M postcode area: Manchester

The M postcode area is known as the Manchester area. It is every postcode that begins M followed by a number. It has 46 districts and 32,420 postcodes in use, across 11 councils.

Homes in the M area sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £182,000 in M38 (Little Hulton) to £425,000 in M21 (Manchester).

For the town itself, see Manchester postcodes.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources

Typical price £255,000 Homes sold in the M area, last 12 months. ▲ 2% on the year before Cheapest to dearest district £182,000 to £425,000 M38 (Little Hulton) to M21 (Manchester) Gigabit broadband 27,205 of 30,928 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2,787 of 32,420 postcodes in England have a home or business at risk; 8,230 homes and businesses at high or medium risk

Where it is

Latitude 53.4774

Longitude -2.2700

This is the middle of the postcodes in the M area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it

What do homes cost in the M area?

Homes in the M area sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 10,645 sales, up 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£255,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£250,000
12 months to August 2026
£255,000

▲ up 2% on the 12 months before

Detached£408,000 1,056 sales
Semi-detached£285,000 3,915 sales
Terraced£230,000 3,234 sales
Flat or maisonette£185,750 2,440 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

46 districts32,420 postcodes in use40 places11 councils
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How do the M districts compare?

A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.

Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them

One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.

Places in the M area

Towns and villages with postcodes in the M area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.

Manchester£260,000Salford£222,500Wythenshawe£273,500Sale£390,000Middleton£220,000Urmston£350,000Denton£225,000Eccles£238,000Prestwich£300,000Old Trafford£300,000Radcliffe£200,000Swinton£260,000Atherton£190,000Droylsden£225,000Stretford£290,000Little Hulton£212,000Whitefield£260,000Failsworth£215,000Irlam£233,000Pendlebury and Clifton£220,000Walkden£265,000Tyldesley£260,000Audenshaw£240,500Worsley£339,600Partington£230,000Astley£257,000Kearsley£185,000Hale£700,000Rhodes£190,000Wardley£221,000Chadderton£215,000Little Lever£215,000Bury£225,000Oldham£178,000Ashton-under-Lyne£198,000Stockport£275,000Dukinfield£225,000Leigh£177,000Gatley£410,000Reddish£230,000 All places A to Z

Councils in the M area

How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.

  • Manchester14,263 postcodes
  • Salford6,699 postcodes
  • Trafford4,207 postcodes
  • Bury2,230 postcodes
  • Tameside1,899 postcodes
  • Rochdale1,214 postcodes
  • Wigan1,198 postcodes
  • Oldham572 postcodes
  • Bolton121 postcodes
  • Stockport15 postcodes
  • Cheshire East1 postcode
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Near the M area

The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.

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