Uppermill

16°CSunny

• Today: 18° / 12° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

216 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 290 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

154 food businesses within 2 miles

• 131 rated 4–5 ★ (113 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Greenfield (1.2 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£214,850 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Oldham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£931 average monthly rent▲ 11% YoY

• 1 bed £694
• 2 bed £868
• 3 bed £1,054

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 (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.7p · Asda (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (9.3 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Greenfield (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches38
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Toughest half marathon in the UK returns· 3 Sept 2026
• Historic chippy Levers makes a splash in new home as Spindles welcomes wave of new investment· 2 Sept 2026
• Nostalgic Oldham to bring free family fun and retro entertainment to town centre· 2 Sept 2026
• The Spindles celebrates five major retail investments as town centre momentum continues· 25 Aug 2026
• Council secures court order following unauthorised encampment at Oldham Edge· 24 Aug 2026

Source: Oldham Council

242,088 residents in Oldham · 1,700/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 29 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,602 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (52% of 99,060)

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

128 schools · 45,967 pupils

86 primary · 14 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 36 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

105inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Oldham

226 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices42
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies65
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oldham

• In a conservation area (Uppermill)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 156 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

132 applications decided

91.7% granted · 121 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Debbie Abrahams

Labour

Oldham East and Saddleworth

Source: UK Parliament

TBC majority

• Lab 18
• Con 4
• LD 6
• Ref 16
• Oth 16

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens173
• Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £45,000 avg

e.g. Civil Litigation Solicitor

Source: Adzuna

£681 median full-time weekly pay

6.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,775 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 111,873 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 53% · Imports 15% · Solar 13% · Gas 12%

54 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.5 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.7 women · 56.1 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Oldham East and Saddleworth:

• Ban non-stun & recoverable stun slaughter of animals560 local signatures · 51,173 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office470 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership222 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test221 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Hare and Hounds, Uppermill · 0.1 km

  The Hare and Hounds is a Grade II listed public house on High Street in Uppermill, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the late 18th century, it has remained a pr…

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  Uppermill · 0.1 km

  Uppermill is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst…

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  Uppermill Civic Hall · 0.1 km

  Uppermill Civic Hall, also known as Saddleworth Civic Hall, is a municipal building in Lee Street, Uppermill, a village in Greater Manchester in England. The building currently serves as the offices and meeting place…

• Uppermill railway station · 0.2 km

  Uppermill Railway Station served the village of Uppermill in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on their Micklehurst Line from Stalybridge to Diggle and Huddersfield. It…

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  Saddleworth Museum · 0.3 km

  The Saddleworth Museum is a local history museum in Uppermill, Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1962, the museum is housed in the remains of the 19th-century Victoria Mill and its collections showc…

• Moorgate railway station (Greater Manchester) · 0.3 km

  Moorgate Halt railway station was opened on 1 January 1912 on the London and North Western Railway route from Stalybridge to Huddersfield. The station was only ever served by trains from Oldham to Delph via Greenfield…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)