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Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 20,170. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, and around 26 restaurants and cafés, along with 66 bus stops and Hazel Grove railway station 0.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hazel Grove area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stockport area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 294,773 residents at roughly 2,338 people per km².

Council
Stockport
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Cheadle
Police force
Greater Manchester
36/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 255th of 294 English council areas — better than 13% of them.

Low crime37
Home affordability46
Affordable rents44
Good schools6
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation48
Employment57
Low council tax8

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

16°CMist

  • Today: 18° / 10° · 84% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:34

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

221 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 268 casualties · 7.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

420 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 320 rated 4–5 ★ (268 top)
  • 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hazel Grove (0.7 km)
  • 57 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hazel Grove (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£314,495 average 3.5% YoY

Across Stockport · to 2026-06

Detached£548,759
Semi-detached£344,461
Terraced£251,311
Flat£173,714

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,111 average monthly rent 5.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £807
  • 2 bed £1,029
  • 3 bed £1,257

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

Affordability

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (11.3 km)

40 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

42 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Hazel Grove Park and Ride (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches41
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

294,773 residents in Stockport · 2,338/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 154 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,619 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (24% of 133,540)

A £1,746
B £2,037
C £2,328
D £2,619
E £3,201
F £3,783
G £4,365
H £5,238

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

Schools

138 schools · 47,342 pupils

87 primary · 14 secondary · 37 other

Ofsted: 43 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

117inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Laurus Cheadle HulmeOutstanding
  • Bramhall High SchoolGood
  • Hazel Grove High SchoolGood
  • St Anne's RC Voluntary AcademyGood
  • Stockport SchoolGood
  • Priestnall SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Kingsway SchoolRequires improvement
  • Reddish Vale High SchoolInadequate
  • Werneth SchoolInadequate
  • Cheadle Hulme High School
  • Harrytown Catholic High School
  • Marple Hall School
  • St James' Catholic High School
  • Stockport Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stockport

Care & health services

307 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes67
  • GP practices49
  • Dentists78
  • Homecare agencies73
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Stockport

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

332 applications decided

94.3% granted · 313 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Lisa Smart

Liberal Democrat

Hazel Grove

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 14
  • Con 1
  • LD 34
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools12
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets7
  • Parks & greens766
  • Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

42 jobs advertised · £35,074 avg

e.g. Key Holder (16 hours) - Hazel Grove, Junior IT Security Technician, Senior Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£782 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,236 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,334 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 43% · Wind 32% · Imports 14% · Biomass 7%

23 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.1 women · 61.8 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hazel Grove:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hazel Grove railway station · 0.7 km

    Hazel Grove railway station serves the village of Hazel Grove, in Greater Manchester, England. It is a junction station, serving both the Buxton line, and the Hope Valley line. The station is managed by Northern Train…

  • Foggbrook · 0.8 km

    Foggbrook is an area of Offerton in Stockport, England.

  • Bosden Farm · 0.9 km

    Bosden Farm is a suburban housing estate with a population of around 3,000 on the edge of Offerton, bordering Marple and Hazel Grove, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, surrounded by land used for agricultural…

  • Torkington · 0.9 km

    Torkington is an area of Hazel Grove in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a civil parish in Cheshire, covering the small hamlet of Torkington and eastern parts of the…

  • Hazel Grove · 1.0 km

    Hazel Grove is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. The built-up are…

  • Stepping Hill Hospital · 1.0 km

    Stepping Hill Hospital is in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hazel Grove?
Hazel Grove is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Stockport local authority.
What is the population of Hazel Grove?
Hazel Grove has an approximate settlement population of 20,170.
How deprived is Hazel Grove?
The Stockport local authority, which includes Hazel Grove, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.