Hale
Hale is covered by postcode districts M22, M90, SK9, WA14, WA15 and WA16. It is mostly in the Trafford council area: 533 of its 627 postcodes. The others are in Manchester and Cheshire East.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Hale (Trafford).
Every postcode in Hale, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 71
- Some can get gigabit: 90
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 410
- Ofcom gives no figure: 56
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 627 postcodes in Hale that ONS places, 71 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 90 have some that can, 410 can all get it and 56 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 160 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 53.3719, longitude -2.3205. 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
71 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
5 further out, not drawn
These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.
What is it like to live in Hale?
Homes sold for a typical £700,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 410 of the 571 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 627 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 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hale, 1.9 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 Hale?
Homes in Hale sold for a typical £700,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 204 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £725,000 from 267 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £981,000 78 sales
- Semi-detached £612,500 60 sales
- Terraced £558,770 47 sales
- Flat or maisonette £350,000 19 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WA15 district, Hale's main postcode district: a typical £511,250.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hale: 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 Hale?
7 of the 627 postcodes now in use in Hale came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 267 homes sold in Hale were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA15 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 Hale | Across the WA15 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 204 (0%) | 0 of 500 (0%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 267 (0%) | 0 of 709 (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 Hale?
Ofcom reports on 571 of the 627 postcodes in Hale. At 410 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 Hale at risk of flooding?
None of the 627 postcodes in Hale 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 Hale?
The open schools at the postcodes in Hale. 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
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 Hale?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hale is Hale Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.
- Hale Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
- Ashley Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
- Altrincham Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
- Altrincham (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 2.5 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 Hale?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Hale. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Shay Lane Medical Centre (Kelman) Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 980 3835 350 mWalk
- Shay Lane Medical Centre (Patel) Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 980 2656 350 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Hale 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 Hale. 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 Hale?
- Councils
- Trafford (533), Manchester (88) and Cheshire East (6)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Altrincham and Sale West (533), Wythenshawe and Sale East (88) and Tatton (6)
- Police force areas
- Greater Manchester (621) and Cheshire (6)
- 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 Hale
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Hale is in Trafford; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Trafford about council tax Council tax, on trafford.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Hale
- 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
Hale postcodes
627 postcodes in use in Hale, by district:
Those districts are in the WA postcode area, M postcode area and SK postcode area.
Check a Hale postcode
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 Hale
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hale's £700,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Hale
- What is the postcode for Hale?
- Postcode districts M22, M90, SK9, WA14, WA15 and WA16, with 627 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Hale?
- A typical £700,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 204 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Hale?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include St Ambrose Prep School, Well Green Primary School and Elmridge Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Saint Ambrose College. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Hale have a railway station?
- The nearest is Hale station, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Hale?
- Ofcom reports on 571 of the 627 postcodes in Hale. At 410 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Is Hale at risk of flooding?
- None of the 627 postcodes in Hale 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 Hale?
- 7 of the 627 postcodes now in use in Hale came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 267 homes sold in Hale were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WA15 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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