Eccles (Salford)

13°CCloudy

• Today: 17° / 12° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:37

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

48US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

281 reported road collisions (2024)

98 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 391 rated 4–5 ★ (295 top)
• 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Patricroft (0.1 km)
• 69 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,890 average▼ 2.4% YoY

Across Salford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,167 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £886
• 2 bed £1,082
• 3 bed £1,284

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

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 175.7p · Asda (11.4 km)

69 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

128 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: GMEV PAYG Charge Point (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches52
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

269,923 residents in Salford · 2,777/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 67%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 20 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,594 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (47% of 135,720)

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

136 schools · 43,808 pupils

76 primary · 16 secondary · 44 other

Ofsted: 33 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Salford

249 CQC-registered services

• Care homes44
• GP practices51
• Dentists58
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Salford

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

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

150 applications decided

89.3% granted · 134 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Michael Wheeler

Labour

Worsley and Eccles

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 34
• Con 6
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 14
• Oth 2

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

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens132
• Restaurants & cafés45

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£692 median full-time weekly pay

5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,434 disposable income per head (2024)

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

62% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 174,864 certificates

11.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 38% · Wind 38% · Imports 12% · Gas 9%

38 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.2 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.2 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worsley and Eccles:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office436 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth392 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 312 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide

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

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  Patricroft railway station · 0.2 km

  Patricroft railway station serves Patricroft in Greater Manchester, England. The station is on Green Lane, just north of the junction with Cromwell Road and just east of the Bridgewater Canal. It is situated 5 miles (…

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  Queen's Arms, Patricroft · 0.2 km

  The Queen's Arms is a Grade II listed public house on Green Lane in Patricroft, a suburb near the market town of Eccles in the City of Salford, England. Built in 1828 as an early refreshment stop for the Liverpool and…

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  Stanley Arms, Eccles · 0.2 km

  The Stanley Arms is a Grade II listed public house on Liverpool Road in Patricroft, a suburb near the market town of Eccles in the City of Salford, England. Built in the late 19th century, it has been a Joseph Holt pu…

• ROF Patricroft · 0.4 km

  ROF Patricroft was a Royal Ordnance Factory in Patricroft, near the town of Eccles, England.

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  Winton, Greater Manchester · 0.6 km

  Winton is an area of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, which in 2014 had a population of 12,339.

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  Patricroft · 0.6 km

  Patricroft is a suburb near Eccles, a market town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)