What's the median rent in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

The median monthly rent across Wardleworth & Newbold Brow is £824.

How well-connected is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 19 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

There are 20 schools within 2 km of Wardleworth & Newbold Brow, of which 32% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3410 m away.

What is the council tax band in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

The most common council tax band in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,807. Council tax is set by Rochdale council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Wardleworth & Newbold Brow to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Wardleworth & Newbold Brow to central London is approximately 162 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

100% of premises in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

50% of households in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

The average property price across Rochdale (the local authority covering Wardleworth & Newbold Brow) is approximately £206,592, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.39 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,535.)

Which local areas are part of Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow contains 6 local areas: Rochdale 008B, Rochdale 008H, Rochdale 008I, Rochdale 008D, Rochdale 008A…

What is the average rent in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

The estimated median monthly rent in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow is £824. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow a safe place to live?

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

32% of schools within 2 km of Wardleworth & Newbold Brow are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

Public-transport commute time from Wardleworth & Newbold Brow to central London is approximately 162 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow different from the rest of Rochdale?

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Wardleworth & Newbold Brow rank in Rochdale?

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Rochdale, see the Cities table on the Rochdale page.

Neighbourhood · Rochdale · North West

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

Rochdale 008 · 6 sub-areas · 11,200 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Couples (95/100)Watch-out: Families (73/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow is a commuter neighbourhood within Rochdale — train into Manchester runs in around 33 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.

Median rent

£824+9.6%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

0.6

Best 5% nationally

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

33 min

Direct to Manchester

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

32%

20 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

85/100

Top quartile

Population

11,200

6 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

A snapshot of Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

2 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 below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £824 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow in Rochdale

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £824 a month — 25% below the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band A.

Median rentCouncil area

£824/mo

Up 9.6% on last year

−£276 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£975/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £1,807/yr · £151/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

2.3 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−54% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £769/mo · £385/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£599/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£769/mo£385/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£924/mo£308/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£1,332/mo£333/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£681/mo

Terraced house£809/mo

Semi-detached£911/mo

Detached house£1,227/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

40%

of take-home

£824/mo per person · take-home £2,065/moTight but workable

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

19%

of take-home

£385/mo per person · take-home £2,065/moComfortable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

15%

of take-home

£308/mo per person · take-home £2,065/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

20%

of take-home

£412/mo per person · take-home £2,065/moComfortable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£726/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£138,000

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£206,5924.8% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£726/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)6.7%

Years to save 10% deposit2.3 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,601/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,601/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£1,807/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B0%

Households in fuel poverty18.6%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

Safety scores 100/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 171.2× safer than the national average (0.6 per 1,000 residents per year). Crime metrics for Greater Manchester are not published to data.police.uk following GMP's 2020 iOPS migration. The displayed crime score is a proxy derived from the IMD 2019 Crime Domain (national percentile rank, inverted). Treat as indicative only.

Crime / 1k / yr

0.6

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 0 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

100/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

1/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

NoteCrime metrics for Greater Manchester are not published to data.police.uk following GMP's 2020 iOPS migration. The displayed crime score is a proxy derived from the IMD 2019 Crime Domain (national percentile rank, inverted). Treat as indicative only.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

0.6 /1k

Other theft

0.6 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

Strong transport links — 89/100; nearest rail station is Rochdale at around 1538 m; 72 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Manchester is reachable in 33 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

89/100

Top quartile

Best hub commute

33 min

Direct to Manchester

WFH share

16%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Rochdale

1.5 km walk · 33 min to Manchester

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Rochdale Town Centre

885 m walk · Manchester Metrolink

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Manchester in 33 min

Londonapprox

162 min

Manchester

33 min

Birminghamapprox

130 min

Leeds

71 min

Liverpoolapprox

76 min

Bristolapprox

227 min

Sheffieldapprox

91 min

Edinburghapprox

221 min

Glasgowapprox

219 min

Cardiffapprox

229 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)16% work from home

Drive59%Public transport9%Walk / cycle10%Work from home16%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

20 schools within a 2 km radius; around 32% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, Caldershaw Primary School, is around 3305 m away.

School scoreHow? →

57/100

Above median

Schools within 2 km

7 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

32%

Of all schools within 2 km

−37.7 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Caldershaw Primary School

3.3 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School	Academy Converter	Good	684 m
Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service	Pupil Referral Unit	Requires improvement	759 m
Greenbank Primary School	Community School	Good	907 m
Howard Street Nursery School	LA Nursery School	Good	979 m
Alice Ingham Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	1.0 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs0≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants2≤ 500 m
Cafés0≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety3≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas1≤ 2 km
Theatres0≤ 2 km
Museums2≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks2≤ 500 m
Playgrounds3≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)72≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)72≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

73/100

Good fit

Schools rate modestly (32% Good+ within 2 km), tenure mix is settled, and safety scores above the median.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

80/100

Great fit

Transport scores 89/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

95/100

Great fit

Liveability 85/100, safety 100/100 and median rent at £824/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

80/100

Great fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~254 m, hospital ~1.2 km), greenspace is walkable, and 8% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

80/100

Great fit

Gross yield 6.7%, capital growth +4.8% YoY, 32% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

83/100

Great fit

Private-rental stock is decent (32% PRS), 26% of households are single-person, and transit is on the doorstep.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 snapshot: family-aged profile (31% under 18), 22% degree-educated, below the national average.

Age profile

Under 1831%18–3427%35–4921%50–6412%65+8%

Tenure

Owned50%Private rent32%Social rent17%

Households

One person26%Couple with children26%Lone parent14%Other15%

Property types

Flat8%Terraced50%Semi-detached23%Detached6%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 48/100

Ethnic group

White23%Asian68%Black3%Mixed2%Other4%

Country of birth

UK-born65%Born outside UK35%

Religion

Christian16%Muslim69%No religion10%Other1%

Education and health22% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)21.9%−11.6 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications33.9%

Self-rated good or very good health80.0%

Self-rated bad or very bad health6.8%

Disabled (Equality Act)15.8%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.39 jobs per resident); median resident salary £29,535/year; 6.0% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£29,535/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

11.1%

ONS ILO method — 52% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

95,000

0.39 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 11.1% · 52% economically active · 49% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 11.1% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed46%Unemployed6%Inactive49%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 6.0% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Retail & hospitality

Health & social

16.4%

Retail & hospitality

24.2%

Education

8.6%

Manufacturing

10.3%

Professional

3.8%

Construction

5.4%

Tech & ICT

2.1%

Finance

0.5%

Net commute flow: +86,503 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

6 sub-areas and 200+ postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Rochdale 008B	£824	85	—	87	View →
Rochdale 008H	£824	85	—	72	View →
Rochdale 008I	£824	100	100	72	View →
Rochdale 008D	£824	73	100	97	View →
Rochdale 008A	£824	85	—	90	View →
Rochdale 008F	£824	85	—	97	View →

Postcodes covered

In Rochdale 008D

OL12 0BQ OL12 0DN OL12 0DP OL12 0DQ OL12 0DR OL12 0DS OL12 0DU OL12 0DX OL12 0EP OL12 0HE OL12 0LQ OL12 0UW OL16 1HR OL16 2AE OL16 2AH OL16 2AJ OL16 2BL OL16 2BX OL16 2BY OL16 2DA OL16 2DD OL16 2DF OL16 2DG OL16 2DL OL16 2DN OL16 2DP OL16 2DR OL16 2DU OL16 2DW OL16 2DZ OL16 2EB OL16 2ED OL16 2EE OL16 2EF OL16 2EG OL16 2EH OL16 2EJ OL16 2EL OL16 2EN OL16 2EP OL16 2ER OL16 2ES OL16 2EZ OL16 2HN OL16 2HP OL16 2HS OL16 2HT OL16 2HW OL16 2HZ

In Rochdale 008A

OL12 0DH OL12 0DY OL12 0DZ OL12 0EA OL12 0EB OL12 0ED OL12 0EE OL12 0EF OL12 0EG OL12 0EH OL12 0EJ OL12 0EL OL12 0EN OL12 0EQ OL12 0ER OL12 0ES OL12 0ET OL12 0EU OL12 0EZ OL12 0HA OL12 0HF OL12 0HQ OL12 0HR OL12 0HU OL12 0HX OL12 0HZ OL12 0JA OL12 0JB OL12 0JD OL12 0JE OL12 0JF OL12 0JG OL12 0JH OL12 0JJ OL12 0JR OL12 0JU OL12 0JZ OL12 0LH OL12 0UP OL12 0UT OL12 0UU OL12 0WB OL12 9BJ OL16 2DT

In Rochdale 008B

OL12 9BA OL12 9BF OL12 9BG OL12 9BP OL12 9BS OL12 9BX OL12 9BY OL12 9BZ OL12 9DA OL12 9DB OL12 9DE OL12 9SJ OL12 9SL OL12 9SP OL12 9SW OL16 2BN OL16 2BP OL16 2BQ OL16 2BS OL16 2BU OL16 2LZ OL16 2NG OL16 2NH OL16 2NJ OL16 2NL OL16 2NQ OL16 2SX OL16 2SY OL16 2SZ OL16 2TA OL16 2TB OL16 2TD OL16 2TE OL16 2TF OL16 2TG OL16 2UG OL16 2UY OL16 2UZ OL16 2XD OL16 2XE OL16 2XF OL16 2XG

In Rochdale 008H

OL12 9BD OL12 9BE OL12 9BL OL12 9BN OL12 9BQ OL12 9BT OL12 9BW OL12 9DS OL16 2AL OL16 2AY OL16 2AZ OL16 2BA OL16 2DS OL16 2LA OL16 2LB OL16 2LD OL16 2LE OL16 2LF OL16 2LG OL16 2LH OL16 2LQ OL16 2LR OL16 2LU OL16 2NA OL16 2NB OL16 2NP OL16 2UL

In Rochdale 008F

OL16 2AT OL16 2AU OL16 2AX OL16 2BF OL16 2BG OL16 2BH OL16 2HB OL16 2HD OL16 2HE OL16 2JJ OL16 2JL OL16 2JP OL16 2JR OL16 2JT OL16 2JU OL16 2JW OL16 2JX OL16 2NE OL16 2NF OL16 2UU OL16 2UW

In Rochdale 008I

OL16 2ET OL16 2EU OL16 2EX OL16 2HA OL16 2JS OL16 2JY OL16 2JZ OL16 2LJ OL16 2LL OL16 2LN OL16 2LP OL16 2NR OL16 2NS OL16 2UP OL16 2UX OL16 2XB OL16 2XN

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What's the median rent in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: The median monthly rent across Wardleworth & Newbold Brow is £824.
How safe is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: Wardleworth & Newbold Brow has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 19 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: There are 20 schools within 2 km of Wardleworth & Newbold Brow, of which 32% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3410 m away.
What is the council tax band in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: The most common council tax band in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,807. Council tax is set by Rochdale council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Wardleworth & Newbold Brow to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Wardleworth & Newbold Brow to central London is approximately 162 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: 100% of premises in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: Wardleworth & Newbold Brow sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: 50% of households in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: The average property price across Rochdale (the local authority covering Wardleworth & Newbold Brow) is approximately £206,592, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.39 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,535.)
Which local areas are part of Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: Wardleworth & Newbold Brow contains 6 local areas: Rochdale 008B, Rochdale 008H, Rochdale 008I, Rochdale 008D, Rochdale 008A…

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What is the average rent in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: The estimated median monthly rent in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow is £824. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow a safe place to live?: Wardleworth & Newbold Brow has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: 32% of schools within 2 km of Wardleworth & Newbold Brow are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Wardleworth & Newbold Brow?: Public-transport commute time from Wardleworth & Newbold Brow to central London is approximately 162 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow different from the rest of Rochdale?: Wardleworth & Newbold Brow contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Wardleworth & Newbold Brow rank in Rochdale?: Wardleworth & Newbold Brow scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Rochdale, see the Cities table on the Rochdale page.

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