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Milnrow

Milnrow is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 9,227. It offers two GP & clinics, two pharmacies, three supermarkets, and 14 restaurants & cafés, with 29 bus stops and Smithy Bridge railway station 2.6 km away. There was around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Milnrow area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rochdale area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 223,773 residents at roughly 1,416 people per km².

Council
Rochdale
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Rochdale
Police force
Greater Manchester
23/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 292nd of 294 English council areas — better than 1% of them.

Low crime14
Home affordability82
Affordable rents70
Good schools7
Life expectancy6
Low deprivation6
Employment7
Low council tax11

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

9°CCloudy

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:32

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

219 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 9.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 346 rated 4–5 ★ (281 top)
  • 43 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Smithy Bridge (2.6 km)
  • 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Smithy Bridge (2.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£211,022 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across Rochdale · to 2026-08

Detached£362,263
Semi-detached£227,084
Terraced£173,857
Flat£116,590

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£855 average monthly rent▲ 8.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £622
  • 2 bed £799
  • 3 bed £960

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,448 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (5.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.9 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Morrisons Rochdale (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches29
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

223,773 residents in Rochdale · 1,416/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,487
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,792
  • Net moves+695

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

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 19 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

31% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,601 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 98,090)

A £1,734
B £2,023
C £2,312
D £2,601
E £3,179
F £3,757
G £4,335
H £5,202

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

Schools

105 schools · 38,119 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 31 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Hollingworth AcademyGood
  • St Anne's Church of England AcademyGood
  • Edgar Wood AcademyRequires improvement
  • Newhouse AcademyRequires improvement
  • St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
  • Dixons Middleton Academy
  • Falinge Park High School
  • Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
  • Kingsway Park High School
  • Matthew Moss High School
  • Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
  • Wardle Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochdale

Care & health services

224 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes62
  • GP practices46
  • Dentists38
  • Homecare agencies57
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rochdale

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

161 applications decided

87.6% granted · 141 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Paul Waugh

Labour (Co-op)

Rochdale

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 31
  • Con 7
  • LD 3
  • Ref 15
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,360 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £51,078 avg

e.g. Trainee Driving Instructor - Milnrow, Manchester, England, Technical Sales Manager, Warehouse Operative

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£690 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,053 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 105,798 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 49% · Gas 16% · Wind 16% · Imports 9%

71 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 76.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.2 women · 53.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Health services

17 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in OL16

  • Milnrow Village Practice
  • Yorkshire St Surgery
  • Croft Shifa Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rochdale:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Milnrow · 0.1 km

    Milnrow is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, and forms a continuous urban area with Rochdale. It is 2…

  • The Bobbin, Milnrow · 0.1 km

    The Bobbin is a Grade II listed public house on Dale Street in Milnrow, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1790, it has a documented history as a pub from the lat…

  • Milnrow Urban District · 0.2 km

    Milnrow Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district of the administrative county of Lancashire, in northwest England. It covered an area to the east and southeast of the County Borough of Rochda…

  • Milnrow tram stop · 0.2 km

    Milnrow is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 28 February 2013 and is located in Milnrow, a part of the Metropolitan Borou…

  • Butterworth Hall Brook · 0.4 km

    Butterworth Hall Brook is a water course in Greater Manchester, North-West England, which flows through the village of Milnrow and is a tributary of the River Beal.

  • Hollingworth Academy · 0.6 km

    Hollingworth Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status located in Milnrow in the English county of Greater Manchester.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Milnrow?
Milnrow is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Rochdale local authority.
What is the population of Milnrow?
Milnrow has an approximate settlement population of 9,227.
How deprived is Milnrow?
The Rochdale local authority, which includes Milnrow, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.