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On Orchard Gardens, in Gatley North
What it's like at SK8 4ET: every home that has sold on Orchard Gardens 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Orchard Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Orchard GardensTerraced | May 2008 | £249,950 | 124 m² | £2,016/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Orchard GardensTerraced | Jan 2023 | £348,000 | 100 m² | £3,480/m² | 3 |
| 3, Orchard GardensTerraced | Jun 2013 | £228,995 | 92 m² | £2,489/m² | 2 |
| 4, Orchard GardensTerraced | Jun 2017 | £267,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 5, Orchard GardensTerraced | Oct 2014 | £250,000 | 152 m² | £1,645/m² | 2 |
| 6, Orchard GardensTerraced | Aug 2007 | £229,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Orchard GardensTerraced | Aug 2006 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Orchard GardensTerraced | Aug 2014 | £220,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Orchard GardensTerraced | Aug 2006 | £229,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 10, Orchard GardensTerraced | May 2014 | £218,000 | 99 m² | £2,202/m² | 2 |
| 11, Orchard GardensTerraced | Jul 2018 | £270,000 | 97 m² | £2,784/m² | 2 |
| 12, Orchard GardensTerraced | Mar 2021 | £370,000 | 130 m² | £2,846/m² | 4 |
| 14, Orchard GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2014 | £222,500 | 96 m² | £2,318/m² | 2 |
| 15, Orchard GardensSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £345,000 | 92 m² | £3,750/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Gatley, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 374k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Park Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes 370, 371, 730, 796); 11 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Gatley Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 93% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is The Kingsway School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 46.5 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Laurus Cheadle Hulme (2.5 km) and Didsbury High School (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sale Grammar School (6 km) and Saint Ambrose College (6.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 1.0 km away, with Message Community Grocery (Dist) closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gatley Green Surgery (650 m), with Pharmacyhaus.Com the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Panache - Hair & Beauty Retreat is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Wythenshawe Hospital, 3.9 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% 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: 20 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
HellermannTyton is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Prince Of Wales the nearest pub (700 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 29% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 53% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Hollyhedge Park, 500 m away; for exercise, M Squared Fitness (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 5.1 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 49% 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.
29 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.
Cheadle constituency: Tom Morrison MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 12,235 (24.1%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 47%, Conservative 23%, Labour 16%, Reform UK 10%.
17 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 SK8 4ET →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Orchard Gardens in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Wallasey · about 49 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 44 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 9 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 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.6% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.8% | 7.4% | 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.
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