Manchester

15°CFog

• Today: 19° / 14° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Public order1

15 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Piccadilly Gardens · Greater Manchester

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

720 reported road collisions (2024)

251 killed or seriously injured · 892 casualties · 13 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 391 rated 4–5 ★ (323 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Manchester Piccadilly (0.6 km)
• 169 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£251,250 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Manchester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,365 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £998
• 2 bed £1,227
• 3 bed £1,425

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (9.4 km)

76 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 36 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: ROYAL LONDON PARKING LVL -2 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres12
• Gyms30
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches37
• Playgrounds22

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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 2 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

43% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 96,844 pupils

137 primary · 30 secondary · 52 other

Ofsted: 55 of 73 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

184inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Manchester

585 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices139
• Dentists140
• Homecare agencies127
• Hospitals & hospices19

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Manchester

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

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

457 applications decided

88.8% granted · 406 granted, 51 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lucy Powell

Labour (Co-op)

Manchester Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 63
• LD 4
• Grn 21
• Ref 7

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics21
• Pharmacies12
• Supermarkets18
• Parks & greens3675
• Restaurants & cafés740

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

16,641 jobs advertised · £48,712 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Roadside Technician - Oldham/Bury, Roadside Technician

Source: Adzuna

£716 median full-time weekly pay

6% 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

73% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 59% · Imports 17% · Gas 10% · Wind 8%

47 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

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in M12

• West Gorton Medical Practice
• Parkside Surgery
• Community Paediatricians

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Manchester Central:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership820 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s409 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office321 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth230 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats204 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide

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

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  Piccadilly Gardens · 0.0 km

  Piccadilly Gardens is a green space in Manchester city centre, England, on the edge of the Northern Quarter.

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  2008 UEFA Cup final riots · 0.1 km

  Riots took place in Manchester, England, on the day of the 2008 UEFA Cup final between FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and Rangers FC. Serious disorder was allegedly sparked by the failure of a big screen erected in Piccadi…

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  Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station · 0.1 km

  Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station, often abbreviated to Piccadilly Gardens, is one of two main bus stations serving Manchester city centre, Greater Manchester, England; the other is Shudehill Interchange.

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  Piccadilly Gardens tram stop · 0.1 km

  Piccadilly Gardens is a tram stop in Zone 1 of Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system. It is located beside Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre, and serves as a transport hub and interchange station.

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  City Tower, Manchester · 0.1 km

  City Tower is a 30-storey high-rise office building situated in the Piccadilly Gardens area of Manchester city centre, England. As of June 2026, it is the 25th-tallest building in Greater Manchester, with a roof heigh…

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  One Piccadilly Gardens · 0.1 km

  One Piccadilly Gardens is a large office building in Manchester, England. It is located on the east side of Piccadilly Gardens, a large public square in Manchester city centre, and was built in 2003 on former public l…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)