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• Today: 18° / 10° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:34

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

54US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

189 reported road collisions (2024)

65 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

339 food businesses within 2 miles

• 247 rated 4–5 ★ (208 top)
• 24 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Castleton (1.4 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£210,083 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Rochdale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£844 average monthly rent▲ 7.5% YoY

• 1 bed £614
• 2 bed £789
• 3 bed £948

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 (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (11.9 km)

38 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

62 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Hopwood Service Station (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Armed Forces community to be honoured at Festival of Remembrance· 11 Sept 2026
• Rochdale's renaissance: report shows boost Greater Manchester Town of Culture brought to town· 11 Sept 2026
• Council poised to purchase major Middleton landmark· 10 Sept 2026
• Expanding ‘trainer flat’ scheme helps care leavers to thrive in adulthood· 9 Sept 2026
• Newly restored Victorian manor house turned café opens its doors· 4 Sept 2026

Source: Rochdale Council

223,773 residents in Rochdale · 1,416/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 17 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

30% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,601 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 98,090)

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

105 schools · 38,108 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 31 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

90inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochdale

221 CQC-registered services

• Care homes61
• GP practices46
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rochdale

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

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

132 applications decided

88.6% granted · 117 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mrs Elsie Blundell

Labour

Heywood and Middleton North

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 7
• LD 3
• Ref 15
• Oth 4

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

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£690 median full-time weekly pay

5.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,053 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 105,798 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 42% · Wind 32% · Imports 14% · Biomass 7%

31 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 76.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.2 women · 53.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Heywood and Middleton North:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office483 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s354 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership308 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance260 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth253 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

• Women's English Open · 0.9 km

  The Women's English Open is a women's professional national open golf championship held in England. It was an event on the on the Ladies European Tour between 1991 and 2008, before returning as an LET Access Series ev…

• Manchester Golf Club · 0.9 km

  Manchester Golf Club, is a golf club in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England.

• Slattocks railway station · 1.1 km

  Slattocks is a proposed railway station in Castleton, Greater Manchester. It would be located between Mills Hill and Castleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.

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  Tweedales & Smalley · 1.1 km

  Tweedales and Smalley was a manufacturer of textile machinery in Castleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, in England. It specialised in ring spinning frames mainly for export.

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  Castleton, Greater Manchester · 1.1 km

  Castleton is an area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south-southwest of Rochdale town centre and 8 miles (13 km) north-northeast of the city of Manchester.

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  Castleton railway station · 1.3 km

  Castleton railway station serves Castleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is 8¾ miles (14 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the Caldervale Line, with services operated by No…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)