‘For years it wasn’t on the radar…. now homes here are unbelievably popular’

‘It’s all about affordability’: Reddish’s rental market is ‘buoyant’ and first-time buyers priced out of south Manchester are being drawn there, according to local experts -Credit:Manchester Evening News Stockport’s charms are well known to Greater Mancunians. But of late the town has been attracting attention from further afield, with one London newspaper tipping it as one of the best places to live in the UK.

Much of the focus on Stockport’s regeneration looks at what’s happening in the very heart of the town. But one suburb in particular is starting to feel the impact of the centre’s regeneration story. Reddish is at the far edge of the borough of Stockport[1], on the border of Tameside[2] and Manchester.

While its location – less than five miles from Manchester city centre[3] – once meant it was overlooked by those drawn to sleepier Stockport’s outer suburbs, good transport links, green spaces, relative affordability, and proximity to Levenshulme and the ‘Heatons’ are putting it in the spotlight.