Glossop House Prices

[ZaraW]

I've been thinking of moving to Glossop in the next 18 months. Location is great get the countryside close by but close enough to commute to Manchester. Does anyone who lives in the area know what the property market is like. Is now a good time to be looking or shall I wait?

I'd avoid Glossop, unless you enjoy sitting in traffic jams...

Thanks it's not an issue I plan on getting the train to Manchester and I cycle I don't drive.

What kind of property are you looking for and what's your budget?

Around 160-180K for a two bed terrace in Old Glossop.

Trains used to be very unreliable

Trains are great, my DH trains in to Manchester every day but driving up Mottram Moor is a nightmare. House ranges from extremely affordable to fairly pricey. Have a look on Rightmove. We enjoy living here.

Why old Glossop? Is it the appeal of Manor Park? Because there's loads of nice streets that are still affordable that aren't in Old Glossop.

scootinFun I really like the area but happy to look elsewhere if the right property came on the market. Are things slowing down or are prices rising?

I know Glossop very well, prices have gone pretty mental recently, I reckon up around 30% in the last 2 years after being pretty much stagnant since 2007.

Whether they'll keep rising, who knows? Wider factors suggest they won't... potential IR rises, tighter lending criteria, etc all seem to be on the cards.

You'll always pay a premium for Old Glossop, there currently appears to be only one available in your price range. (3 bed on church st)

The traffic really is horrendous, crime is relatively high for what appears to be a 'nice' area and the weather is pretty grim and dull thanks to being on the western edge of the pennines, but there really is some lovely countryside on your doorstep!

sall74 thanks that's given me something to think about. We also really like Matlock and have family there also the weather may be slightly better?

If the weather could be an issue for you then I really wouldn't recommend Glossop.. it really does get more than it's fair share of grey overcast and wet days!

I've got friends and family in nearby Huddersfield, Chapel and Buxton who I visit frequently and it never fails to amaze me how much brighter and sunnier it usually is just a 10 minute drive over the other side of the hills.

Thanks we've lived in the North West was hoping the weather would have been better in Glossop. Maybe Mattock would be a better option.

I would say commuting to Manchester from Matlock isn't an option. Prices are generally higher there too. What about New Mills, Whaley Bridge or Chapel instead? New Mills has two stations on different lines too.

The massive Glossop traffic jam IS an issue for you if you value your respiratory health - even if you won't be sitting in it you'll be breathing it in.

Also its on the wrong side of the pennies re the rain shadow - more rain than the other side like Leeds and Sheffield.

I live in Hadfield and am surprised to hear crime is horrendous. I've found Glossop generally to be v quiet. I did come from south central m/c so that is quite different.
Yes the traffic is an issue though I do get the train to Manchester or bike it if the weather is anything other than dastardly. But still moving around Glossop by car isn't good.

Mottram Moor - from the lights at Gun Inn to the Mottram lights at the top - 8-9 minutes every time when it's full. Seems to be much longer than that but it never is in fact.

I agree about the fumes, I spend a lot of my time on Anglesey and whenever I get back to Glossop I can literally taste the sulphur dioxide for the first few hours that I'm back there.

Also whenever the weather is hot and sunny Glossop just seems to feel humid, sticky and airless as it's basically sat at the bottom of bowl surrounded by hills, with all the pollution trapped in it.

I've found that if I do get up on the hills above Glossop on a nice day you often can't even see the town as it's hidden in brown layer of smog.

I didn't say crime was 'horrendous' but I certainly think that crime and ASBO are worse than you'd expect for such a nice looking town on the edge of open countryside.
Maybe it's just because I work in the community so I tend to hear about every burglary, car theft, assault, car roofs getting jumped on, wing mirrors getting kicked off etc etc

Pannan - I think that's a very optimistic figure you've quoted for getting up MM at peak busy times! And besides it's not just getting up MM, you've got crawl along Brookfield and Wooley ln or Market street Hollingworth at a snails pace before you even reach the Gun lights.

I lived in Glossop for a while and wouldn't move back. Loads of nicer areas close by :)

No that time for MM is repeated and exact. My ndn first noticed it and I've timed it a few times and he is right - as crazy and optimistic as it sounds.
The smog thingis v pessimistic! I was up on Monks Road at the top bit having a picnic on Saturday and it was as clear as a bell.

Thanks everyone. I'm not back in the UK until September will spend a weekend then in Glossop and look at the other areas mentioned. Hopefully house prices won't be rising dramatically in the next year or so.

Pannan if you're really trying to say that Glossop traffic isn't as bad as people think and air quality isn't an issue either, I think you'll find yourself in a minority of about one in the town!!

There have been demands for a bypass for over 30 years and there are numerous air quality monitoring stations set up by HPBC and TMBC

I've been walking on the hills above Glossop for over 30 years and can recall numerous occasions, summer and winter, where the atmospheric conditions result in what's called an 'inversion layer' trapping all the polluted air in the valley bottom.
I'm not saying it's like the London smog 'pea soupers' of the 1950's, you're not actually aware of it when your in it, it can only be viewed from a distance.

Speaking of London, I know someone who's moved to Glossop from there.. and they say they can't believe they've managed to move somewhere where the traffic is actually WORSE than London!

I haven';t said it isn't a problem. I've suggested it's over-exaggerated.

The bypass idea is flawed - it would just deliver the traffic to a massive bottle neck at the end of the M67. We should be reducing the traffic coming into the area, by shifting feight to rail and stopping lorries using the woodhead pass A628 as an access to Manchester.

And/or a congestion charge.

I fully agree with you there, the bypass is definitely not the answer, I've long said banning the HGV's and forcing them to use the existing transpennine motorway network M6-M62 would go a long way to solving the problem.
But that's obviously a far too cheap and simple solution for our wise leaders to consider!