Stretford

16°CCloudy

• Today: 20° / 13° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Trafford A56, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Stretford · 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

• 397 rated 4–5 ★ (345 top)
• 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Trafford Park (0.6 km)
• 61 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 (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (10.2 km)

58 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 31 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: GMEV PAYG Charge Point (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches63
• Playgrounds15

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
• 14 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)

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens162
• Restaurants & cafés43

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

126 jobs advertised · £34,378 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Director of Project Management - Infrastructure - Locations Open to Cumbria, North East or Suffolk

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 54% · Imports 16% · Gas 11% · Solar 10%

50 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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  Municipal Borough of Stretford · 0.4 km

  Stretford was, from 1868 to 1974, a local government district coterminate with the town of Stretford, Lancashire, England.

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  Trafford Park railway station · 0.6 km

  Trafford Park railway station serves the town of Stretford, close to the border of Trafford Park, in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester. The station, and all services calling there, is operated b…

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  Stretford · 0.7 km

  Stretford is a market town in Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England, sited on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal; the Bridgewater Canal bisects the town. The town is located 4 miles…

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  Trafford · 0.7 km

  Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 241,025 in 2024. It covers 106 square kilometres (41 sq mi) and includes the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, Urmston,…

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  Humphrey Park railway station · 0.7 km

  Humphrey Park railway station is in the Trafford metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in the north west of England. The station, opened on 15 October 1984 by British Rail as an experimental station, is 4+1⁄4 mil…

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  Manchester Plant · 0.7 km

  The Manchester Plant is a large food factory in North West England; during World War II, it was the largest food factory in Europe. It is devoted to manufacturing Kellogg's cereal and related products.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)