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Gatley

Gatley is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 16 restaurants and cafés. There are 38 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Gatley, 1.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gatley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Manchester area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 551,937 residents at roughly 4,773 people per km².

Council
Manchester
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Police force
Greater Manchester
23/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 291st of 294 English council areas — better than 1% of them.

Low crime1
Home affordability82
Affordable rents32
Good schools8
Life expectancy4
Low deprivation1
Employment7
Low council tax79

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:31

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 388 rated 4–5 ★ (334 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Gatley (0.3 km)
  • 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gatley (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£256,760 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Manchester · to 2026-08

Detached£485,089
Semi-detached£334,231
Terraced£259,816
Flat£199,005

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (11.1 km)

29 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

82 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Massie Street (East) Car Park (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres8
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches66
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,312 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,541
B £1,798
C £2,055
D £2,312
E £2,826
F £3,340
G £3,853
H £4,624

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Co-op Academy Belle VueOutstanding
  • Didsbury High SchoolOutstanding
  • CHS SouthGood
  • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, ManchesterGood
  • Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, ManchesterGood
  • Manchester AcademyGood
  • Manchester Communication AcademyGood
  • Manchester Enterprise Academy CentralGood
  • Saint Paul's Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Trinity CofE High SchoolGood
  • Cedar Mount AcademyRequires improvement
  • Loreto High School ChorltonRequires improvement
  • The King David High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Burnage Academy for Boys
  • Chorlton High School
  • Co-op Academy Manchester
  • Co-op Academy North Manchester
  • Dean Trust Ardwick
  • Dixons Brooklands Academy
  • Dixons Newall Green Academy
  • Levenshulme High School
  • Manchester Enterprise Academy
  • Our Lady's RC High School
  • Parrs Wood High School
  • St Matthew's RC High School
  • St Peter's RC High School
  • The Barlow RC High School
  • The East Manchester Academy
  • Whalley Range 11-18 High School
  • Wright Robinson College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Manchester

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Gatley Village)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

403 applications decided

92.8% granted · 374 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Tom Morrison

Liberal Democrat

Cheadle

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 64
  • LD 4
  • Grn 21
  • Ref 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens129
  • Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

29,740 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

15 jobs advertised · £30,164 avg

e.g. Catering Assistant, Junior Content Producer, SEN Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

76% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 42% · Wind 34% · Gas 14% · Imports 10%

57 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

10 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in SK8

  • Cheadle Hulme Medical Group
  • Adshall Road Medical Prac
  • Cheadle Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cheadle:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Gatley railway station · 0.3 km

    Gatley railway station is a stop on the Styal Line, in Greater Manchester, England. It serves the suburb of Gatley in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.

  • Gatley · 0.6 km

    Gatley is a suburb of the town of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies 6 miles (10 km) south of Manchester city centre, 4 miles (6 km) west-south-west of Stockport, 5 miles (8 km) east of Altrincham and…

  • Wythenshawe F.C. · 0.8 km

    Wythenshawe Football Club is a football club based in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One West and play at Hollyhedge Park.

  • Stockport Etchells · 0.8 km

    Stockport Etchells was a township and civil parish in Cheshire, England.

  • The Kingsway School · 0.9 km

    The Kingsway School is a coeducational secondary school located in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

  • Barnes Hospital, Cheadle · 0.9 km

    Barnes Hospital in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, is a former hospital. It is on the border between Manchester and Stockport, near the A34 road in the middle of the complex interchange between Kingsway, the M60…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Gatley?
Gatley is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Manchester local authority.
How deprived is Gatley?
The Manchester local authority, which includes Gatley, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.