Droylsden
Droylsden is covered by postcode districts M11, M34 and M43. It is mostly in the Tameside council area: 589 of its 590 postcodes. The other is in Manchester.
Every postcode in Droylsden, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 589
Of the 590 postcodes in Droylsden that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 589 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 53.4837, longitude -2.1495. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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
What is it like to live in Droylsden?
Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 484 of the 581 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 590 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Fairfield, 1.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Droylsden?
Homes in Droylsden sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 184 sales, up 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £220,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £225,000
▲ up 2.3% on the 12 months before
Across the whole M43 district, Droylsden's main postcode district: a typical £225,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Droylsden: 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
Are new homes being built in Droylsden?
12 of the 590 postcodes now in use in Droylsden came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 262 homes sold in Droylsden were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M43 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Droylsden | Across the M43 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 184 (0%) | 0 of 193 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 262 (0%) | 11 of 279 (4%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Droylsden?
Ofcom reports on 581 of the 590 postcodes in Droylsden. At 484 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Droylsden at risk of flooding?
1 of the 590 postcodes in Droylsden has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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
Which schools are in Droylsden?
The open schools at the postcodes in Droylsden. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Stephen's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy100 m 405 pupils, 450 places
- Greenside Primary School400 m 446 pupils, 419 places
- Moorside Primary School500 m 382 pupils, 446 places
- St Mary's CofE Primary School550 m 232 pupils, 210 places
- Manchester Road Primary Academy750 m 371 pupils, 446 places
- Fairfield Road Primary School800 m 434 pupils, 472 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Droylsden?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Droylsden is Fairfield Rail Station, 1.4 km away in a straight line.
- Fairfield Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
- Gorton Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
- Guide Bridge Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
- Cemetery Road (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 550 mWalk
- Droylsden (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 550 mWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Droylsden?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Droylsden. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Droylsden Medical Practice450 m
- Market Street Medical Practice600 m
- Medlock Vale Medical Practice700 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Droylsden safe? Crime recorded around it
Greater Manchester's police force has published no crime figures to Police.uk for any month from September 2024 to August 2026, so we have none to show for Droylsden. A count from Police.uk here would take in only the few crimes that neighbouring forces record nearby, so we show none rather than a figure that looks like a quiet area.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Droylsden?
- Councils
- Tameside (589) and Manchester (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Ashton-under-Lyne (589) and Manchester Central (1)
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Droylsden
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
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- Take meter readings on the day you move in
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- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Droylsden postcodes
590 postcodes in use in Droylsden, by district:
Those districts are all in the M postcode area.
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Places near Droylsden
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Droylsden's £225,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Droylsden
- What is it like to live in Droylsden?
- Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 484 of the 581 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 590 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Fairfield, 1.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Droylsden?
- Droylsden is covered by postcode districts M11, M34 and M43, across 590 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Droylsden?
- Homes in Droylsden sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 184 sales, up 2.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Droylsden?
- In Droylsden, primary schools at its postcodes include St Stephen's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Greenside Primary School and Moorside Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Droylsden Academy, Hanthorn House School and Fairfield High School for Girls. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Droylsden have a railway station?
- Yes: Fairfield is 1.4 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Droylsden, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Droylsden?
- Ofcom reports on 581 of the 590 postcodes in Droylsden. At 484 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Droylsden at risk of flooding?
- 1 of the 590 postcodes in Droylsden has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Droylsden?
- 12 of the 590 postcodes now in use in Droylsden came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 262 homes sold in Droylsden were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M43 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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