Manchester commuter towns A–Z: data on all 29

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Cheshire

Town	Train to Manchester	Avg price	Rent (area)	Price to earnings
Chester	60 min	£273k	£914	7.3x
Congleton	42 min	£270k	£898	6.8x
Knutsford	46 min	£475k	£898	12.0x
Macclesfield	23 min	£292k	£898	7.4x
Northwich	57 min	£265k	£914	7.1x
Poynton	22 min	—	£898	–
Sandbach	50 min	£258k	£898	6.5x
Warrington	24 min	£245k	£835	6.0x
Wilmslow	22 min	£414k	£898	10.5x

Derbyshire

Town	Train to Manchester	Avg price	Rent (area)	Price to earnings
Buxton	58 min	£258k	£760	7.3x
Glossop	32 min	£250k	£811	7.6x
New Mills	31 min	—	£811	–
Whaley Bridge	40 min	—	£811	–

Greater Manchester

Town	Train to Manchester	Avg price	Rent (area)	Price to earnings
Altrincham	28 min	£468k	£1,202	12.1x
Ashton-under-Lyne	12 min	£190k	£885	6.2x
Bolton	20 min	£195k	£815	5.9x
Bury	26 min	£226k	£888	6.5x
Leigh	30 min	£165k	£700	4.9x
Littleborough	24 min	£220k	£799	6.6x
Marple	25 min	—	£1,036	–
Oldham	28 min	£200k	£879	5.9x
Rochdale	18 min	£190k	£799	5.7x
Stalybridge	20 min	£213k	£885	6.9x
Stockport	13 min	£290k	£1,036	8.2x
Wigan	42 min	£182k	£700	5.4x

Lancashire

Town	Train to Manchester	Avg price	Rent (area)	Price to earnings
Chorley	32 min	£217k	£763	6.2x
Preston	47 min	£203k	£731	5.3x

Merseyside

Town	Train to Manchester	Avg price	Rent (area)	Price to earnings
Newton-le-Willows	18 min	£195k	£737	5.8x
St Helens	35 min	£165k	£737	4.9x

Head-to-head comparisons

Cheshire

Chester vs Northwich Chester vs Warrington Congleton vs Macclesfield Congleton vs Sandbach Knutsford vs Northwich Knutsford vs Wilmslow Macclesfield vs Poynton Macclesfield vs Wilmslow Northwich vs Sandbach Northwich vs Warrington Poynton vs Stockport Poynton vs Wilmslow

Derbyshire

Buxton vs New Mills Buxton vs Whaley Bridge Glossop vs New Mills Glossop vs Stalybridge New Mills vs Whaley Bridge

Greater Manchester

Altrincham vs Knutsford Altrincham vs Wilmslow Ashton-under-Lyne vs Oldham Ashton-under-Lyne vs Stalybridge Bolton vs Bury Bolton vs Leigh Bury vs Rochdale Leigh vs Newton-le-Willows Leigh vs Wigan Littleborough vs Oldham Littleborough vs Rochdale Marple vs New Mills Marple vs Poynton Marple vs Stockport Marple vs Whaley Bridge Oldham vs Rochdale Oldham vs Stalybridge

Lancashire

Chorley vs Preston Chorley vs Wigan Preston vs Wigan

Merseyside

Newton-le-Willows vs St Helens Newton-le-Willows vs Warrington Newton-le-Willows vs Wigan St Helens vs Warrington

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House prices from HM Land Registry Price Paid, median of sales August 2025 to July 2026; crime from police.uk street-level records, August 2025 to July 2026; rent from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026; heritage, green space and places to eat from Historic England, OS Open Greenspace and the Food Standards Agency, built September 2026. Train times, broadband and life satisfaction are reviewed periodically rather than monthly: train times are typical off-peak direct services, broadband from Ofcom Connected Nations and life satisfaction from the ONS Personal Well-being survey. Figures are approximate estimates for comparison.