Manchester commuter townsPoynton vs Stockport
Poynton vs Stockport: which commuter town suits you?
Stockport is 9 minutes closer to Manchester. We do not hold an average sold price for Poynton.
Train to Manchester
22 min
13 min
Average house price
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£290k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
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8.2x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
14
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Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
890 Mb
1030 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.7
7.5
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
17
33
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
175 ha
809 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
166
646
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 Stockport
Greater Manchester · 13 min to Manchester · average sold price £290k.
Read the Stockport report