Marple

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 9° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

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

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

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)

230 food businesses within 2 miles

• 169 rated 4–5 ★ (143 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Marple (0.8 km)
• 41 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 (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (10.2 km)

30 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Chadkirk Business Park (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Sports pitches34
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds9

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
• 79 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)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens78
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

26 jobs advertised · £34,564 avg

e.g. In Store Team Member, Online Chinese Tutor - Part Time, Online Music Tutoring Job in Marple – 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

97% low-carbon electricity

Wind 68% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 3% · Biomass 1%

13 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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  Marple, Greater Manchester · 0.3 km

  Marple is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the River Goyt, 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Manchester, 9 miles (14 km) north of Macclesfield and 4 miles (6 km) south…

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  Marple Junction · 0.3 km

  Marple Junction is the name of the canal junction where the Macclesfield Canal terminates and meets the Peak Forest Canal at Marple, Greater Manchester, England.

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  All Saints Church, Marple · 0.7 km

  All Saints Church is in Church Lane, Marple, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. In the churchyard is the tower of an earlier…

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  Marple railway station · 0.8 km

  Marple railway station serves the town of Marple, in Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Hope Valley Line, around 8.9 miles (14.3 km) south-east of Manchester Piccadilly. The station was opened in 1865 by the Ma…

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  Church of St Martin, Marple · 0.8 km

  The Church of St Martin is a 19th-century church on Brabyns Brow in Marple, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

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  Rose Hill Marple railway station · 0.9 km

  Rose Hill Marple is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Marple, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England; the other is Marple. The station, which opened in 1869, is the last…

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