Bank Top & Radcliffe Ees
Bury 015 · 4 sub-areas · 6,448 residents
Bury 015 is a residential neighbourhood in Bury, Greater Manchester, home to around 6,400 people. A typical two-bedroom home lets for about £884 a month — noticeably below the UK national median for a two-bed — and the area has one of the lowest recorded crime rates you'll find anywhere in the North West.
Bank Top & Radcliffe Ees is a settled residential pocket of Bury. The bigger gravitational centre is Manchester, around 66 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for.
Overview
What's it like to live in Bank Top & Radcliffe Ees?
4 parks and 3 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £965 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Bank Top & Radcliffe Ees in Bury
Living in Bank Top & Radcliffe Ees
This part of Bury sits on the quieter, more settled end of the borough's spectrum. It's predominantly owner-occupied — nearly two in three households own their home — which gives streets here a more stable, established feel than some of Bury's more transient inner neighbourhoods. Greenspace is genuinely close: the nearest park or green area is roughly 325 metres away on average, and just over half of residents live within easy walking distance of open space.
On rent, Bury 015 is affordable even by Bury's own standards. A one-bedroom home runs around £683 a month, a two-bed around £884, and a three-bed about £1,059. Those figures sit well below the UK national median for each bedroom size, and rents here rose around 5.6% over the past year — fast by historical standards but in line with the broader regional trend. Council tax (Band D) comes to roughly £2,555 a year, and the median house price is around £200,000 — meaning a typical deposit takes about three years to save on a local salary.
The population skews younger than you might expect from an owner-occupied area: roughly a quarter of residents are under 18 and another quarter are aged 18 to 34, so it's a neighbourhood with a lot of families and young adults alongside older settled households. Unemployment is moderate at around 4.4% on the claimant count, and just over a quarter of residents hold a degree-level qualification.
For getting around, most residents drive — nearly 57% commute by car — though the nearest tram stop is under a kilometre away, which gives reasonable access into central Manchester. The public transport commute to Manchester city centre takes around 67 minutes. Broadband coverage is strong, with full gigabit availability across the area. See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on specific pockets.
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Frequently asked
- Is Bury 015 a nice place to live?
- It's a settled, predominantly owner-occupied residential neighbourhood with very low crime and good greenspace access. It won't suit everyone — public transport links to Manchester take around 67 minutes and Ofsted ratings nearby are below the national average — but for families who drive and want affordability, it's a solid option.
- What is the rent in Bury 015?
- A one-bedroom home averages around £683 a month, a two-bed around £884, and a three-bed about £1,059. These are estimates scaled from borough-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose around 5.6% over the past year.
- Is Bury 015 safe?
- Very. The recorded crime rate is around 0.7 incidents per 1,000 residents annually — far below the UK national rate of roughly 80 per 1,000. It's one of the lower-crime neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester by the available data.
- What's the commute from Bury 015 to Manchester city centre?
- By public transport it takes around 67 minutes. The nearest tram stop is roughly 930 metres away — about a 12-minute walk — and connects to the Metrolink network. Most residents drive; the majority commute by car rather than public transport.
- Who lives in Bury 015?
- Mostly families and young adults — around a quarter of residents are under 18 and another quarter aged 18 to 34. Nearly two in three households own their home. It's a predominantly UK-born community with moderate ethnic diversity and around a quarter of residents holding a degree.
- What schools are near Bury 015?
- There are 52 schools within roughly 2km of typical residents. Around 43% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — below the national average of around 89%, so it's worth checking individual school ratings. The nearest Outstanding school is about 1,773 metres away.
- How affordable is buying a home in Bury 015?
- The median house price is around £200,000, and on a local salary you'd typically need about three years to save a deposit — relatively quick by UK standards. The median resident salary runs to roughly £31,700 a year.