Simister

10°COvercast

• Today: 13° / 8° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:30

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US 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)

334 food businesses within 2 miles

• 248 rated 4–5 ★ (213 top)
• 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Clifton (5.1 km)
• 8 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 (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (4.8 km)

35 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

116 charging locations within ~8 km

• 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Heaton Park (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds4

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 10 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

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 3
• Ref 6
• Oth 11

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

• Schools4
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés2

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

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

8 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in M25

• Prestwich Hospital - Bcss Inpatient Unit
• Fairfax Group Practice
• St Gabriel'S Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bury South:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities604 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth250 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND187 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK146 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately111 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Heaton Park BT Tower · 1.1 km

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  Heaton Park Reservoir · 1.2 km

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