Wardle (Rochdale)

16°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 16° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:29

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

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)

301 food businesses within 2 miles

• 234 rated 4–5 ★ (199 top)
• 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Smithy Bridge (2.1 km)
• 17 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: 155.9p · Esso (5.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (11.3 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Mccormick (UK) LTD-Littleborough (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds6

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
• 35 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

Paul Waugh

Labour (Co-op)

Rochdale

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools5
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

33 jobs advertised

e.g. Nights Warehouse Operative, Online Italian Tutoring Job in Wardle – Flexible Schedule, Nights Reach Truck Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

81% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 46% · Wind 33% · Imports 10% · Gas 10%

41 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 Rochdale:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 641 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s329 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office301 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership232 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test210 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Wardle, Greater Manchester · 0.1 km

  Wardle is a village near Littleborough within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east-southeast of Whitworth,…

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  Globe Inn, Wardle · 0.3 km

  The Globe Inn is a Grade II listed public house on Ramsden Road in Wardle, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the mid to late 18th century, it was voted the Ro…

• Wardle Academy · 0.7 km

  Wardle Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Wardle, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in September 1977..

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  Shore Hall · 1.1 km

  Shore Hall is an early-17th-century yeoman's house on Higher Shore Road in Littleborough, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is notable as a well-preserved example of v…

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  Watergrove Reservoir · 1.1 km

  Watergrove Reservoir is a reservoir close to Wardle in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England.

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  Birch Hill Hospital · 1.2 km

  Birch Hill Hospital is a health facility in Wardle, Littleborough, near Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It was managed by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust when it was a general hospital. Parts of the hospital are now m…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)