Old Trafford

16°CMist

• Today: 18° / 10° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:34

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Trafford A56, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Longford East · 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

• 387 rated 4–5 ★ (319 top)
• 30 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Trafford Park (1.6 km)
• 68 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: 156.9p · Esso (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (8.2 km)

65 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 29 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Trafford Town Hall (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms6
• Sports pitches59
• 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
• 19 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

Andrew Western

Labour

Stretford and Urmston

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 63
• LD 4
• Grn 21
• Ref 7

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

• Schools21
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets11
• Parks & greens53
• Restaurants & cafés90

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

172 jobs advertised · £38,812 avg

e.g. Senior Technology Design Engineer, Senior Highways Design Engineer, Highways Design Engineer

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 41% · Wind 33% · Imports 14% · Biomass 7%

29 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stretford and Urmston:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 382 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s355 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership334 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test244 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Trafford Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Trafford Town Hall is a neo-classical building in Stretford, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is the meeting place of Trafford Council and was originally known as "Stretford Town Hall". The building faces Emi…

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  Old Trafford Cricket Ground · 0.2 km

  Old Trafford is a cricket ground in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1857 as the home of Manchester Cricket Club and has been the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1864. From 2013 onw…

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  Old Trafford tram stop · 0.3 km

  Old Trafford is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of the Metrolink light rail system in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

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  Old Trafford (area) · 0.3 km

  Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which borders the cities of Manchester and Salford, two miles (3.2 km) south-west of Manchester city centre in the historic county of Lancashire. It is…

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  Stretford High School · 0.3 km

  Stretford High School is a mixed, non-selective secondary school in Stretford, in the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It teaches pupils aged 11 to 16 and opened in 1990. After being placed in special…

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  Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester 1857 · 0.5 km

  The Art Treasures of Great Britain was an exhibition of fine art held in Manchester, England, from 5 May to 17 October 1857. It remains the largest art exhibition to be held in the UK, possibly in the world, with over…

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