Shearwater Close Macclesfield, Cheshire East
16 addresses across 2 postcodes (SK11), about 120 m long. USRN 6401591.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £399,995 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (A: 5, B: 9).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Macclesfield, about 3 km (1.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 156 to 165 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is High Street Surgery, about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 780 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £399,995 | £399,995 | £399,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Nov 2025 | 5 SK11 0FU | Detached | £399,995 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 102 m². Most common: House, detached (10); House, semi-detached (4). Built: 2023 (14).
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 (28% of about 1,950 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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: no.
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 156 m and 165 m above sea level (163 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK11 0LA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Macclesfield 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Prestbury 64,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Congleton 324,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Gaw End Lane Lyme Green | 390 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Macclesfield | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Parsonage Street Car Park | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 16.1 km (10 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | High Street Surgery | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest London Road Pharmacy | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Crystal Dental Clinic LTD | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Spire Regency Hospital (Macclesfield) | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Police station | Cheshire Constabulary | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Thornton Square - Macclesfield, 182 Thornton Avenue | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 3.8 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 390 m² | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lyme Green 6,360 m² | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lyme View Allotments 3,200 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Round cairn 200m south-west of Sutton Hall, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Round cairn 200m south-west of Sutton Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Moated site at Jarman Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Gawsworth [Old] Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rayswood | Wood | 450 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Sutton Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 910 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Robin Wood | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Byrons Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Park Clough | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Hill of Rossenclowes | Hill | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 16 | 16 |
None of the street's 16 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Grove Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hollinhey Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Christ The King Catholic and Church of England Primary School Church of England/Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| The Macclesfield Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Requires improvement (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ivy Bank Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Bargains SK11 0TB | Retailers - other | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 29 Sep 2025 |
| Henning Hall Nursing Home SK11 0LD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 11 Aug 2026 |
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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 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
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
Nearby streets
Sparrow Avenue · Heron Drive · Gawend Lane · Hawk Way · Aspen Drive · Wistena Drive · Little Owl Avenue · Bristlecone Place · Albatross Way · Woodpecker Avenue · Kestrel Road · Buzzard Drive
All the streets in 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.