Oldham has been ranked as one of the worst areas in Greater Manchester for private garden space, according to a study.

A new study uses government data to examine the areas with the most and least garden space across the country.

The price of a house for new buyers has never been higher with many people being unable to afford inflated mortgage costs.

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However, for many families, owning a property with a garden can be make-or-break when deciding the area to start their new life.

As a result, MG Timber has compiled a 'garden space report' which ranks the best and worst places people in Greater Manchester can purchase a home with a garden - and Oldham fares the worst for outdoor space.

Coming in first place is Stockport, which MG Timber said is the best area to buy a house across the region as it has the highest outdoor private space with 26,049,516m2.

By comparison, it found Oldham is the worst area with the lowest amount of private green spaces for homes, with just 12,971,358m2.

Wigan followed shortly behind Stockport in second place, with a garden space area of 23,764,528m2.

Manchester came in third place with the most homegrown green space at 20,298,422m2.

Trafford and Bolton then came in fourth and fifth place with 18,950,295m2 and 18,748,395m2 green areas respectively.

At the lower end of the list was Rochdale (14,614,592), Tameside (13,615,828), Salford (13,317,351) and Bury (13,117,189) before Oldham in last place.

MG Timber used data from the Office for National Statistics regarding access to gardens and public green spaces in the country and narrowed the data to the Greater Manchester region.

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