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All 17 Altrincham, Hale and Timperley premises inspected in September got a 5, as did all 8 in Sale. Trafford's lowest scores were in Stretford and Old Trafford.
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Housing
Trafford Landlord Fines: £35,000 Start for Illegal Eviction
Trafford's new fines policy starts at £35,000 for illegal eviction and £6,000 for refusing tenants on benefits. Full Council votes on 14 October. What it sets.
What's on
Trafford Centre Halloween Circus: Gandeys From 10 October
Gandeys Halloween Spooktacular runs 10 October to 1 November in the Trafford Centre's P7 car park. Show times, tickets from £9.99 and the acts on the bill.
Events
What's On in Altrincham: Joseph at the Garrick, Then Bowdon Bonfire
Joseph opens at the Garrick on 22 October and Bowdon Bonfire is on 6 November. 39 dated events in Altrincham, Sale and Dunham Massey, with times and prices.
Planning
Little Bollington Data Centre: 60ha Plan, Event 30 Sept
A 60-hectare data centre campus is planned by the Bowdon Roundabout, south of Lymm Road. See the plans at High Legh on 30 September, 4pm to 8pm.
Jobs
Trafford Claimant Count: Old Trafford 6.5%, Hale 1.0%
Old Trafford's claimant rate is 6.5%, level with Oldham, the highest borough in Greater Manchester. Hale's is 1.0%. August 2026 figures for all 21 wards.
House prices
Trafford House Prices Pass £400,000, Fastest in England
Trafford's average home hit £400,688 in July, its first month ever above £400,000, and the fastest annual rise of any of England's 295 districts.
Bins
Altrincham Christmas Bins: 2026 Dates Due in November
Trafford has not set its 2026 Christmas bin days yet. Last year Thursday and Friday rounds moved to Saturday 27 December and green bins stopped for a week.
Schools
Trafford Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term 26 to 30 October
Trafford schools break for October half term on Friday 23 October and return on 2 November. Christmas runs 19 December to 3 January. Every date for 2026/27.
Bins
Altrincham Tip Opening Times: 8am to 8pm, No Booking
Woodhouse Lane tip opens 8am to 8pm daily with no booking, and has closed at 6pm through the winter. Shut on Christmas Day and New Year's Day only.
What's On
Altrincham Half Term: 26 to 30 October, No Trams All Week
Trafford's October half term is 26 to 30 October, with a free Halloween trail in Altrincham all week and no trams. What's on, with times and prices.
Remembrance
Altrincham Remembrance Sunday: 10.55am Service, 8 November
Altrincham's Remembrance service starts about 10.55am on 8 November at the Dunham Road garden. Urmston has the civic service; Hale parades at 2.45pm. All times.
Christmas
Altrincham Christmas Markets: St George's Fayre 28 November
St George's Christmas Fayre is on Saturday 28 November, 2pm to 5pm, free. Hale, Ashton upon Mersey and Urmston dates follow; here is when they ran last year.
Nobody who lives here calls it anything but Alty, which is where the name of this site comes from. We cover Altrincham and the places attached to it: Hale, Hale Barns, Bowdon, Timperley, Broadheath and Dunham Massey, then Sale, Sale Moor, Ashton-on-Mersey and Brooklands, and the northern end of the borough at Stretford, Urmston, Flixton, Davyhulme, Partington and Carrington.
All of it is Trafford Council, and Trafford publishes the decisions that change a street here in registers and committee papers that almost nobody reads. We read them. What gets built on the market side of town, what a licence allows, what the crime figures actually show, what a house on your road sold for. Everything we print carries a link to the document behind it.
If we cannot show you where a figure came from, we do not publish it.