Manchester commuter townsBuxton vs Whaley Bridge
Buxton vs Whaley Bridge: which commuter town suits you?
Whaley Bridge is 18 minutes closer to Manchester. We do not hold an average sold price for Whaley Bridge.
Buxton
#29 of 29
Whaley Bridge
#27 of 29
Train to Manchester
58 min
40 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
4
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
32
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
91 ha
48 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
100
62
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 Whaley Bridge
Derbyshire · 40 min to Manchester · average sold price —.
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