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, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 12
- In use before 2020: 578
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 590 postcodes in Droylsden that ONS places, 12 are new since 2020 and 578 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 150 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 53.4837, longitude -2.1495. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M43 6UX, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Droylsden?
Homes sold for a typical £228,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. 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 3 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.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
What do homes cost in Droylsden?
Homes in Droylsden sold for a typical £228,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 200 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £219,000 from 259 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £346,000 24 sales
- Semi-detached £232,000 107 sales
- Terraced £210,000 62 sales
- Flat or maisonette £120,000 7 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole M43 district, Droylsden's main postcode district: a typical £229,500.
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 October 2026.
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 September 2025, 0 of the 259 homes sold in Droylsden were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M43 district, 2%.
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 September 2026 | 0 of 200 (0%) | 0 of 212 (0%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 259 (0%) | 5 of 270 (2%) |
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.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 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.
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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 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.
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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
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
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
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 Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 342 7777 450 mWalk
- Market Street Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 371 6188 600 mWalk
- Medlock Vale Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2024 · Phone 0161 370 1610 700 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
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, from its download of 30 September 2026.
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: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
Moving to Droylsden
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Droylsden is in Tameside; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Tameside about council tax Council tax, on tameside.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Droylsden
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- 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 £228,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Droylsden
- What is the postcode for Droylsden?
- Postcode districts M11, M34 and M43, with 590 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Droylsden?
- A typical £228,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 200 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are 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, Fairfield High School for Girls and Laurus Ryecroft. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Droylsden have a railway station?
- Yes: Fairfield station, 1.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- 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.
- 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. River and sea risk for the land, not 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 September 2025, 0 of the 259 homes sold in Droylsden were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M43 district, 2%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Environment Agency flood risk
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- Care Quality Commission
- data.police.uk: police.uk
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information.
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