Lower Cliffe Strines, Stockport
12 addresses across 3 postcodes (SK22), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long. USRN 38104601.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £1,125,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 F; Band D in Stockport costs £2,619 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Strines, about 220 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Memorial Park, is about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 104 to 190 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 12 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Marple Cottage Surgery, about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 440 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 51% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £1,125,000 | £1,125,000 | £1,125,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | £587,500 | £540,000 | £635,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £855,000 | £855,000 | £855,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £550,000 | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2022 | HIGHER CLIFF COTTAGE SK22 3AZ | Other | £675,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 16 Feb 2021 | PRIMROSE BANK SK22 3AZ | Other | £600,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 28 Feb 2020 | GLENGOYT SK22 3AZ | Detached | £1,125,000 | |
| 17 Nov 2017 | THE COTTAGE SK22 3AZ | Detached | £635,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2017 | LOWER CLIFF FARM COTTAGE SK22 3AZ | Detached | £540,000 | |
| 27 Jan 2017 | FULLWOOD SK22 3AZ | Other | £840,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 19 Aug 2016 | GLENGOYT SK22 3AZ | Detached | £855,000 | |
| 22 Dec 2014 | THE COTTAGE SK22 3AZ | Detached | £550,000 | |
| 30 Aug 2007 | GLENGOYT SK22 3AZ | Detached | £1,000,000 | |
| 12 Jan 1996 | GLENGOYT SK22 3AZ | Detached | £275,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 263 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Stockport in 2026-27: Band D £2,619 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,746 | £2,037 | £2,328 | £2,619 | £3,201 | £3,783 | £4,365 | £5,238 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (29% of about 690 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Brook Bottom - Joint designation with High Peak Bo (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Brook Bottom.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Stockport.
Listed buildings
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 6 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK22 3BA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SK22 3AL | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SK22 3AZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 12 addresses are between 104 m and 190 m above sea level (149 m on average); the ground rises about 86 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK22 3AL | 33% | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| SK22 3AZ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SK22 3BA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Strines 14,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 220 m |
| Disley 156,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) | |
| New Mills Central 162,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Station Road Strines | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station New Mills | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Car Park on Buxton Road, SK12 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | BE.EV Charging Station | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 16.5 km (10 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Marple Cottage Surgery | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Market Street (Dental Surgery) | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Stepping Hill Hospital | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Police station | New Mills Police Station | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Disley, Disley Cashzone | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Memorial Park 1,440 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 160 m² | 330 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Hague Bar Allotments 3,710 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
19 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 120 m south |
| Brook Bottom | Valley | 710 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Windybottom Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Barlow Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Roach-hey Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Broadhey Hill | Hill | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
1 of the street's 12 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 from railways, 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 Stockport: see them on the Stockport page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hague Bar Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Disley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
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 | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 42% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 59% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 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) | 51% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- SK22 3BA: 9 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- SK22 3AL: 2 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- SK22 3AZ: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Kingfisher Close · Mill Pond Close · Printers Drive · Dovecote Road · Station Road · Strines · Calico Drive · Station Road
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.