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Radcliffe

Radcliffe is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 29,950. It has around 1 pharmacy, 2 parks and greens, and 3 restaurants and cafés, 51 bus stops, and Bury, Bolton Street railway station is 3.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Radcliffe area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bury area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 193,851 residents at roughly 1,949 people per km².

Council
Bury
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Bury South
Police force
Greater Manchester
30/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 279th of 294 English council areas — better than 5% of them.

Low crime23
Home affordability67
Affordable rents58
Good schools6
Life expectancy24
Low deprivation35
Employment25
Low council tax20

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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Radcliffe East · Greater Manchester

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Anti-Social Behaviour 2. Anti-Social Behaviour Drug Related 3. Anti-Social Driving 4. Drug Offences 5. Neighbourhood Crime (Burglaries…

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

Road safety

165 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 212 casualties · 8.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

298 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 229 rated 4–5 ★ (171 top)
  • 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bury, Bolton Street (3.8 km)
  • 48 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kearsley (3.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£238,446 average 3.3% YoY

Across Bury · to 2026-06

Detached£405,531
Semi-detached£266,129
Terraced£198,808
Flat£132,500

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£969 average monthly rent 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £686
  • 2 bed £888
  • 3 bed £1,064

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

Affordability

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (0.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (9.3 km)

56 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

68 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: GMEV PAYG Charge Point (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches40
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

193,851 residents in Bury · 1,949/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 110 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,555 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (36% of 85,370)

A £1,703
B £1,987
C £2,271
D £2,555
E £3,123
F £3,691
G £4,259
H £5,110

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

Schools

91 schools · 28,108 pupils

64 primary · 14 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 32 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hazel Wood High SchoolGood
  • Parrenthorn High SchoolGood
  • St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
  • The Heys SchoolGood
  • Unsworth AcademyGood
  • Bury Church of England High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Manchester Mesivta SchoolRequires improvement
  • Philips High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Tottington High SchoolRequires improvement
  • St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
  • Star Radcliffe Academy
  • The Derby High School
  • The Elton High School
  • Woodhey High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bury

Care & health services

206 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes53
  • GP practices36
  • Dentists46
  • Homecare agencies54
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bury

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

168 applications decided

80.4% granted · 135 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Christian Wakeford

Labour

Bury South

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 31
  • Con 3
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens36
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

71 jobs advertised · £39,011 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, SEO Manager, Fabricator Welder

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£725 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,068 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 90,853 certificates

11.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

99% low-carbon electricity

Wind 64% · Nuclear 31% · Solar 3% · Gas 2%

7 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • 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 Bury South:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Radcliffe, Greater Manchester · 0.2 km

    Radcliffe is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the Irwell Valley 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Manchester and 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Bury and is contiguous…

  • Radcliffe Cenotaph · 0.2 km

    Radcliffe Cenotaph is a Grade II* listed war memorial on Blackburn Street in Radcliffe, a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It commemorates the men and women of Radcliff…

  • Radcliffe tram stop · 0.2 km

    Radcliffe is a tram stop in the town of Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.

  • Radcliffe Town Hall · 0.3 km

    Radcliffe Town Hall is a municipal structure in Spring Lane in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Radcliffe Borough Council, is a locally listed building.

  • Radcliffe Bridge railway station · 0.4 km

    Radcliffe Bridge railway station served Radcliffe, in Greater Manchester, England. It was built on the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway line, between Bury Bolton Street and Clifton Junction. It was opened on 25…

  • Wilton Mill, Radcliffe · 0.4 km

    Wilton Mill, Radcliffe was a cotton spinning mill in Radcliffe, Bury, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1907 and was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1930 and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. Producti…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Radcliffe?
Radcliffe is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Bury local authority.
What is the population of Radcliffe?
Radcliffe has an approximate settlement population of 29,950.
How deprived is Radcliffe?
The Bury local authority, which includes Radcliffe, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.