Area guides

Where to live and what to expect across the North West — Greater Manchester, Stockport, Cheshire East and Merseyside.

Greater Manchester

Former mills, new apartments, walkable city living

Canal basins, viaducts and quiet city-centre streets

Independent, green and consistently in demand

Leafy streets, village high street, established rental demand

Manchester's independent heart

Waterside apartments beside MediaCity

A historic market town on the up, ten minutes from the city

Village centre, airport links and family favourites — home to our office

Leafy lanes, good schools and a village square

Cheshire's established market town for professionals

A village with a reputation, set below the Edge

Silk-town heritage on the edge of the Peak District

Cobbled streets and one of Cheshire's prettiest town centres

Waterfront living in one of the UK's great rental markets

Leafy south Liverpool beside Sefton Park

Established family suburb with a thriving high street

A village in the city, with some of south Liverpool's finest streets