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Mossley

Mossley is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 9,929. It has around 1 pharmacy and around 2 restaurants and cafés, along with 39 bus stops and Greenfield railway station 1.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Mossley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Oldham area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 242,088 residents at roughly 1,700 people per km².

Council
Oldham
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Police force
Greater Manchester
23/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 293rd of 294 English council areas — better than 0% of them.

Low crime11
Home affordability82
Affordable rents60
Good schools9
Life expectancy18
Low deprivation9
Employment4
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

16°CSunny

  • Today: 18° / 12° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

216 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 290 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

163 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 133 rated 4–5 ★ (109 top)
  • 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Mossley (0.5 km)
  • 76 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Mossley (Manchester) (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£214,850 average 5.1% YoY

Across Oldham · to 2026-06

Detached£379,768
Semi-detached£244,930
Terraced£181,723
Flat£131,245

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£931 average monthly rent 11% YoY

  • 1 bed £694
  • 2 bed £868
  • 3 bed £1,054

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.7p · Asda (5.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (5.3 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

44 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 320 kW
  • Nearest: Public EV Charger @ The Vale (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches17
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 29 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

30% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,602 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,735
B £2,024
C £2,313
D £2,602
E £3,181
F £3,759
G £4,337
H £5,204

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

Schools

128 schools · 45,967 pupils

86 primary · 14 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 36 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

105inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The Blue Coat CofE SchoolOutstanding
  • Co-op Academy FailsworthGood
  • Oasis Academy LeesbrookGood
  • Oasis Academy OldhamGood
  • The Radclyffe SchoolGood
  • Saddleworth SchoolRequires improvement
  • Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy
  • E-ACT the Oldham Academy North
  • North Chadderton School
  • The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
  • The Crompton House Church of England Academy
  • The Hathershaw College
  • Waterhead Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Oldham

Care & health services

226 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes46
  • GP practices42
  • Dentists55
  • Homecare agencies65
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oldham

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

132 applications decided

91.7% granted · 121 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jonathan Reynolds

Labour (Co-op)

Stalybridge and Hyde

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

TBC majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

38 jobs advertised · £36,696 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Trainee Driving Instructor - Mossley, Manchester, England, Cook Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 53% · Imports 15% · Solar 13% · Gas 12%

54 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stalybridge and Hyde:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Micklehurst railway station · 0.1 km

    Micklehurst Railway Station served the town of Mossley in Cheshire. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on its Micklehurst Line. The station closed for passengers in 1907 and to freight on 19 February…

  • Mossley · 0.3 km

    Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Oldham and 9 miles (14.5 km) east of M…

  • Mossley (ward) · 0.3 km

    Mossley is an electoral ward of Tameside, England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.

  • Mossley railway station · 0.5 km

    Mossley railway station in Mossley, Greater Manchester, England, is on the Huddersfield Line 9.9 miles (16 km) north-east of Manchester Victoria and is managed by Northern, which do not provide any services to or from…

  • Mossley Hall · 0.5 km

    Mossley Hall, formerly known as Mossley Town Hall, is a former municipal building in Stamford Road, Mossley, a town in Greater Manchester in England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Moss…

  • Mossley A.F.C. · 0.7 km

    Mossley Association Football Club is a football club in Mossley, Greater Manchester, England. Nicknamed the Lilywhites after the white shirts adopted in 1912, they are currently members of the Northern Premier League…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Mossley?
Mossley is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Oldham local authority.
What is the population of Mossley?
Mossley has an approximate settlement population of 9,929.
How deprived is Mossley?
The Oldham local authority, which includes Mossley, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.