Photo: Bernt Rostad from Oslo, Norway · CC BY 2.010 years separate the longest- and shortest-lived parts of Macclesfield
Inside the town, men’s life expectancy runs from 73.0 in Macclesfield South & Lyme Green to 82.9 in Macclesfield Tytherington, 2.1 miles apart. Life expectancy is 78.7 for men and 82.9 for women. For 2019 to 2023, England’s figures are 79.1 and 83.0. Macclesfield grades C for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #33 of 46 in Cheshire.
What stands out about health in Macclesfield
A 10-year gap from one part of Macclesfield to another
Men in Macclesfield Tytherington can expect to live to 82.9, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Macclesfield South & Lyme Green, 2.1 miles away, the figure is 73.0, and Macclesfield South & Lyme Green records 172 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 78.9 in Macclesfield South & Lyme Green to 87.7 in Macclesfield Tytherington. Neighbourhoods ↓
A&E waits run longer than England’s
East Cheshire NHS Trust, which runs the A&E at Macclesfield District General Hospital, saw 50% of major-A&E patients within four hours in the 12 months to September 2026, against 61% across England: 101st of 117 trusts. 46% of patients admitted through its A&Es waited more than 12 hours from the decision to admit, against 13% in England. A&E ↓
Men live shorter lives than Macclesfield’s level of deprivation would suggest
17% of Macclesfield’s residents are income-deprived. Across England’s towns that predicts men’s life expectancy of 80.2; Macclesfield’s is 78.7. For its circumstances ↓
Patients rate Macclesfield’s GP practices above England’s
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 86% of patients at Macclesfield’s 6 practices called their overall experience good, against 77% across England, and 73% found it easy to get through by phone (57% in England). That is ahead of 78% of English towns. GP practices ↓
Written from the OHID, NHS England and GP Patient Survey figures on this page. Life expectancy covers 2019 to 2023; neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people.
Macclesfield grades C for health
Healthier than 33% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
Behind the typical UK town on every measure. Even its strongest, emergency admissions and child obesity, are in the bottom 50% of UK towns; deaths under 75 and preventable deaths are furthest behind. Among the 140 UK towns of 38,000 to 73,000 people, Macclesfield’s Health Grade is the 33rd highest.
Each measure is ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, the ranks are averaged, and the average is ranked again. Every measure allows for the town’s ages: life expectancy is worked out from the death rate at each age, so it doesn’t depend on how old the town’s residents are; deaths and admissions are counted against what England’s rates would give a town with these ages, and the Census answers against England and Wales’s rates by single year of age, so a seaside town of retired people isn’t marked down for being old.
Men’s life expectancy across Macclesfield runs from 73.0 to 82.9
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Macclesfield’s 7 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
The gap follows deprivation closely: Macclesfield South & Lyme Green, where 30% of residents are income-deprived, has men’s life expectancy of 73.0. Macclesfield South & Lyme Green has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (172 per 100 expected), against 61 in Macclesfield Tytherington.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macclesfield Tytherington | 82.9 | 87.7 | 61 | 63 | 14% | 5% |
| Macclesfield Upton Priory & Greenside | 80.9 | 82.7 | 82 | 83 | 24% | 16% |
| Macclesfield Bollinbrook | 79.3 | 80.3 | 95 | 80 | 18% | 7.8% |
| Macclesfield Weston | 78.4 | 83.2 | 123 | 104 | 22% | 24% |
| Macclesfield East & Hurdsfield | 78.2 | 83.6 | 116 | 97 | 20% | 21% |
| Central Macclesfield | 77.5 | 83.0 | 119 | 89 | 20% | 18% |
| Macclesfield South & Lyme Green | 73.0 | 78.9 | 172 | 113 | 21% | 30% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Macclesfield South & Lyme Green’s men’s life expectancy is 73.0 with a 95% range of 70.4 to 75.7. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Macclesfield; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
East Cheshire saw 50% of major-A&E patients within four hours
Type 1 (major) A&E attendances seen, admitted or discharged within four hours of arrival, by month. NHS England publishes it by trust, not hospital: East Cheshire NHS Trust runs the A&E at Macclesfield District General Hospital, the nearest to Macclesfield (0.3 mi).
The share seen within four hours rose from an average of 47% in April 2025 to September 2025 to 51% in the latest six months; England’s was 62%. Long waits for a bed are commoner than at 98% of trusts: 4,559 patients in 12 months, 46% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Macclesfield District General Hospital: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2026), the hospital overall requires improvement (2026).
North West trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 mi | Macclesfield District General Hospital A&E Macclesfield · East Cheshire NHS Trust | Requires improvement2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 7.5 mi | Congleton War Memorial Hospital Congleton · East Cheshire NHS Trust | Not rated | — |
| 8.6 mi | Stepping Hill Hospital A&E Stockport · Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2024 | Good2022 |
| 10 mi | Knutsford and District Community Hospital Knutsford · East Cheshire NHS Trust | Good2016 | — |
| 11 mi | Wythenshawe Hospital A&E Manchester · Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2023 | Requires improvement2019 |
| 12 mi | Altrincham General Hospital Altrincham · Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | Good2019 | — |
| 14 mi | Haywood Hospital Stoke-on-trent · Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 15 mi | Manchester Royal Infirmary A&E Manchester · Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2019 | Requires improvement2019 |
NHS acute hospitals registered with the Care Quality Commission (care directory, 01 October 2026). “A&E” marks a major (type 1) emergency department, open 24 hours and led by consultants, in NHS England’s Emergency Care Data Set; a hospital without the mark may still have a minor injury unit or urgent treatment centre. Ratings run Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate; the year is when each was published. Distances are straight lines from the town centre.
86% of patients rate Macclesfield’s 6 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 3rd of 116 English towns of 38,000 to 73,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Lane House Medical Centre SK11 6JL · 8,374 adult patients | 91% good · range 76%–97% | 75% | 95% | Good2015 |
| Cumberland House Surgery SK11 6JL · 12,545 adult patients | 88% good · range 69%–96% | 57% | 90% | Good2025 |
| South Park Surgery SK11 6JL · 10,353 adult patients | 86% good · range 73%–93% | 82% | 77% | Good2026 |
| Broken Cross Surgery SK11 6JL · 4,663 adult patients | 85% good · range 75%–91% | 79% | 61% | Good2026 |
| Park Green Surgery SK11 6JL · 10,525 adult patients | 84% good · range 67%–93% | 69% | 90% | Good2025 |
| High Street Surgery SK11 6JL · 5,722 adult patients | 82% good · range 73%–89% | 88% | 66% | Good2018 |
Park Lane House Medical Centre has the town’s highest rating (91%). You can register with any practice whose area covers your address.
GP Patient Survey 2026: surveys sent January to March 2026; results weighted by NHS England. The range is the 95% confidence interval. Adult patients: the survey’s practice population aged 16 and over. A practice counts as in Macclesfield when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Men’s life expectancy in Macclesfield is 1.5 years below what its level of deprivation predicts
Across 1,996 English towns of 2,500 or more, men’s life expectancy tracks income deprivation closely (correlation −0.81). Each dot is a town.
17% of Macclesfield’s residents are income-deprived, about the middle for English towns. For that level, the line predicts 80.2 years for men; Macclesfield’s is 78.7. For women it predicts 83.9, and Macclesfield’s 82.9 is 1.0 years below.
Income deprivation: share of residents in low-income households, English Indices of Deprivation 2025, averaged over each town’s neighbourhoods. A town above or below the line isn’t necessarily doing better or worse on care: students, prisons and hostels inside a boundary all shift the figures.
Care in and near Macclesfield
The nearest A&E, the practice patients rate highest, and where to go when it’s urgent but not an emergency. In an emergency, call 999.
81% of adults in the Cheshire and Merseyside area who tried got an NHS dental appointment
Adults who tried to get an NHS dental appointment for themselves in the last two years, and got one. GP Patient Survey 2026, by integrated care system (the NHS area that plans dentistry for Macclesfield).
Across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of Cheshire and Merseyside patients who did, 74% rated the experience good (England 74%). NHS practices taking new patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist; for urgent dental pain, call NHS 111.
The survey asks GP patients about dentistry, so results are published for health areas, not towns or practices.
82% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2021, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Adjusted for age, 91 report bad health for every 100 expected, fewer than the national rate.
Show as a table
| Census 2021 | Macclesfield | Cheshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 82% | 82% |
| Fair health | 13% | 13% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 5.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 7.4% | 7.9% | 7.4% |
Cheshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Macclesfield’s Health Grade is 33rd of 140 UK towns of 38,000 to 73,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Macclesfield, and others in Cheshire. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wokingham Berkshire | 50,320 | 82.7 / 86.1 | 67 | A+ |
| 2 | West Molesey Surrey | 47,144 | 82.5 / 86.3 | 63 | A |
| 3 | Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire | 40,916 | 81.9 / 85.4 | 68 | A |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Halesowen West Midlands | 60,103 | 80.0 / 83.9 | 98 | C |
| 32 | Stourbridge West Midlands | 56,961 | 79.1 / 83.7 | 97 | C |
| 33 | Macclesfield Cheshire | 54,352 | 78.7 / 82.9 | 109 | C |
| 34 | Andover Hampshire | 48,484 | 79.0 / 82.0 | 106 | C |
| 35 | Hatfield Hertfordshire | 41,561 | 78.3 / 81.4 | 105 | C |
| … | |||||
| 84 | Ellesmere Port Cheshire | 65,425 | 77.5 / 82.4 | 120 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 104 | Widnes Cheshire | 59,938 | 77.7 / 81.2 | 126 | D |
| … | |||||
| 127 | Runcorn Cheshire | 61,641 | 76.4 / 80.9 | 132 | D |
| … | |||||
| 140 | Greenock Inverclyde | 42,870 | 73.5 / 78.2 | — | D− |
Health letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only. Welsh towns are graded on life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and the two Census measures: OHID’s early-death, admissions and child-obesity figures cover England.
Health in the places around Macclesfield
Life expectancy for men / women, and the nearest A&E. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | People | Life expectancy | Nearest A&E | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macclesfield | 54,352 | 78.7 / 82.9 | 0.3 mi | C |
| Prestbury | 2,629 | 80.0 / 85.3 | 1.9 mi | A+ |
| Bollington | 7,236 | 81.1 / 83.7 | 2.7 mi | B+ |
| Alderley Edge | 4,496 | 82.0 / 84.2 | 4.7 mi | A |
| Woodford | 2,241 | 84.9 / 85.5 | 3.2 mi | A+ |
| Chelford | 1,377 | 82.0 / 84.2 | 5.9 mi | A |
| Poynton | 13,015 | 82.0 / 86.0 | 2.5 mi | A |
| Wilmslow | 25,716 | 83.0 / 86.3 | 4.8 mi | A+ |
Woodford, 5.7 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 84.9, 6.2 years longer than Macclesfield’s.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A&E figures are for the trust. NHS England publishes four-hour waits by trust, not hospital, so East Cheshire NHS Trust’s figures cover every major A&E it runs. They count type 1 (major) departments; minor injury units and urgent treatment centres are left out, which is why they sit below the all-types figure NHS England headlines (75% for England).
- The GP survey is a survey. About 100 patients answer for each practice, so a practice’s figure has a range (shown in the table); small differences between practices aren’t meaningful. The town figure weights each practice by its adult patients, some of whom live outside Macclesfield.
- Adjusted for age. A ratio of 100 means as many deaths, admissions or reports of bad health as England’s rates (England and Wales’s for the Census) would give a town with these ages; 120 means a fifth more.
- Small areas, summed to the town. OHID publishes these figures for middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people; the town’s figure averages the areas it covers, weighted by how many of their residents live in it, so a village shares its area’s figure with the countryside around it.
- Different years. Life expectancy and deaths cover 2019 to 2023; emergency admissions 2016/17 to 2020/21 (the latest OHID publishes for small areas, including the pandemic dip); child obesity the three school years to 2024/25; A&E the 12 months to September 2026; the GP Patient Survey early 2026; CQC ratings were published on different dates, shown in each row.
- Distances are straight lines. Miles are measured from the town’s centre to each site; the road is longer. For an emergency, call 999; for urgent advice, call NHS 111.
Questions about health in Macclesfield
How healthy is Macclesfield?
Macclesfield earns a C for health, healthier than 33% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 33rd of 140 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 78.7 for men and 82.9 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 109 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Macclesfield have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Macclesfield Tytherington (82.9), Macclesfield Upton Priory & Greenside (80.9) and Macclesfield Bollinbrook (79.3); the shortest is Macclesfield South & Lyme Green (73.0). For women, Macclesfield Tytherington is highest (87.7) and Macclesfield South & Lyme Green lowest (78.9). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at Macclesfield District General Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, East Cheshire NHS Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 50% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 49%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Macclesfield?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 81% of adults in the Cheshire and Merseyside area who tried to get an NHS dental appointment in the last two years got one, against 82% across England. Practices taking new NHS patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist service.
Which GP practice in Macclesfield do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, Park Lane House Medical Centre (91% good overall), Cumberland House Surgery (88% good overall) and South Park Surgery (86% good overall). Across all 6 Macclesfield practices, 86% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Macclesfield?
78.7 years for men and 82.9 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 65.4 of those years and women 67.3 in good health.
CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Sources: OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (life expectancy and deaths 2019–23, emergency admissions 2016/17–2020/21, NCMP 2022/23–2024/25); House of Commons Library MSOA names · ONS health state life expectancy for small areas (MSOAs), England and Wales, 2019 to 2023 (healthy life expectancy) · ONS Census 2021 general health and disability, adjusted for age · Care Quality Commission care directory and latest ratings, 01 October 2026 · NHS Organisation Data Service · GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos) · NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions (monthly, by trust) and Emergency Care Data Set activity by site, June–September 2026 (type 1 A&Es) · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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