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SK8 1BQ

Cheadle West & Gatley · Stockport · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Cheadle
Ward
Cheadle West & Gatley
Local authority
Stockport
Constituency
Cheadle
Postcode district
SK8
Postcode sector
SK8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SK8 1DY 39 m
SK8 1BH 58 m
SK8 1BG 61 m
SK8 1BW 86 m
SK8 1BB 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SK8 1BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SK
Postcode district
SK8
Postcode sector
SK8 1
Latitude
53.393562
Longitude
-2.214350
British National Grid easting
385,843
British National Grid northing
388,545

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Stockport · E08000007
Electoral ward
Cheadle West & Gatley · E05015021
Parish or community
E43000161
Westminster constituency
Cheadle · E14001158
Output area
E00029235
Lower layer super output area
Stockport 028C · E01005773
Middle layer super output area
Stockport 028 · E02001214

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Ashfield Crescent, Cheadle, SK8 1BQ 14 October 2005 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
128
Primary
80
Secondary
13

  1. Cheadle Village Primary School

    Community school

    68 m

  2. Meadowbank Primary School

    Academy converter

    857 m

  3. The Kingsway School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SK8 1 residents
5,997

Age bands in SK8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

1,062 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

558 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

1,428 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

1,584 residents

Age 65 and over
22.7%

1,358 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Gigabit-capable
66.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
66.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

31

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHEADLE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-5 ASHFIELD CRESCENT, CHEADLE, SK8 1BH

    ODS code P88020

    58 m

  • GATLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    OLD HALL ROAD, GATLEY, CHEADLE, SK8 4DG

    ODS code P88024

    1.4 km

  • CARITAS GENERAL PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP

    262 STOCKPORT ROAD, CHEADLE HEATH, STOCKPORT, SK3 0RQ

    ODS code P88013

    1.5 km

  • ADSHALL ROAD MEDICAL PRAC

    97 ADSHALL ROAD, CHEADLE, SK8 2JN

    ODS code P88014

    1.6 km

  • HEATON MERSEY MED.PRACT.

    460 DIDSBURY ROAD, HEATON MERSEY, STOCKPORT, SK4 3BT

    ODS code P88008

    2.2 km

  • BARLOW MEDICAL CENTRE

    828 WILMSLOW ROAD, DIDSBURY, MANCHESTER, M20 2RN

    ODS code P84034

    2.5 km

  • STOCKPORT MEDICAL GROUP

    1-3 AVONDALE ROAD, EDGELEY, STOCKPORT, SK3 9NX

    ODS code P88632

    2.6 km

  • FINNEY LANE SURGERY

    FINNEY LANE, HEALD GREEN, CHEADLE, SK8 3JD

    ODS code P88042

    2.8 km

  • HEALD GREEN HEALTH CENTRE 2

    HEALD GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, FINNEY LANE, HEALD GREEN, CHEADLE, SK8 3JD

    ODS code P88023

    2.8 km

  • BENCHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BENCHILL ONE STOP MEDICAL CENTRE, 171 BROWNLEY ROAD, MANCHESTER, M22 9UH

    ODS code P84029

    2.9 km

  • RK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    171 BROWNLEY ROAD, WYTHENSHAWE, MANCHESTER, M22 9UH

    ODS code P84014

    2.9 km

  • KINGSWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    720 BURNAGE LANE, MANCHESTER, M19 1UG

    ODS code P84022

    3.0 km

  • CHEADLE HULME MEDICAL GROUP

    SMITHY GREEN, HULME HALL ROAD, CHEADLE HULME, CHEADLE, SK8 6LU

    ODS code P88007

    3.4 km

  • HULME HALL MEDICAL GROUP

    SMITHY GREEN, HULME HALL ROAD, CHEADLE HULME, CHEADLE WOOD, CHEADLE, SK8 6LU

    ODS code P88025

    3.4 km

  • NORTHENDEN GROUP PRACTICE

    489 PALATINE ROAD, NORTHENDEN, MANCHESTER, M22 4DH

    ODS code P84012

    3.7 km

  • CORNISHWAY GROUP PRACTICE

    FORUM HEALTH, SIMONSWAY, WYTHENSHAWE, MANCHESTER, M22 5RX

    ODS code P84043

    3.7 km

  • PEEL HALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    FORUM HEALTH SIMONSWAY, WYTHENSHAWE, MANCHESTER, M22 5RX

    ODS code P84020

    3.7 km

  • TREGENNA GROUP PRACTICE

    399 PORTWAY, WOODHOUSE PK, WYTHENSHAWE, MANCHESTER, M22 0EP

    ODS code P84048

    3.8 km

  • BRAMHALL & SHAW HEATH MEDICAL GROUP

    BRAMHALL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, 235 BRAMHALL LANE SOUTH, BRAMHALL, STOCKPORT, SK7 3EP

    ODS code P88016

    4.0 km

  • HEATON NORRIS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHEVIOT CLOSE, HEATON NORRIS, STOCKPORT, SK4 1JX

    ODS code P88011

    4.0 km

Showing 20 of 31 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Mary Street

    BCT · Cheadle

    0.1 miles

  • Mary Street

    BCT · Cheadle

    0.1 miles

  • Cheadle Post Office

    BCT · Cheadle

    0.1 miles

  • George & Dragon

    BCT · Cheadle

    0.1 miles

  • Cheadle Post Office

    BCT · Cheadle

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stockport 028C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,331 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

128 open schools are in scope, including 80 primary and 13 secondary schools. Cheadle Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 68 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.