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Disley & Lyme Park
What it's like at SK12 2AP: every home that has sold on the street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Nothing recorded on this street or nearby yet.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Disley, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 156k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Kettleshulme St James CofE (VA) Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.5 km); 44% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is New Mills School, 3.9 km away; Attainment 8: 44.5 · 6.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Food, 2.7 km away, with The National Trust Hall Shop closer still (1.9 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Schoolhouse Surgery (2.5 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (2.6 km).
For a haircut, Hamko's Barber Shop is 2.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Stepping Hill Hospital, 6.6 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 5 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Olivae is the closest café or restaurant (2.4 km), and The Swan Inn the nearest pub (2.5 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 92 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Lyme Park, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Seven Springs Outdoor Activity Centre (1.9 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 15 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
1 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Macclesfield constituency: Tim Roca MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 9,120 (17.3%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Labour 47%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 5%.
0 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near SK12 2AP →
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.7% | 88.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.8% | 4.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 5.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Wallasey · about 65 min
Nearest: Hathersage Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 37 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 44 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 47 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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