Eccles
Eccles is covered by postcode districts M5, M6, M30 and M50. It is in the Salford council area, England.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Eccles (Salford).
Every postcode in Eccles, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 21
- Some can get gigabit: 93
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 821
- Ofcom gives no figure: 34
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 969 postcodes in Eccles that ONS places, 21 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 93 have some that can, 821 can all get it and 34 have no Ofcom figure.
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. 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 53.4847, longitude -2.3536. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 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.
Postcodes without gigabit
21 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 10 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. M30 0BL, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What is it like to live in Eccles?
Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 821 of the 935 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 217 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 74 of its 969 postcodes. It has at least 14 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Patricroft, 300 metres 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 Eccles?
Homes in Eccles sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 421 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £240,000 from 491 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £420,000 33 sales
- Semi-detached £273,500 144 sales
- Terraced £225,423 168 sales
- Flat or maisonette £135,750 76 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole M30 district, Eccles's main postcode district: a typical £240,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Eccles: 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 Eccles?
45 of the 969 postcodes now in use in Eccles came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 491 homes sold in Eccles were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M30 district, 0%.
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 Eccles | Across the M30 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 421 (0%) | 0 of 402 (0%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 491 (0%) | 0 of 470 (0%) |
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 Eccles?
Ofcom reports on 935 of the 969 postcodes in Eccles. At 821 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Eccles at risk of flooding?
74 of the 969 postcodes in Eccles 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 217 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 Eccles?
The open schools at the postcodes in Eccles (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Christ Church CofE Primary School150 m 235 pupils, 240 places
- Lewis Street Primary School550 m 402 pupils, 456 places
- St Mary's RC Primary School800 m 239 pupils, 240 places
- Branwood Preparatory School850 m 124 pupils, 200 places
- Beech Street Community Primary School850 m 241 pupils, 236 places
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School850 m 232 pupils, 227 places
- Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary School900 m 332 pupils, 326 places
- Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School950 m 386 pupils, 420 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 Eccles?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Eccles is Patricroft Rail Station, 300 m away in a straight line.
- Patricroft Rail Station Railway station 300 mWalk
- Eccles Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Moorside Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
- Eccles (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 1.3 kmCycle
- Ladywell (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 1.8 kmCycle
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 Eccles?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Eccles. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- 3/Springfield House Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 0161 871 2450 750 mWalk
- 1/Monton Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 789 0011 850 mWalk
- St Andrews Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 707 5500 950 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Eccles 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 Eccles. 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 Eccles?
- Council
- Salford
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Worsley and Eccles (953) and Salford (16)
- 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 Eccles
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Salford about council tax Council tax, on salford.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Eccles
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Eccles postcodes
969 postcodes in use in Eccles, by district:
Those districts are all in the M postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Eccles
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Eccles's £240,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Eccles
- What is the postcode for Eccles?
- Postcode districts M5, M6, M30 and M50, with 969 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Eccles in?
- Salford. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Eccles?
- A typical £240,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 421 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Eccles?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Christ Church CofE Primary School, Lewis Street Primary School and St Mary's RC Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Patrick's RC High School, Ellesmere Park High School and Salford City Academy. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Eccles have a railway station?
- Yes: Patricroft station, 300 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Eccles?
- Ofcom reports on 935 of the 969 postcodes in Eccles. At 821 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Is Eccles at risk of flooding?
- 74 of the 969 postcodes in Eccles 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 217 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 Eccles?
- 45 of the 969 postcodes now in use in Eccles came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 491 homes sold in Eccles were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M30 district, 0%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- 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 public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information.
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