Buxton Road North Rode, Cheshire East
36 addresses across 4 postcodes (CW12,SK11), about 1.6 km (1 mile) long, classed as a a road. USRN 24100390.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £400,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 2, D: 1, E: 5, F: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Cheshire East costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Congleton, about 4.4 km (2.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Eaton Millennium Park, is about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 100 to 149 m above sea level.
- Noise: 28 of its 36 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lawton House Surgery, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away.
- People: About 1,120 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2024 | WOOD COTTAGE CW12 2PN | Detached | £400,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 165 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (2); House, end-terrace (2). Built: before 1900 (4); 1983-1990 (2); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Cheshire East in 2026-27: Band D £2,455 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,637 | £1,909 | £2,182 | £2,455 | £3,000 | £3,546 | £4,091 | £4,910 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (24% of about 2,280 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Cheshire East.
Listed buildings
- Colley Mill Bridge, grade II
- COLLEY MILL HOUSE, grade II
- COW BRIDGE, grade II
- MACCLESFIELD CANAL BRIDGE NUMBER 55, grade II
- OAKLANDS, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 24 November 2026 to 25 November 2026: SP Electricity North West, Optional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc, multi-way signals, on the footway, verge (minor works, permit applied for)
Finished in the last three months
- 21 September 2026 to 27 September 2026: SP Electricity North West, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (standard works)
- 27 August 2026 to 28 August 2026: BT, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
- 13 August 2026 to 21 August 2026: SP Electricity North West, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 2 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CW12 2PH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CW12 2PL | zone 3 | 2 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SK11 0PW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CW12 2PN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 36 addresses are between 100 m and 149 m above sea level (133 m on average); the ground rises about 49 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CW12 2PH | 100% | 8% | 8% | 0% |
| CW12 2PL | 50% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| CW12 2PN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SK11 0PW | 86% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Congleton 324,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) |
| Macclesfield 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) | |
| Prestbury 64,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.3 km (7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Buxton Road North Rode | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Alighting Only Congleton | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Source EV Charging Station | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 19.3 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Lawton House Surgery | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Mossley Pharmacy | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Moody Terrace Dental Practice | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Congleton War Memorial Hospital | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Police station | Congleton Police Station | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Parrys Supermarket, Buglawton Cashzone | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Eaton Millennium Park 6,060 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,280 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Crossley Bridge or Colleymill Bridge, a scheduled monument, 500 m (0.3 miles) south-west. 17 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Crossley Bridge or Colleymill Bridge | Scheduled monument | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ladderstile Wood | Wood | 360 m south-east |
| Gaws Wood | Wood | 570 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Damhead Wood | Wood | 580 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Pecker Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Ball Clough | Valley | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east |
| The Cloud | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 8 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 36 |
28 of the street's 36 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Cheshire East: see them on the Cheshire East page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (cheshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: SP Electricity North West: Optional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc, 24 November 2026 to 25 November 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- CW12 2PH: 29 addresses of 31 in the postcode
- CW12 2PL: 4 addresses
- SK11 0PW: 2 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- CW12 2PN: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
All the streets in CW12, SK11 and across Cheshire East.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.