Wheelwright Close Marple, Stockport
10 addresses across 2 postcodes (SK6), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 38102699.
- Sales: 17 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £420,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (D: 5).
- 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 E; Band D in Stockport costs £2,619 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Marple, about 570 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Memorial Park, is about 840 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 122 to 126 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 10 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Marple Bridge Surgery, about 800 m (0.5 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 100% of households owned their home and 57% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £427,500 | £427,500 | £427,500 |
| 2021 | 1 | £472,500 | £472,500 | £472,500 |
| 2020 | 1 | £328,500 | £328,500 | £328,500 |
| 2016 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £245,000 | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £165,000 | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 2002 | 3 | £148,000 | £122,000 | £175,000 |
| 2000 | 3 | £121,000 | £117,500 | £125,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £99,000 | £99,000 | £99,000 |
| 1996 | 2 | £88,500 | £82,000 | £95,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £86,750 | £86,750 | £86,750 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2026 | 8 SK6 6QD | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 7 Feb 2023 | 4 SK6 6QD | Detached | £427,500 | |
| 27 Oct 2021 | 9 SK6 6QD | Detached | £472,500 | |
| 18 Dec 2020 | 4 SK6 6QD | Detached | £328,500 | |
| 13 Jan 2016 | 7 SK6 6QD | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 13 Jul 2012 | 6 SK6 6QD | Detached | £245,000 | |
| 23 Apr 2003 | 5 SK6 6QD | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 29 Nov 2002 | 9 SK6 6QD | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 17 Jul 2002 | 6 SK6 6QD | Detached | £148,000 | |
| 11 Jan 2002 | 5 SK6 6QD | Detached | £122,000 | |
| 27 Oct 2000 | 4 SK6 6QD | Detached | £117,500 | |
| 29 Sep 2000 | 2 SK6 6QD | Detached | £121,000 | |
| 26 Sep 2000 | 8 SK6 6QD | Detached | £125,000 | |
| 13 Aug 1999 | 2 SK6 6QD | Detached | £99,000 | |
| 9 Oct 1996 | 7 SK6 6QD | Detached | £95,000 | |
| 15 Jul 1996 | 6 SK6 6QD | Detached | £82,000 | |
| 10 Feb 1995 | 9 SK6 6QD | Detached | £86,750 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 112 m². Most common: House, detached (5). Built: 1967-1975 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
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 E (30% of about 690 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land At Marple Dale Care Centre, Dale Road, Marple, Stockport, SK6 6NL: up to 19 homes, permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 30 September 2026
- 29 September 2026 to 1 October 2026: United Utilities Water Ltd, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
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 10 addresses are between 122 m and 126 m above sea level (124 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK6 6QB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SK6 6QD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Marple 326,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Rose Hill Marple 120,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Romiley 287,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Marple Station | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Hyde Bus Station | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest BE.EV Charging Station | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 15.5 km (9.7 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Marple Bridge Surgery | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Bridge Dental Practice | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Stepping Hill Hospital | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Police station | Hyde Police Station | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Asda Marple, Hollins Lane Cashzone | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Memorial Park 4.8 ha | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 940 m² | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Brabyns Park 25 ha | 360 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Seven Stiles Allotments 7,100 m² | 390 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Marple aqueduct, a scheduled monument, 510 m (0.3 miles) north-west. 35 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Marple aqueduct | Scheduled monument | 510 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Peak Forest Canal, Goyt Aqueduct | Listed building, Grade I | 510 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Church of St Martin | Listed building, Grade II* | 600 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Oldknow's Limekilns, including Canal Wagonway, Marple | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Brabyns Wood | Wood | 340 m north-east |
| Redbrow Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Marple Dale | Valley | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Turncliff Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Bunkers Hill | Hill | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.0 | 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 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 10 |
1 of the street's 10 addresses is 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 Stockport: see them on the Stockport page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludworth Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 730 m (0.5 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Rose Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Marple Hall School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Romiley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| Mellor Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
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 (metropolitan).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 100% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 76% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 0% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 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) | 57% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
Wentworth Close · Kenilworth Close · Jessop Drive · Beacon View · Cranford Gardens · Sandiway Close · Crompton Close · Green Meadows Drive · Winnington Drive · Green Meadows · Manor Road · Bramley Gardens
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.