M17 postcode district: Old Trafford and around

M17 is a postcode district in England, with 161 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Old Trafford, Salford and Urmston. It is split between 2 councils: Trafford (159 postcodes) and Salford (2).

Postcodes in use: 161
Sectors: 2
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 3 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in M17, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 15
In use before 2020: 146
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 161 postcodes in M17 that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 146 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 250 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.4680, longitude -2.3197. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

M17 1APMarch 2026 M17 1BGSeptember 2025 M17 8AYJune 2025 M17 1LNOctober 2024 M17 8AUFebruary 2024

Where the new postcodes lie together

5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M17 1GL, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in M17?

Ofcom reports on 150 of the 161 postcodes in M17. At 108 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit108 of 150

Postcodes where every home can get superfast132 of 150

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is M17 at risk of flooding?

10 of the 161 postcodes in M17 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 10 of 161 postcodes High: 1Low: 41

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in M17?

HM Land Registry records 3 sales of homes in M17 in the 12 months to August 2026: too few to give a typical price.

Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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