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.
Every postcode in Failsworth, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 5
- Some can get gigabit: 29
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 452
- Ofcom gives no figure: 10
Of the 496 postcodes in Failsworth that ONS places, 5 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 29 have some that can, 452 can all get it and 10 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. 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
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.
What is it like to live in Failsworth?
Homes sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. 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 6 primary schools and 2 secondary schools 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.
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 Failsworth?
Homes in Failsworth sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 187 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £213,750 from 240 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £346,000 21 sales
- Semi-detached £250,000 92 sales
- Terraced £176,000 72 sales
- Flat or maisonette 2 sales, 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 £228,950.
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 October 2026.
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 September 2025, 0 of the 240 homes sold in Failsworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M35 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 Failsworth | Across the M35 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 187 (0%) | 0 of 208 (0%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 240 (0%) | 0 of 255 (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 Failsworth?
Ofcom reports on 486 of the 496 postcodes in Failsworth. At 452 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 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
- St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy400 m 450 pupils, 480 places
- St John's Church of England Primary School450 m 255 pupils, 311 places
- Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School500 m 237 pupils, 236 places
- Mather Street Primary School700 m 204 pupils, 240 places
- Higher Failsworth Primary School850 m 396 pupils, 474 places
- South Failsworth Community Primary School1.0 km 441 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 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
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.
- Medlock Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2025 · Phone 0161 357 1610 250 mWalk
- Quayside Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2023 · Phone 0161 357 1600 250 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
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 postcodeSource: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.
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: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
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.
- Tell Oldham about council tax Council tax, on oldham.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Failsworth
- 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
Failsworth postcodes
496 postcodes in use in Failsworth, by district:
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.
Quick answers about Failsworth
- What is the postcode for Failsworth?
- Postcode districts M35, M40, OL3, OL8 and OL9, with 496 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Failsworth?
- A typical £215,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 187 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are 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 Co-op Academy Failsworth and Greater Manchester Independent School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Failsworth have a railway station?
- The nearest is Moston station, 2.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- 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.
- 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. River and sea risk for the land, not 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 September 2025, 0 of the 240 homes sold in Failsworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M35 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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