Failsworth

Failsworth is covered by postcode districts M35, M40, OL3, OL8 and OL9. It is mostly in the Oldham council area: 495 of its 496 postcodes. The other is in Manchester.

Typical price £215,000 Homes sold in Failsworth, last 12 months. ▲ 0.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 452 of 486 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 10+ At least 6 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Failsworth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Failsworth, by flood risk Of the 496 postcodes in Failsworth that ONS places, 496 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Failsworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M60A663 M35 0AA: not on the flood risk listM35 0AD: not on the flood risk listM35 0AE: not on the flood risk listM35 0AG: not on the flood risk listM35 0AH: not on the flood risk listM35 0AJ: not on the flood risk listM35 0AL: not on the flood risk listM35 0AN: not on the flood risk listM35 0AP: not on the flood risk listM35 0AQ: not on the flood risk listM35 0AR: not on the flood risk listM35 0AS: not on the flood risk listM35 0AT: not on the flood risk listM35 0AU: not on the flood risk listM35 0AW: not on the flood risk listM35 0AX: not on the flood risk listM35 0AY: not on the flood risk listM35 0AZ: not on the flood risk listM35 0BA: not on the flood risk listM35 0BB: not on the flood risk listM35 0BD: not on the flood risk listM35 0BE: not on the flood risk listM35 0BF: not on the flood risk listM35 0BG: not on the flood risk listM35 0BH: not on the flood risk listM35 0BJ: not on the flood risk listM35 0BL: not on the flood risk listM35 0BN: not on the flood risk listM35 0BQ: not on the flood risk listM35 0BR: not on the flood risk listM35 0BS: not on the flood risk listM35 0BT: not on the flood risk listM35 0BU: not on the flood risk listM35 0BX: not on the flood risk listM35 0BY: not on the flood risk listM35 0BZ: not on the flood risk listM35 0DB: not on the flood risk listM35 0DD: not on the flood risk listM35 0DE: not on the flood risk listM35 0DF: not on the flood risk listM35 0DH: not on the flood risk listM35 0DJ: not on the flood risk listM35 0DL: not on the flood risk listM35 0DN: not on the flood risk listM35 0DP: not on the flood risk listM35 0DQ: not on the flood risk listM35 0DR: not on the flood risk listM35 0DS: not on the flood risk listM35 0DT: not on the flood risk listM35 0DU: not on the flood risk listM35 0DW: not on the flood risk listM35 0DZ: not on the flood risk listM35 0EA: not on the flood risk listM35 0EB: not on the flood risk listM35 0ED: not on the flood risk listM35 0EF: not on the flood risk listM35 0EH: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listM35 0TX: not on the flood risk listM35 0TZ: not on the flood risk listM35 0UA: not on the flood risk listM35 0UE: not on the flood risk listM35 0UF: not on the flood risk listM35 0UG: not on the flood risk listM35 0UH: not on the flood risk listM35 0WA: not on the flood risk listM35 0WB: not on the flood risk listM35 0WG: not on the flood risk listM35 0WL: not on the flood risk listM35 0WP: not on the flood risk listM35 0WQ: not on the flood risk listM35 0WR: not on the flood risk listM35 0WS: not on the flood risk listM35 0WT: not on the flood risk listM35 0WU: not on the flood risk listM35 0WW: not on the flood risk listM35 0WX: not on the flood risk listM35 0WY: not on the flood risk listM35 9AB: not on the flood risk listM35 9AD: not on the flood risk listM35 9AE: not on the flood risk listM35 9AG: not on the flood risk listM35 9AH: not on the flood risk listM35 9AJ: not on the flood risk listM35 9AL: not on the flood risk listM35 9AN: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listM35 9HB: not on the flood risk listM35 9HD: not on the flood risk listM35 9HE: not on the flood risk listM35 9HF: not on the flood risk listM35 9HG: not on the flood risk listM35 9HH: not on the flood risk listM35 9HJ: not on the flood risk listM35 9HL: not on the flood risk listM35 9HN: not on the flood risk listM35 9HP: not on the flood risk listM35 9HQ: not on the flood risk listM35 9HR: not on the flood risk listM35 9HS: not on the flood risk listM35 9HT: not on the flood risk listM35 9HU: not on the flood risk listM35 9HW: not on the flood risk listM35 9HX: not on the flood risk listM35 9HY: not on the flood risk listM35 9HZ: not on the flood risk listM35 9JA: not on the flood risk listM35 9JB: not on the flood risk listM35 9JD: not on the flood risk listM35 9JE: not on the flood risk listM35 9JF: not on the flood risk listM35 9JG: not on the flood risk listM35 9JH: not on the flood risk listM35 9JJ: not on the flood risk listM35 9JL: not on the flood risk listM35 9JN: not on the flood risk listM35 9JR: not on the flood risk listM35 9JS: not on the flood risk listM35 9JT: not on the flood risk listM35 9JU: not on the flood risk listM35 9JW: not on the flood risk listM35 9JX: not on the flood risk listM35 9JY: not on the flood risk listM35 9JZ: not on the flood risk listM35 9LA: not on the flood risk listM35 9LB: not on the flood risk listM35 9LD: not on the flood risk listM35 9LE: not on the flood risk listM35 9LF: not on the flood risk listM35 9LG: not on the flood risk listM35 9LH: not on the flood risk listM35 9LJ: not on the flood risk listM35 9LL: not on the flood risk listM35 9LN: not on the flood risk listM35 9LP: not on the flood risk listM35 9LQ: not on the flood risk listM35 9LR: not on the flood risk listM35 9LS: not on the flood risk listM35 9LT: not on the flood risk listM35 9LU: not on the flood risk listM35 9LW: not on the flood risk listM35 9LX: not on the flood risk listM35 9LY: not on the flood risk listM35 9LZ: not on the flood risk listM35 9NA: not on the flood risk listM35 9NB: not on the flood risk listM35 9ND: not on the flood risk listM35 9NE: not on the flood risk listM35 9NF: not on the flood risk listM35 9NH: not on the flood risk listM35 9NZ: not on the flood risk listM35 9PA: not on the flood risk listM35 9PB: not on the flood risk listM35 9PD: not on the flood risk listM35 9PE: not on the flood risk listM35 9PF: not on the flood risk listM35 9PG: not on the flood risk listM35 9PH: not on the flood risk listM35 9PJ: not on the flood risk listM35 9PL: not on the flood risk listM35 9PP: not on the flood risk listM35 9PQ: not on the flood risk listM35 9PR: not on the flood risk listM35 9PS: not on the flood risk listM35 9PT: not on the flood risk listM35 9PU: not on the flood risk listM35 9PW: not on the flood risk listM35 9PX: not on the flood risk listM35 9PY: not on the flood risk listM35 9PZ: not on the flood risk listM35 9QA: not on the flood risk listM35 9QB: not on the flood risk listM35 9QD: not on the flood risk listM35 9QG: not on the flood risk listM35 9QH: not on the flood risk listM35 9QP: not on the flood risk listM35 9QQ: not on the flood risk listM35 9QY: not on the flood risk listM35 9RB: not on the flood risk listM35 9RD: not on the flood risk listM35 9RE: not on the flood risk listM35 9RF: not on the flood risk listM35 9RG: not on the flood risk listM35 9RQ: not on the flood risk listM35 9RR: not on the flood risk listM35 9WB: not on the flood risk listM35 9WD: not on the flood risk listM35 9WE: not on the flood risk listM35 9WF: not on the flood risk listM35 9WT: not on the flood risk listM35 9YJ: not on the flood risk listM40 1PN: not on the flood risk listOL8 3QH: not on the flood risk listOL8 3QJ: not on the flood risk listOL8 3QL: not on the flood risk listOL8 3QP: not on the flood risk listOL8 3RB: not on the flood risk listOL8 4EH: not on the flood risk listOL9 7AA: not on the flood risk listOL9 7HU: not on the flood risk listOL9 7JT: not on the flood risk list Failsworth Map of every postcode in Failsworth, by flood risk Of the 496 postcodes in Failsworth that ONS places, 496 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Failsworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A663 Failsworth
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 496

Of the 496 postcodes in Failsworth that ONS places, 496 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 53.5077, longitude -2.1561. 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 Failsworth?

Homes sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 452 of the 486 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 496 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has at least 6 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Moston, 2.0 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. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Failsworth?

Homes in Failsworth sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 183 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£215,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£213,750 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £344,000 18 sales
  • Semi-detached £249,850 86 sales
  • Terraced £173,750 78 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole M35 district, Failsworth's main postcode district: a typical £223,750.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Failsworth: 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 Failsworth?

16 of the 496 postcodes now in use in Failsworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 238 homes sold in Failsworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M35 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

M35 9FRsince May 2026M35 9FQsince July 2024M35 0ULsince June 2024M35 0UHsince April 2024M35 0TZsince January 2023M35 0TUsince October 2021

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

PeriodIn FailsworthAcross the M35 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 183 (0%) 0 of 203 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 238 (0%) 0 of 252 (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.

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 Failsworth?

Ofcom reports on 486 of the 496 postcodes in Failsworth. At 452 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit452 of 486
Postcodes where every home can get superfast484 of 486

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 Failsworth at risk of flooding?

None of the 496 postcodes in Failsworth is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Failsworth?

The open schools at the postcodes in Failsworth. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Failsworth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Failsworth is Moston Rail Station, 2.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Moston Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
  • Fairfield Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
  • Gorton Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle
  • Failsworth (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 550 mWalk
  • Hollinwood (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 1.5 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Failsworth?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Failsworth. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Failsworth 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 Failsworth. 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 postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Failsworth?

Councils
Oldham (495) and Manchester (1)
Parliamentary constituencies
Manchester Central (495) and Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton (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 Failsworth

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Failsworth is in Oldham; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Failsworth postcodes

496 postcodes in use in Failsworth, by district:

M35 postcode district,485 postcodesOL8 postcode district,6 postcodesOL9 postcode district,3 postcodesM40 postcode district,1 postcodeOL3 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are in the M postcode area and OL postcode area.

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Places near Failsworth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Failsworth's £215,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Droylsden2.7 km, £225,000Chadderton3.6 km, £215,000Audenshaw4.3 km, £240,500Ashton-under-Lyne4.5 km, £198,000Oldham4.8 km, £178,000Middleton5.6 km, £220,000Manchester5.9 km, £260,000Dukinfield6.1 km, £225,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Failsworth

What is it like to live in Failsworth?
Homes sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 452 of the 486 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 496 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has at least 6 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Moston, 2.0 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 Failsworth?
Failsworth is covered by postcode districts M35, M40, OL3, OL8 and OL9, across 496 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Failsworth?
Homes in Failsworth sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 183 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Failsworth?
In Failsworth, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, St John's Church of England Primary School and Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Teenage Kicks, Co-op Academy Failsworth and Spring Brook Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Failsworth have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Failsworth is Moston, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Failsworth?
Ofcom reports on 486 of the 496 postcodes in Failsworth. At 452 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Failsworth at risk of flooding?
None of the 496 postcodes in Failsworth is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Failsworth?
16 of the 496 postcodes now in use in Failsworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 238 homes sold in Failsworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M35 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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