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On Carrington Road, in Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath
What it's like at SK1 2JX: every home that has sold on Carrington Road 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Carrington Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 42 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Carrington RoadTerraced | Jun 2025 | £155,000 | 81 m² | £1,914/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Carrington RoadTerraced | Sept 2014 | £90,000 | 82 m² | £1,098/m² | 1 |
| 7, Carrington RoadTerraced | Mar 1997 | £24,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Carrington RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2022 | £190,000 | 95 m² | £2,000/m² | 4 |
| 13, Carrington RoadSemi-detached | May 2001 | £57,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13a, Carrington RoadTerraced | Oct 2016 | £125,000 | 145 m² | £862/m² | 3 |
| 15, Carrington RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £134,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Carrington RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £163,000 | 98 m² | £1,663/m² | 2 |
| 23, Carrington RoadTerraced | May 2008 | £60,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 27, Carrington RoadTerraced | Sept 2017 | £155,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 33, Carrington RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £165,000 | 83 m² | £1,988/m² | 3 |
| 35, Carrington RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2003 | £87,000 | 94 m² | £926/m² | 3 |
| 39, Carrington RoadTerraced | Mar 2021 | £172,500 | 88 m² | £1,960/m² | 3 |
| 43, Carrington RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2023 | £290,000 | 127 m² | £2,283/m² | 3 |
| 45, Carrington RoadTerraced | Nov 2003 | £90,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 47, Carrington RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £99,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Carrington RoadTerraced | Oct 2008 | £170,000 | 94 m² | £1,809/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stockport, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 4.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is New Zealand Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 330, 383, 382); 99 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 8 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
49% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Paul's Church of England Primary School Brinnington, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 44% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Alexandra Park Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 41.2 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Burnage Academy for Boys (3.9 km) and Levenshulme High School (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (10.2 km) and Sale Grammar School (10.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Chilled Out Foods, 600 m away, with Zaf's Mini Market Newsagents & Off Licence closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Vernon Park Surgery (250 m), with Manor Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Bernhard Studio is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Stepping Hill Hospital, 3.3 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 101 restaurants and cafés and 22 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Park Inn is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Newbridge Lane Conservative Club the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (36 of them).
Much of it is protected: 36% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Market and Underbanks, Hillgate).
There are 61 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (62%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 596 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Vernon Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Manchester Strength & Conditioning (600 m).
24 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.
Stockport constituency: Navendu Mishra MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,270 (35.0%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Reform UK 15%, Conservative 11%, Green Party 11%.
33 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 SK1 2JX →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 10 km away.
Most households own their home, 28% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Carrington Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 27 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 63.6% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 34.1% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.0% | 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 52 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 46 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 33 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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