Woodford (Stockport)

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 13° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Bramhall South and Woodford · Greater Manchester

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

221 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 268 casualties · 7.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

176 food businesses within 2 miles

• 150 rated 4–5 ★ (140 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Poynton (1.9 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£314,495 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Stockport · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,111 average monthly rent▲ 5.1% YoY

• 1 bed £807
• 2 bed £1,029
• 3 bed £1,257

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

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (8.9 km)

29 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

38 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Meadway West Car Park (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

294,773 residents in Stockport · 2,338/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 154 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,619 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (24% of 133,540)

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

138 schools · 47,342 pupils

87 primary · 14 secondary · 37 other

Ofsted: 43 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

117inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stockport

307 CQC-registered services

• Care homes67
• GP practices49
• Dentists78
• Homecare agencies73
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Stockport

• Within the Green Belt
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

332 applications decided

94.3% granted · 313 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tom Morrison

Liberal Democrat

Cheadle

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 14
• Con 1
• LD 34
• Grn 4
• Ref 2
• Oth 8

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

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

23 jobs advertised · £58,000 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£782 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,236 disposable income per head (2024)

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

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,334 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 49% · Imports 15% · Gas 14% · Solar 13%

63 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.1 women · 61.8 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cheadle:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s340 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office332 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership288 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test244 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats217 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide

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

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  Woodford, Greater Manchester · 0.2 km

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  Woodford Aerodrome · 0.7 km

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  Avro Heritage Museum · 0.7 km

  Avro Heritage Museum is an aviation museum in Woodford, Greater Manchester, England, that opened on 13 November 2015. It is located at the former Woodford Aerodrome, and it replaced the former Avro Heritage Centre.

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  Macclesfield Rural District · 1.8 km

  Macclesfield Rural District was a rural district of Cheshire, England from 1894 to 1974.

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  Bramhall · 1.9 km

  Bramhall is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a civil parish in Cheshire. At the 2021 census, the built-up area, as defined by the Office for Nation…

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  Poynton railway station · 1.9 km

  Poynton railway station serves the town of Poynton in Cheshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)