Walkden

15°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 14° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:30

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Salford M60, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Walkden South · Greater Manchester

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

281 reported road collisions (2024)

98 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

430 food businesses within 2 miles

• 318 rated 4–5 ★ (236 top)
• 24 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Walkden (0.2 km)
• 60 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,890 average▼ 2.4% YoY

Across Salford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,167 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £886
• 2 bed £1,082
• 3 bed £1,284

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8.7 km)

53 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

73 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Limes Service Station (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches46
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds10

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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 20 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,594 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

136 schools · 43,808 pupils

76 primary · 16 secondary · 44 other

Ofsted: 33 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

97inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Salford

249 CQC-registered services

• Care homes44
• GP practices51
• Dentists58
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Salford

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

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

150 applications decided

89.3% granted · 134 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Yasmin Qureshi

Labour

Bolton South and Walkden

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)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£692 median full-time weekly pay

5% 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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 42% · Wind 32% · Imports 12% · Gas 10%

44 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolton South and Walkden:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s416 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office403 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership292 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth287 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test250 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  The Ellesmere · 0.0 km

  The Ellesmere is a Grade II listed former public house on Walkden Road in Walkden, a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the 1860s or 1870s in a High Victorian Gothic style, it stood bes…

• Walkden Low Level railway station · 0.1 km

  Walkden Low Level railway station served the town of Walkden, City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

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  Walkden railway station · 0.2 km

  Walkden railway station serves the town of Walkden in City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England on the Manchester to Southport Line. The station is located 8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) north-west of Manchester with regula…

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  Walkden South · 0.2 km

  Walkden South is an area and electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Yasmin Quereshi MP for Bolton South and Walkden. The 2021 Census recorded a ward population of 11,715.

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  Walkden · 0.7 km

  Walkden is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, six miles northwest of central Salford, and seven miles of Manchester.

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  Ellesmere Colliery · 0.7 km

  Ellesmere Colliery was a coal mine in Walkden, Manchester, England. The pit was located on Manchester Road, a short distance south of Walkden town centre.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)