When it comes to new homes, Manchester and the Greater Manchester area have plenty to offer. The area is home to a number of our recent developments including those in Bredbury, Dukinfield, Poynton, Ramsbottom, Swinton and Tyldesley.

We’ve also previously built new homes in Altrincham, Audenshaw, Lowton, Middleton, Stockport, and between Chorlton and Didsbury too.

Where are the best places to live in Manchester and the Greater Manchester area?

Both Prestwich and Altrincham featured in the 2022 Sunday Times best places to live guide.

However, if you’re interested in one of our more centrally located new homes, Manchester city centre has several options for you to choose from too.

Within easy reach of Manchester city centre, you can select from places like Altrincham, Hale, Partington, Sale, Stretford, Timperley.

According to Sunlife’s 2022 list of the 20 safest places to live across England & Wales for people over 60, Wigan, a large town in Greater Manchester, is the third safest place to live.

Six of the spots on the list are in Greater Manchester, with Rochdale, Stockport, Oldham, Bury, and Salford making the list. 

Other popular areas in Greater Manchester include Castlefield, Chorlton, Ramsbottom, Saddleworth, The Heatons, Didsbury, Walkden, and Worsley.

What are some of the best restaurants in Manchester and the Greater Manchester area?

The diversity of Manchester’s food scene helped earn the city recognition in Lonely Planet’s Must Visit Guide for 2023.

More than a dozen restaurants in Greater Manchester feature in the AA’s Rosette Guide. These include the Michelin-starred Mana in Ancoats, Adam Reid at The French at the Midland Hotel in the city centre, and Stockport's acclaimed Where the Light Gets In.

And The Old Bell Inn, nestled amid the rolling hills of Saddleworth, was the only pub in Greater Manchester to feature in The Rosette Guide.

Manchester is also home to a number of chain restaurants and shops, many of which can be found at the Arndale Centre or the Trafford Centre.

You can also find some of Manchester city’s top bars and music venues in The Northern Quarter or Ancoats.

If you’re still struggling with where or what to eat, we recommend visiting Escape to Freight Island – a former freight depot that was converted into a massive food hall. It’s only a short walk away from Manchester Piccadilly station.

What are some of the best schools in Manchester and the Greater Manchester area?

More than a third of all schools in Trafford are rated “outstanding” by Ofsted, making it one of the top 10 areas in England when it comes to “outstanding” schools according to Money.co.uk.

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls is one of the best grammar schools in Manchester, having been named The Sunday Times Northwest State Secondary School of the Decade in 2020 and the Best State Secondary School in the Northwest in 2021.

Analysis by The Sunday Times in 2022 found its exam results were on a par with leading private school, Withington Girls’, in Manchester over a three-year period.

Among the top state secondary schools in Manchester, according to Parent Power’s Sunday Times Schools Guide 2023, are Altrincham Grammar School for Girls; Altrincham Grammar School for Boys; Loreto Grammar School, Altrincham; Sale Grammar School; The King David High School, Manchester; Urmston Grammar School, Manchester; Cheadle Hulme High School; and Stretford Grammar School, Manchester.

Whereas the top independent secondary schools in Manchester included Withington Girls’ School, Manchester; The Manchester Grammar School; Manchester High School for Girls; Bolton School Girls’ Division; Cheadle Hulme School; Stockport Grammar School; Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester; Bolton School Boys’ Division Senior School.

If you would like to find out more about our new house builds in Manchester and the Greater Manchester area, get in touch with our team today.