Manchester commuter townsChester vs Northwich
Chester vs Northwich: which commuter town suits you?
Northwich is 3 minutes closer to Manchester and £8k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to Manchester
60 min
57 min
Average house price
£273k
£265k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
7.3x
7.1x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
66
46
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
912 Mb
912 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.4
7.4
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
164
16
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
147 ha
445 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
355
113
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.
The full picture on each
Living in Northwich
Cheshire · 57 min to Manchester · average sold price £265k.
Read the Northwich report