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Guide Bridge: house prices and how the area is changing

Official figures for the Guide Bridge neighbourhood of Tameside, England (ONS area Tameside 019). Headline figures assembled 15 October 2026. Postcodes M34. Figures that read a point use the neighbourhood's centre, near M34 5LD.

A neighbourhood with below-average incomes, changing little against Tameside

Guide Bridge is a neighbourhood with below-average incomes; it is changing little against Tameside (few signs of gentrification: 1 of 17 signals rising, 1 falling). Houses here typically resell for £211,000 (median resale price, 2023-2025). Schools nearby are improving slower than the council's and the nearest station, Guide Bridge, is about an 8-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre.

The neighbourhood in brief, from the figures on this page. Summary updated 15 October 2026; source dates are shown below.

Typical house price

£211,000

Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +56% against 2017-2019.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data

Affluence today

Below average income

How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.

Source: ONS, HM Land Registry, MHCLG Indices of Deprivation

Signs of gentrification

Few signs

Weighted balance -0.02; 1 of 17 signals up, 1 down, against the borough.

Source: Official statistics on prices, incomes, benefits, businesses, schools and more (a full report shows every signal)

Deprivation

Decile 1 of 10

English Indices of Deprivation 2025: 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods, 10 the least. At the neighbourhood's centre; its 5 small areas range from decile 1 to 6.

Source: MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Average household income

£38,600

ONS estimate for the neighbourhood (modelled, with a margin of error).

Source: Office for National Statistics

Schools getting better

Slower than the council's

Nearby state schools' latest Ofsted inspections and results, against the council's schools.

Source: Ofsted, Department for Education

Where Guide Bridge sits in Tameside

  • Typical house price: 11th highest of 30 neighbourhoods in Tameside
  • Average household income: joint 10th lowest of 30 neighbourhoods in Tameside

Ranked among the council's neighbourhoods by the figures on each one's own page, checked 15 October 2026: typical prices are HM Land Registry resale medians over the latest three-year window, household income the ONS's modelled estimate, with a margin of error, so neighbourhoods a place or two apart may not really differ.

Prices over time in Guide Bridge

House prices: Guide Bridge against Tameside: This neighbourhood £40k (1995) to £215k (2026); Tameside £38k (1995) to £222k (2026).£62k£199k2026202120162011200620011995This neighbourhood£215kTameside£222k
Median resale price of houses each year here and across Tameside, 1995 to 2026 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: standard sales, new builds left out). Years with fewer than 10 sales here are left out. 2026 is the year so far (dashed).

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, held locally and checked 15 October 2026. Medians each year, not a valuation of any home.

How the area is changing, signal by signal

1 of 17 counted signals point towards rising affluence against Tameside, 1 the other way and 15 in line. A reading of official statistics against the borough, not a prediction; a full report shows every signal's figures and weight. Where this reading sits among every neighbourhood in England and Wales: the gentrification league table.

Rising against the borough

  • Catching up with neighbouring areas

Falling behind the borough

  • Schools improving

Stations and schools nearby

Nearest station

  • Guide Bridge Railway station, about an 8-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (630 m in a straight line). About 6.7 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Northern to Manchester Piccadilly (about 13 min) and Hadfield (about 29 min).

Station locations: NaPTAN (Department for Transport). Trains: Network Rail's timetable for Tuesday 6 October 2026, with the timetabled minutes of direct trains; timetabled, not live running. Distances from the neighbourhood's centre in a straight line, walked at 4.8 km/h; the real route is longer.

Nearest state schools

  • Nearest state primary school Poplar Street Primary School 120 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Good (Sep 2022).
  • Nearest state secondary school Audenshaw School 320 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Good (Mar 2023).

Schools: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (13 October 2026); inspections: Ofsted's management information as at 31 August 2026, in Ofsted's own words. Straight-line distances; not a catchment or admissions assessment.

Questions about Guide Bridge

What is the typical house price in Guide Bridge?

£211,000. Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +56% against 2017-2019.

How does Guide Bridge compare with the rest of Tameside?

Typical house price: 11th highest of 30 neighbourhoods in Tameside. Average household income: joint 10th lowest of 30 neighbourhoods in Tameside.

Is Guide Bridge an affluent area?

Below average income. How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.

Is Guide Bridge gentrifying?

Few signs. Weighted balance -0.02; 1 of 17 signals up, 1 down, against the borough.

What is the nearest station to Guide Bridge?

Guide Bridge. Railway station, about an 8-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (630 m in a straight line). About 6.7 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Northern to Manchester Piccadilly (about 13 min) and Hadfield (about 29 min).

Which state schools are nearest to Guide Bridge?

Nearest state primary school. Poplar Street Primary School. 120 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Good (Sep 2022). Nearest state secondary school. Audenshaw School. 320 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Good (Mar 2023).

Each answer repeats a figure shown above, with its source there.

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Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library, MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains public sector information (MHCLG, Police.uk, Ofsted, Department for Education) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Station locations from NaPTAN (Department for Transport), Open Government Licence v3.0. Trains: contains information of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures describe the area, not any home, and are not a valuation or a prediction.