Eccles (Salford)

10°CCloudy

• Today: 13° / 8° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:31

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

282 reported road collisions (2025)

111 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 407 rated 4–5 ★ (307 top)
• 17 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

£223,323 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across Salford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,170 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £888
• 2 bed £1,084
• 3 bed £1,287

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

2,996 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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (9.4 km)

38 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK29,734
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK28,991
• Net moves+743

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 34 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

138 schools · 43,808 pupils

76 primary · 16 secondary · 46 other

Ofsted: 34 of 42 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Salford

253 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices51
• Dentists59
• 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)

194 applications decided

82% granted · 159 granted, 35 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

12,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£692 median full-time weekly pay

5.1% 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

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Wind 31% · Gas 20% · Imports 9%

83 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

11 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in M30

• St Andrews Medical Centre
• 3/Springfield House Medical Practice
• 1/Monton Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worsley and Eccles:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth394 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 314 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND179 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK174 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after144 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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)