Tyldesley
Tyldesley is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 35,932. It has around 1 GP surgery, 3 pharmacies, and 22 restaurants and cafés, with 40 bus stops and Trencherbone Platform railway station 1.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tyldesley area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Wigan area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 329,330 residents at roughly 1,750 people per km².
- Council
- Wigan
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Constituency
- Leigh
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 130th of 294 English council areas — better than 56% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
9°CCloudy
- Today: 11° / 8° · 23% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
18US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
Road safety
219 reported road collisions (2025)
91 killed or seriously injured · 275 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
363 food businesses within 2 miles
- 233 rated 4–5 ★ (149 top)
- 33 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Atherton (1.8 km)
- 39 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Atherton (1.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£194,393 average▲ 2.8% YoY
Across Wigan · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£746 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY
- 1 bed £542
- 2 bed £700
- 3 bed £838
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
5.9× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 5.9 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
4,223 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (4.4 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (4.4 km)
25 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
49 charging locations within ~8 km
- 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Atherton (1.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches33
- Playgrounds7
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
329,330 residents in Wigan · 1,750/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 62%
- 65+: 19%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,073
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,395
- Net moves+2,678
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 102 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,153 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (45% of 153,530)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
146 schools · 48,372 pupils
99 primary · 19 secondary · 28 other
Ofsted: 51 of 53 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)
127 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Golborne High SchoolOutstanding
- Atherton High SchoolGood
- Bedford High SchoolGood
- Cansfield High SchoolGood
- Lowton Church of England High SchoolGood
- St Peter's Catholic High SchoolGood
- The Byrchall High SchoolGood
- The Westleigh SchoolGood
- Dean Trust WiganRequires improvement
- Dean Trust Rose Bridge
- Fred Longworth High School
- Hawkley Hall High School
- Outwood Academy Hindley
- Shevington High School
- St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
- St John Fisher Catholic High School
- St Mary's Catholic High School
- Standish Community High School
- The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wigan
Care & health services
259 CQC-registered services
- Care homes61
- GP practices62
- Dentists57
- Homecare agencies45
- Hospitals & hospices8
CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding
Source: Care Quality Commission · Wigan
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (Tyldesley Town Centre)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
180 applications decided
88.3% granted · 159 granted, 21 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Jo Platt
Labour (Co-op)
Leigh and Atherton
Recent votes:
- AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
- NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
- NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
- NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour majority
- Lab 42
- Ref 25
- Oth 7
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools11
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies3
- Supermarkets3
- Parks & greens13
- Restaurants & cafés15
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
10,900 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
87 jobs advertised · £31,501 avg
e.g. Energy Specialist (Residential), Bar Staff, Catering Assistant
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£727 median full-time weekly pay
3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£20,587 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
43% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 148,093 certificates
11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
78% low-carbon electricity
Nuclear 44% · Wind 34% · Gas 13% · Imports 10%
50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 77.9 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 55.1 women · 54.6 men
74% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.6
- Feeling worthwhile7.8
- Happiness yesterday7.3
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
7 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in M29
- Sivakumar & Partner
- Elliott Street Surgery
- The Surgery, Tyldesley
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leigh and Atherton:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth328 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 301 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
- Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK184 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND146 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants138 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Tyldesley railway station · 0.2 kmTyldesley railway station is a closed railway station in Greater Manchester. It was situated within the historic county of Lancashire.
Tyldesley Little Theatre · 0.2 kmTyldesley Little Theatre is a small theatre in Lemon Street, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home of a local amateur dramatic society, which mounted its first production at the theatre in 1921. The t…
Tyldesley Town Hall · 0.2 kmTyldesley Town Hall is a municipal building in Elliott Street, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England. Initially the local Liberal Party Club, the town hall went on to become the meeting place of Tyldesley Urban Distr…
St George's Church, Tyldesley · 0.3 kmSt George's Church is an Anglican parish church serving Tyldesley and Shakerley in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester. The church, tog…
- Barnfield Mills · 0.3 km
Barnfield Mills was a complex of cotton mills that operated in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England from the middle of the 19th century.
Tyldesley Urban District · 0.3 kmTyldesley cum Shakerley Urban District and its successor Tyldesley Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in Lancashire, England.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tyldesley?
- Tyldesley is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Wigan local authority.
- What is the population of Tyldesley?
- Tyldesley has an approximate settlement population of 35,932.
- How deprived is Tyldesley?
- The Wigan local authority, which includes Tyldesley, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.