Rhodes

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 8° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:32

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

• 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

161 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 196 casualties · 8.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

412 food businesses within 2 miles

• 308 rated 4–5 ★ (252 top)
• 28 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mills Hill (3.7 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£243,107 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Bury · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£969 average monthly rent▲ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £686
• 2 bed £888
• 3 bed £1,065

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

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

2,283 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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (6.7 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

138 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Heaton Park (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches44
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

193,851 residents in Bury · 1,949/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,802
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,496
• Net moves+306

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 107 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,555 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

92 schools · 28,108 pupils

64 primary · 14 secondary · 14 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bury

208 CQC-registered services

• Care homes55
• GP practices36
• Dentists46
• Homecare agencies54
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bury

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

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

207 applications decided

87.9% granted · 182 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Graham Stringer

Labour

Blackley and Middleton South

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 3
• Ref 6
• Oth 11

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens76
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,820 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£725 median full-time weekly pay

4.4% 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

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 47% · Wind 25% · Gas 17% · Imports 11%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

14 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in M24

• Peterloo Medical Centre
• The Junction Surgery
• Woodside Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blackley and Middleton South:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth189 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND156 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 122 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK109 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants69 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide

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

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  Rhodes, Greater Manchester · 0.1 km

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• Our Lady's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester · 0.8 km

  Our Lady's Roman Catholic High School, also known as Our Lady's RC High School, is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in the Higher Blackley area of Manchester, England.

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  Parkfield House · 1.1 km

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  Bowlee · 1.3 km

  Bowlee is a village in Greater Manchester, England. Bowlee is situated along the Heywood Old Road (A6045) on the outskirts of Middleton between Rhodes and Heywood. Historically it forms part of Lancashire.

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  Simister · 1.5 km

  Simister is a small suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located between the districts of Prestwich, Rhodes and Langley. Although the village'…

• Plant Hill Arts College · 1.5 km

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