Lees

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 45% 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

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, 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

2 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Saddleworth West and Lees · Greater Manchester

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

199 reported road collisions (2025)

82 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 8.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 378 rated 4–5 ★ (310 top)
• 46 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Mossley (3.3 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£217,214 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Oldham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£942 average monthly rent▲ 12.5% YoY

• 1 bed £702
• 2 bed £879
• 3 bed £1,067

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 (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,377 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: 167.7p · Asda (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (6.2 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

53 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 320 kW
• Nearest: Elliott Street Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Awards for Oldham schools helping children to discover a love of reading· 2 Nov 2026
• Free Feast of Fire event to light up Oldham town centre this Saturday with fireworks and Halloween thrills· 26 Oct 2026
• First phase of Tommyfield Park officially opens in Oldham town centre· 23 Oct 2026
• “I stopped counting at 200”: Linda honoured for 35 years of dedication at Oldham fostering awards· 21 Oct 2026
• Oldham recognised as one of the country’s best-performing registration services with top ratings in national review· 20 Oct 2026

Source: Oldham Council

242,088 residents in Oldham · 1,700/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,969
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,458
• Net moves−1,489

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 15 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

37% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,602 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (52% of 99,060)

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

129 schools · 45,967 pupils

86 primary · 14 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 37 of 48 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Oldham

228 CQC-registered services

• Care homes47
• GP practices42
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies66
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oldham

• In a conservation area (Lees)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 47 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

270 applications decided

96.7% granted · 261 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Debbie Abrahams

Labour

Oldham East and Saddleworth

Source: UK Parliament

TBC majority

• Lab 18
• Con 4
• LD 6
• Ref 15
• Oth 16

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

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens2318
• Restaurants & cafés45

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,815 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13 jobs advertised · £38,948 avg

e.g. Salaried GP (Tier 2 welcome), Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Night Senior Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£681 median full-time weekly pay

6.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,775 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 111,873 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 39% · Wind 27% · Gas 19% · Imports 9%

79 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.5 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.7 women · 56.1 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

11 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in OL4

• Leesbrook Surgery
• Hopwood House Medical Practice
• Alexandra Group Med Pract

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Oldham East and Saddleworth:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 212 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth186 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK175 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND136 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills121 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Church of St Thomas, Lees · 0.1 km

  The Church of St Thomas is an Anglican parish church on West Street in Lees, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active church in the Diocese of Manchester and is…

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  Lees, Greater Manchester · 0.3 km

  Lees is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, amongst the Pennines east of the River Medlock, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of Oldham, and 8.2 miles (13.2 km) northeast of Manchester.

• Lees railway station · 0.3 km

  Lees railway station opened on 5 July 1856 at Lees, Lancashire, when the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) opened the branch from Greenfield to Oldham.

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  Grapes Inn, Lees · 0.6 km

  The Grapes Inn is a Grade II listed public house on St John Street in Lees, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1741 but having undergone alterations and additions s…

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  Oasis Academy Leesbrook · 0.7 km

  Oasis Academy Leesbrook is coeducational secondary school located in the Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Oasis Community Learning. It opened to pupils in September 2018. It moved to its new si…

• Breeze Hill School · 0.7 km

  Breeze Hill School was a mixed-sex comprehensive secondary school for 11- to 16-year-olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It was a specialist Humanities College, and served over 750 students. Bernard Phillips…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)