Manley
Village · 840 residents
77Very good
Very good · better than 9 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Environment scores 96, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 30 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Affordability scores 79, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Health scores 39, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Civil parish boundary
Is Manley a good place to live?
Manley scores 77/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (96) and safety (80).
It scores lowest on health (39).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Manley in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Manley
Manley reads as a scatter of farmhouses and detached properties along quiet lanes, the kind of place where a For Sale board is rarer than a tractor passing through. There's no high street to speak of, no cluster of shops pulling in passing trade — this is a village built around distance from all that, and the people you'll see about are mostly older, settled, and not in a hurry.
The numbers back up what you'd guess from looking at it: a median age pushing 55, well above the national figure, and a population sitting comfortably in the top income decile with an above-average standing on the deprivation index. Housing here is overwhelmingly detached and freehold — of recent sales, the vast majority were detached houses, and the median sale price of £550,000 puts it well above both the regional and national norms, more than double the county's typical price. What that means on the ground is that a For Sale sign in Manley usually marks a substantial family house changing hands between people who've done well, not a starter home. Schooling is thin on the ground within the village itself — Alvanley and Manley Village School, a small Good-rated primary with under a hundred pupils, is the local option, and families here tend to look further afield for secondary provision. Commuting is not the point of living in Manley; there's no rail station in the picture, and you'd be relying on the car and the eighteen-odd local transport stops rather than a station platform.