Marple Bridge

Marple Bridge is covered by postcode district SK6. It is in the Stockport council area, England.

Typical price £435,000 Homes sold in Marple Bridge, last 12 months. ▼ 9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 60 of 98 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 6 of 98 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 3 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Marple Bridge, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Marple Bridge, by flood risk Of the 98 postcodes in Marple Bridge that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 92 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Marple Bridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. SK6 5AA: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AF: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AG: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AH: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AL: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AN: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AP: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AQ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AR: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AU: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AW: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BB: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BD: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BE: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BG: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BH: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BJ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BL: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BN: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BP: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BQ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BR: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BS: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BT: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BU: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BW: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BX: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BY: not on the flood risk listSK6 5BZ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DA: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DB: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DD: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DE: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DH: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DJ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DL: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DN: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DP: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DR: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DS: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DU: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DW: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DX: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DY: not on the flood risk listSK6 5DZ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EA: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EB: not on the flood risk listSK6 5ED: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EE: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EF: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EG: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EH: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EJ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EL: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EN: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EP: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EQ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5ER: not on the flood risk listSK6 5ES: not on the flood risk listSK6 5ET: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EU: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EW: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EX: not on the flood risk listSK6 5EY: not on the flood risk listSK6 5GB: not on the flood risk listSK6 5GD: not on the flood risk listSK6 5HA: not on the flood risk listSK6 5HB: not on the flood risk listSK6 5HD: not on the flood risk listSK6 5HE: not on the flood risk listSK6 5HF: not on the flood risk listSK6 5HG: not on the flood risk listSK6 5LL: not on the flood risk listSK6 5LN: not on the flood risk listSK6 5LP: not on the flood risk listSK6 5LY: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PG: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PH: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PJ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PL: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PN: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PP: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PQ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PR: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PS: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PT: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PU: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PW: not on the flood risk listSK6 5PX: not on the flood risk listSK6 5QE: not on the flood risk listSK6 5QF: not on the flood risk listSK6 5QQ: not on the flood risk listSK6 5AB: low flood risk at worstSK6 5LW: low flood risk at worstSK6 5AE: medium flood risk at worstSK6 5DQ: medium flood risk at worstSK6 5DT: medium flood risk at worstSK6 5HH: high flood risk Marple Bridge Map of every postcode in Marple Bridge, by flood risk Of the 98 postcodes in Marple Bridge that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 92 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Marple Bridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Marple Bridge
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 92

Of the 98 postcodes in Marple Bridge that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 92 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.4024, longitude -2.0450. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SK6 5HH1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Marple Bridge?

Homes sold for a typical £435,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 9% on the 12 months before. At 60 of the 98 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 98 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Marple, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Marple Bridge?

Homes in Marple Bridge sold for a typical £435,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 72 sales, down 9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£435,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£478,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £560,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £478,000 17 sales
  • Terraced £334,000 22 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole SK6 district, Marple Bridge's main postcode district: a typical £315,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Marple Bridge: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Marple Bridge?

None of the 98 postcodes now in use in Marple Bridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 66 homes sold in Marple Bridge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SK6 district, Under 1%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Marple BridgeAcross the SK6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 72 (0%) 0 of 675 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 66 (0%) 1 of 869 (Under 1%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Marple Bridge?

Ofcom reports on 98 of the 98 postcodes in Marple Bridge. At 60 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit60 of 98
Postcodes where every home can get superfast81 of 98

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Marple Bridge at risk of flooding?

6 of the 98 postcodes in Marple Bridge have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 6 of 98 postcodes High: 1Medium: 6Low: 7

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Marple Bridge?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Marple Bridge. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Marple Bridge?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Marple Bridge is Marple Rail Station, 850 m away in a straight line.

  • Marple Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
  • Rose Hill Marple Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Strines Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Marple Bridge?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Marple Bridge. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Marple Bridge safe? Crime recorded around it

Greater Manchester's police force has published no crime figures to Police.uk for any month from September 2024 to August 2026, so we have none to show for Marple Bridge. A count from Police.uk here would take in only the few crimes that neighbouring forces record nearby, so we show none rather than a figure that looks like a quiet area.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Marple Bridge?

Council
Stockport
Parliamentary constituency
Hazel Grove
Police force area
Greater Manchester
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat)

All 98 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Marple Bridge postcodes

98 postcodes in use in Marple Bridge, by district:

SK6 postcode district,98 postcodes

That district is in the SK postcode area.

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Places near Marple Bridge

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Marple Bridge's £435,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Marple1.8 km, £337,500Romiley3.2 km, £321,500High Lane4.5 km, £395,000Bredbury and Woodley4.7 km, £255,000Disley4.9 km, £292,500New Mills4.9 km, £255,000Hattersley5.3 km, £220,000Hazel Grove5.8 km, £333,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Marple Bridge

What is it like to live in Marple Bridge?
Homes sold for a typical £435,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 9% on the 12 months before. At 60 of the 98 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 98 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Marple, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Marple Bridge?
Marple Bridge is covered by postcode district SK6, across 98 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Marple Bridge in?
Marple Bridge is in the Stockport council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Marple Bridge?
Marple Bridge is in the Hazel Grove parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Marple Bridge?
Homes in Marple Bridge sold for a typical £435,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 72 sales, down 9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Marple Bridge?
In Marple Bridge, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Ludworth Primary School and Mellor Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Acorns School, 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Marple Bridge have a railway station?
Yes: Marple is 850 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Marple Bridge, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Marple Bridge?
Ofcom reports on 98 of the 98 postcodes in Marple Bridge. At 60 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Marple Bridge at risk of flooding?
6 of the 98 postcodes in Marple Bridge have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Marple Bridge?
None of the 98 postcodes now in use in Marple Bridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 66 homes sold in Marple Bridge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SK6 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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