Local servicesHospitalCongleton War Memorial Hospital1.9 miGP surgeryLawton House Surgery2.1 miPharmacyMossley Pharmacy2 pharmacies within 2 miles1.4 miDentistMoody Terrace Dental Practice2.3 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools3 primary, 2 specialPrimaryMossley CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 413 pupils1.4 miPrimaryBuglawton Primary Schoolages 4-11, 202 pupils1.7 miSecondaryEaton Bank Academyages 11-18, 1,062 pupils2.2 miCollegeStoke-on-Trent College10.1 miUniversityUniversity of Staffordshire10.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN14 miRailway stationCongleton1.5 miBus stationBus StationCongleton2.3 miBus stops5 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 58 min4:41 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:20 am – 3:52 pm
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People5,698 residentsin the Hightown, Mossley & Timbersbrook census areaMedian age 52.22,508 households89% of homes owner-occupied54% owned outright1% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.8% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 2,758 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 12%, health and social work 11%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 40% work from home, 53% go by car, 1% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle37% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages42% of adults hold a degree or higher12% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C946 mm of rain a year, 21 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December44 days of air frost, 7 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksRainow Hillhill · under a milePecker Poollake · 2.0 miGooseberry Poollake · 2.2 miDexter Daledale · 1.2 miThe Cloudhill · under a mileWren Cloughvalley · 1.2 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesTimbersbrook Picnic Areapark · under a mileBiddulph Grange Country Parkpark · 1.9 mi · 29 haCongleton Golf Clubgolf course · 1.0 mi · 15 haCongleton Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes208 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200243 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202549 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 5.0 · PM2.5 6.1 · PM10 9.2 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband95% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,623 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation185 m607 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 125 to 288 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
