Manchester commuter townsPoynton vs Wilmslow
Poynton vs Wilmslow: which commuter town suits you?
Poynton and Wilmslow take about the same time to Manchester, and we do not hold an average sold price for Poynton.
Train to Manchester
22 min
22 min
Average house price
—
£414k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
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10.5x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
14
29
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
890 Mb
890 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.7
7.7
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
17
25
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
175 ha
158 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
166
100
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 Wilmslow
Cheshire · 22 min to Manchester · average sold price £414k.
Read the Wilmslow report