Manchester commuter townsBuxton vs New Mills
Buxton vs New Mills: which commuter town suits you?
New Mills is 27 minutes closer to Manchester. We do not hold an average sold price for New Mills.
Train to Manchester
58 min
31 min
Average house price
£258k
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Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
7.3x
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Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
46
15
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
608 Mb
856 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.7
7.9
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
22
15
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
91 ha
54 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
100
78
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
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Living in New Mills
Derbyshire · 31 min to Manchester · average sold price —.
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