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Gleadsmoss Cheshire

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Local servicesHospitalCongleton War Memorial Hospital4.7 miGP surgeryThe Health Centre (Holmes Chapel)3.6 miPharmacyGoostrey Pharmacy3.1 miDentistHolmes Chapel Dental Practice3.6 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 independentIndependentTerra Nova Schoolages 2-13, 219 pupils1.9 miSecondaryCongleton High Schoolages 11-18, 1,174 pupils3.3 miCollegeCheshire College - South & West11.3 miUniversityUniversity of Keele14.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN9.6 miRailway stationGoostrey2.4 miBus stationBus Station Alighting OnlyCongleton4.1 miBus stops2 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SK11 postcode district.

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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SK11 postcode district.

County or areaCheshire
Postcode districtSK11
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:41 am – 9:40 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:21 am – 3:52 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People10,191 residentsin the Gawsworth & Macclesfield Forest census areaMedian age 53.04,445 households81% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright7% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.6% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 4,879 in work, 31% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, health and social work 13%, professional and scientific services 11%Getting to work: 44% work from home, 49% go by car, 5% walk or cycle49% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages44% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C784 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October40 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 2 to 7°CJFebruary: 2 to 8°CFMarch: 3 to 11°CMApril: 5 to 14°CAMay: 7 to 17°CMJune: 10 to 19°CJJuly: 12 to 21°CJAugust: 12 to 21°CASeptember: 10 to 18°CSOctober: 7 to 14°CONovember: 4 to 10°CNDecember: 2 to 8°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksBroad Hillhill · under a mileCatchpenny Poollake · 2.0 miAcre Nook Lakelake · 2.3 miMill Streamriver · 1.3 miDaffodil Dellvalley · under a mileGleads Mosswoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesBrereton Heath Nature Reservepark · 2.2 mi · 34 haUniversity of Manchester Botanical Experimental Groundspark · 1.9 mi · 4 haAstbury Mere Country Parkpark · 3.8 mi · 33 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes198 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+, 2 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200247 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202550 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.8 · PM2.5 6.0 · PM10 9.8 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband50% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband80% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.9% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,756 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation83 m272 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 61 to 102 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50





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