25 Aug 2026
• Council secures court order following unauthorised encampment at Oldham Edge· 24 Aug 2026

Source: Oldham Council

242,088 residents in Oldham · 1,700/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 29 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,602 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (52% of 99,060)

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

128 schools · 45,967 pupils

86 primary · 14 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 36 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

105inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Oldham

226 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices42
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies65
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oldham

• Within the Green Belt
• 141 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

132 applications decided

91.7% granted · 121 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Debbie Abrahams

Labour

Oldham East and Saddleworth

Source: UK Parliament

TBC majority

• Lab 18
• Con 4
• LD 6
• Ref 16
• Oth 16

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens189
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

42 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Boxing Tutoring Job in Delph – Flexible Schedule, Online Applied Mathematics Tutoring Job in Delph (Dudley) – Flexible Schedule, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Delph – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£681 median full-time weekly pay

6.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,775 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 · 111,873 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

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

Life expectancy: 81.5 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.7 women · 56.1 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Oldham East and Saddleworth:

• Ban non-stun & recoverable stun slaughter of animals560 local signatures · 51,173 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office470 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership222 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test221 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• Shore Mill · 0.4 km

  Shore Mill is a Grade II* listed former water-powered textile mill on Lawton Square in Delph, a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth, within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Histo…

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  Delph · 0.4 km

  Delph is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies amongst the Pennines on the River…

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  Delph railway station · 0.5 km

  Delph railway station served the village of Delph, Oldham, in what is now Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, between 1851 and 1955.

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  White Lion, Delph · 0.5 km

  The White Lion is a Grade II listed public house on Delph Lane in Delph, a village in Saddleworth within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the mid to late 18th century, it origi…

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  Dobcross · 1.1 km

  Dobcross is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It is in a valley in the South Pennines, along the course of the River Tame and the Hudder…

• Measurements Halt railway station · 1.1 km

  Measurements Halt railway station was opened on 18 July 1932 as part of the former London and North Western Railway route from Oldham to Delph. The station closed on 2 May 1955, when the Delph Donkey passenger train s…

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