Glossop

[Sneakymeezer]

Hi All, I am in need of some help. My hubby has gotten a job with Manchester Uni and we will be in the UK in the next month. I really want to live somewhere rural with a 30-40 minute commute by rail to Manchester. We are looking at 600 pcm to rent for 3 years. What do people know of Glossop? Any good area/bad areas things to watch out for etc etc? Any help would be gratefully received!
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Sneaky

Glossop has awful traffic and in the past 5 years has only gotten worse. It's fine of you travel into Manchester but going by car in rush hour is hideous.

Have you visited glossop? It's not that rural but it is convenient if you like outdoor pursuits as there's lots on your doorstep.

PM me if you want any more info. Lots of vacant property in glossop so I would haggle on your rent if possible.i don't know about the sch

Whoops, I don't know about the schools though.

Sorry - my post makes no sense (on phone). Travel by train into manchester is fine from glossop but by car it is awful in rush hour. I used to leave before 7am to get into Manchester otherwise it could take about 1.5 hours.

The traffic is appalling around Glossop, please can we have our bypass, PLEASE? It is semi rural and there are some lovely areas. £600 PCM will get you a 3 bed terrace. The train is generally very reliable, unless the weather is bad and the last few winters have been appalling.

I'm a full time student at Manchester and I drive in most days because its cheaper to park than get the rush hour train. Rush hour runs until the 10am service!

I'm in Glossop (Hadfield) and love it. The car driving thing can be overcome by leaving early, yes. But the trains are v regular and reliable. No 'bad' areas at all, outdoorsy if you like that, crime is ridiculously low ( I moved here from M/c and noticed this immediately), there's a v healthy main street with Tesco 24hr and an Aldis, plus a market.
I can tell you about the schools if you wish, and it's good.
Like ping, PM me if you'd like.

wow, rush hour until 10 - that's crazy! What time does it start?

No by-pass! The place is beautiful (esp up near Swallows Wood which was earmarked).
A weekly train ticket is about £25. Can you really drive into M/c AND park 5 days a week for less than that?

I usually cycle in (is that an option?) but sometimes drive and the traffic dies away about 9am and gets progressively better after that, like anywhere else.

Wow Pan - how long does it take to cycle in? Hubby does have a bike....

Depends on your hours at the university, I stand corrected on the hours for rush hour. The 0938 is now showing as off peak, but in June it was a peak are! Bloody rail tickets are a menace.

A weekly ticket is £27 which is very good, but it really depends on what hours your partner will be working. I pay £2.40 for two hours at the aquatics centre. There's better parking even further down Oxford Road on the old BBC site.

The bypass will be cut and cover, not that it will ever be built. What would help is weight restrictions on woodhead, that'd reduce traffic immediately.

it's about one hour ride (depending on dh and bike - bike lanes for a fair bit but quite up and downy at the start. If he isn't fit now he will be. And richer.

That is really awesome info - thanks everyone. What would you say are the better primary schools?

Primaries are tricky to know about and really difficult to compare as we generally only know our own.
Quick areas guide? If you like a villagey feel, Broadbottom though the price will be slightly higher (And has a station), Hadfield where I live a bit 'busier' but access to an excellent secondary dd's. Whitefield in Glossop town quite nice. Pikes Lane area quite desirable and centralish, Dinting is on the main road. Let me know if you see something you like and I'll tell you what I know. Good luck!

MHG - agree totally about the weight restriction thing, with traffic coming off the M1/M62. But I would be highly about the cut and cover. Once the project started they will look to cut costs and that idea would be ditched. Much better to re-open the train line to Sheffield which has been talked about a fair bit recently. And generally make public transport more accessible. The bypass would be mahoooosively expensive and wreck the place for years to come whilst they actually built it. is my humble opinion.

And some sort of lane filter / barrier - all the people who push in at the top of the hill and at the roundabout just make the tailbacks even worse (and make my blood boil! I used to hate crawling up that fucking hill!)

Ah you mean Mottram Moor ping. Yes it's also a joy to bike up it.

Hmmm and are there many libraries in the Glossop area?

One that I know of in the town centre in a lovely Victorian building, and another one at Hadfield again in a lovely building.

Pan - you are hardcore going up that hill on a bike!

I like Glossop but couldn't live there because of the traffic. Drives me insane, it's bad even during the day. I'd look at New Mills, Whaley Bridge, Chinley, Chapel en le Frith. They're all about that commute

Old glossop is beautiful . Lived their about 8 yrs ago, still miss it

Would com. Via train for mcr uni, it's easy

The train is fine for getting in to Mcr I agree, but if you want to go anywhere by car the traffic is bad, no doubt about it. The problem is it is bad at all times of day - I've been through it at 8am at weekends to go walking, and it's bad; during the week to go shopping and it's bad; to go t the park etc etc. I really like Glossop but I need a car in this part of the world and couldn't face the driving to live there.

Well you guys are fabulous! This has been really useful, and I am so pleased I asked you. Now need to go have a look at what's available. One last question - how friendly are the natives. Here in NZ we're pretty casual friendly folk.

I think it's a really friendly part of the world, good sense of community too. Wouldn't worry about that at all :)