Rhodes

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• Today: 16° / 10° · 69% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:41

13h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: South Middleton · Greater Manchester

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

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)

432 food businesses within 2 miles

• 314 rated 4–5 ★ (254 top)
• 30 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

£238,446 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across Bury · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10.9 km)

63 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

137 charging locations within ~8 km

• 29 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)

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bury

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

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

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

168 applications decided

80.4% granted · 135 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

8,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

31 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Programming Tutor in Rhodes – Flexible & Remote, Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Rhodes – Flexible Schedule, Become a Maths Tutor in Rhodes – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 42% · Wind 31% · Imports 14% · Biomass 7%

32 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

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

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office374 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s343 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Automatically remove parental responsibility for parents convicted of abuse262 local signatures · 18,434 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership253 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth189 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Rhodes, Greater Manchester · 0.1 km

  Rhodes is a suburb of the town of Middleton, in the Rochdale district of Greater Manchester, England. In 2018, it had an estimated population of 2,917.

• 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

  Parkfield House, formerly known as Middleton Town Hall, is a former municipal building in Manchester Old Road, Middleton, a town in Greater Manchester in England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting…

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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

  Plant Hill Arts College was an 11-16 community school, serving boys and girls predominantly from the suburb of Blackley, Manchester. The school had approximately 820 pupils on roll before it was replaced by the Co-ope…

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