High Lane

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• Today: 15° / 9° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:33

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

52US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: High Lane · Greater Manchester

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

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)

152 food businesses within 2 miles

• 119 rated 4–5 ★ (108 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Middlewood (1.1 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£314,495 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Stockport · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Morrisons (11.5 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Disley Community Centre Car Park (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,619 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stockport

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

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

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

332 applications decided

94.3% granted · 313 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lisa Smart

Liberal Democrat

Hazel Grove

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £36,252 avg

e.g. Head Chef, Become a Geography Tutor in Highlane – Flexible & Remote, Online French Tutoring Job in Highlane – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

90% low-carbon electricity

Wind 54% · Nuclear 34% · Imports 7% · Gas 3%

15 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hazel Grove:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office435 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership274 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s267 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth265 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  High Lane, Greater Manchester · 0.2 km

  High Lane is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is sited 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Stockport, on the Macclesfield Canal and the A6 road.

• Wyberslegh Hall · 0.8 km

  Wyberslegh Hall is a large house dating from the 16th century, on the edge of the village of High Lane in Greater Manchester, England. Now in private ownership, Wyberslegh Hall was formerly the home of eldest sons o…

• Windlehurst · 0.9 km

  Windlehurst is a hamlet situated south of Marple in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The hamlet had its own primary school until it was closed in the 1990s due to a shortage of pupils.

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  High Lane railway station · 1.1 km

  High Lane railway station served the village of High Lane in Greater Manchester, England. It was a stop on the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&MR).

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  Middlewood railway station · 1.1 km

  Middlewood railway station serves the villages of High Lane in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, and Middlewood, near Poynton in the Cheshire East district of England. It is on the Buxton Line…

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  Middlewood Higher railway station · 1.1 km

  Middlewood Higher was a railway station near High Lane in Cheshire, England. It was opened in 1879 by the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M), a joint line constructed and operated by the Manchester, Sh…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)