Failsworth

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 46% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:30

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

712 reported road collisions (2025)

261 killed or seriously injured · 848 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 370 rated 4–5 ★ (291 top)
• 29 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Moston (2.1 km)
• 83 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£256,760 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Manchester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,373 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,003
• 2 bed £1,233
• 3 bed £1,433

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

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4,637 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: 156.9p · Esso (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.4 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 40 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Failsworth Poplar Street (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches53
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

551,937 residents in Manchester · 4,773/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 70%
• 65+: 9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK59,941
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK71,756
• Net moves−11,815

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 2 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

41% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,312 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (55% of 252,780)

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

219 schools · 96,378 pupils

136 primary · 30 secondary · 53 other

Ofsted: 57 of 75 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Manchester

591 CQC-registered services

• Care homes88
• GP practices141
• Dentists142
• Homecare agencies124
• Hospitals & hospices19

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Manchester

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

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

403 applications decided

92.8% granted · 374 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lucy Powell

Labour (Co-op)

Manchester Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 64
• LD 4
• Grn 21
• Ref 7

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens278
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,740 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

54 jobs advertised · £34,270 avg

e.g. Nurse Unit Manager - days, Handyman, Registered Veterinary Nurse

Source: Adzuna

£716 median full-time weekly pay

6.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,885 disposable income per head (2024)

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

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 339,861 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Wind 31% · Gas 21% · Imports 9%

84 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.1 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.7 women · 56.7 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday6.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in M35

• Quayside Medical Practice
• Medlock Medical Practice
• Oldham South Pcn Extended Access

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Manchester Central:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth232 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements157 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Review & amend immigration rules for Hongkongers with political convictions128 local signatures · 11,120 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks117 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK110 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  St Wilfrid and St Ann's Church, Newton Heath · 0.4 km

  St Wilfrid and St Ann's Church is in Oldham Road, Newton Heath, Greater Manchester, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church, which is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade…

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  Regent Mill, Failsworth · 0.6 km

  Regent Mill, Failsworth is a Grade II listed former cotton spinning mill in Failsworth, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It was built by the Regent Mill Co Ltd. in 1905, and purchased by the Lancashire Cotton Corp…

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  Failsworth tram stop · 0.7 km

  Failsworth tram stop is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line serving the town of Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a railway station before its conversion to Metrolin…

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  Failsworth Town Hall · 0.8 km

  Failsworth Town Hall, also known as Failsworth and Hollinwood District Town Hall, is a former municipal building on Oldham Road, Failsworth, a town in Greater Manchester in England. The building, which served as the o…

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  Failsworth · 0.8 km

  Failsworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Manchester and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Oldham. The M60 ring-road motorway skirts it to the…

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  Moston Brook · 1.0 km

  Moston Brook is a stream in Greater Manchester in north-west England and a tributary of the River Irk. The brook is formed at the confluence of Bower Brook and Hole Bottom Brook. This occurs near the Rochdale Canal in…

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