Swinton (Salford)

10°COvercast

• Today: 13° / 8° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:31

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

282 reported road collisions (2025)

111 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 365 rated 4–5 ★ (259 top)
• 30 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Swinton (Manchester) (0.9 km)
• 67 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£223,323 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across Salford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,170 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £888
• 2 bed £1,084
• 3 bed £1,287

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

6.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.0 times median annual pay (5.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,996 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: 151.9p · BP (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (10.6 km)

37 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

128 charging locations within ~8 km

• 32 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Franklin Energy. Salford Civic Centre Co-Wheels Car Club (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches58
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

269,923 residents in Salford · 2,777/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 67%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK29,734
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK28,991
• Net moves+743

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 34 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,594 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (47% of 135,720)

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

138 schools · 43,808 pupils

76 primary · 16 secondary · 46 other

Ofsted: 34 of 42 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Salford

253 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices51
• Dentists59
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Salford

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

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

194 applications decided

82% granted · 159 granted, 35 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Michael Wheeler

Labour

Worsley and Eccles

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 34
• Con 6
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 14
• Oth 2

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

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens29
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£692 median full-time weekly pay

5.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,434 disposable income per head (2024)

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

62% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 174,864 certificates

11.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 43% · Wind 33% · Gas 13% · Imports 10%

53 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.2 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.2 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

7 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in M27

• The Poplars Medical Practice
• The Sides Medical Practice
• Silverdale Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worsley and Eccles:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth394 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 314 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND179 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK174 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after144 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

• Moorside High School, Swinton · 0.1 km

  Moorside High School is a coeducational secondary academy located in Swinton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Established in 1934, the school serves students aged 11 to 16 and is part of the Consilium Academies…

• Co-op Academy Walkden · 0.4 km

  Co-op Academy Walkden is a secondary school in Walkden, Greater Manchester. Formerly on Birch Road, the school is now located on Old Clough Lane, and serves Walkden, Worsley, Linnyshaw, Roe Green, Ellenbrook and Booth…

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  Salford and Eccles · 0.4 km

  Salford and Eccles was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. For its entire creation since 2010, it was represented by members of the Labour Party.

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  Church of St Peter, Swinton · 0.5 km

  The Church of St Peter is an Anglican parish church on Chorley Road in Swinton, a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Serving the historic parish of Swinton and Pendlebury, it forms part of the e…

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  Salford Civic Centre · 0.5 km

  Salford Civic Centre, formerly Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall, is a municipal building at Chorley Road, in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the administrative headquarters of Salford City Council.

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  Swinton, Greater Manchester · 0.5 km

  Swinton is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. southwest of the River Irwell, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Manchester, adjoining the town of Pendlebury and suburb of Clifton. In 2014, it had…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)