Dobcross

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 21° / 13° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:28

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, 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)

157 food businesses within 2 miles

• 135 rated 4–5 ★ (118 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Greenfield (1.9 km)
• 32 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 (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (9.6 km)

19 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 (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches31
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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

• In a conservation area (Dobcross)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 153 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 & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Parks & greens287
• Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

8 jobs advertised · £60,000 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Become a Spanish Tutor in Dobcross – Flexible & Remote, Online German Tutoring Job in Dobcross – 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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 32% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

45 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

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  Dobcross · 0.1 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…

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  Swan Inn, Dobcross · 0.1 km

  The Swan Inn is a Grade II listed public house on The Square in Dobcross, a village in Saddleworth within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1765, as indicated by a datestone, th…

• Dobcross railway station · 0.4 km

  Dobcross railway station served the village of Dobcross between 1912 and 1955.

• Saddleworth railway station · 0.5 km

  Saddleworth railway station, on the Huddersfield Line in Dobcross to the north of Uppermill, opened in August 1849 and closed to passengers in October 1968 as a consequence of a report by Richard Beeching on the rest…

• Measurements Halt railway station · 0.6 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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  Delph railway station · 0.9 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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