Handforth

Handforth is covered by postcode districts SK8 and SK9. It is mostly in the Cheshire East council area: 220 of its 226 postcodes. The others are in Stockport.

Typical price £325,000 Homes sold in Handforth, last 12 months. ▼ 11.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 206 of 226 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 12 of 226 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Handforth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Handforth, by flood risk Of the 226 postcodes in Handforth that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 214 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Handforth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A555 SK8 6GW: not on the flood risk listSK8 6PR: not on the flood risk listSK8 6QZ: not on the flood risk listSK8 6RX: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AB: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AD: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AE: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AG: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AN: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AP: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AR: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AS: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AT: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AU: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AW: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AX: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AY: not on the flood risk listSK9 3AZ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3BA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3BB: not on the flood risk listSK9 3BD: not on the flood risk listSK9 3BE: not on the flood risk listSK9 3BF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3BG: not on the flood risk listSK9 3BH: not on the flood risk listSK9 3BJ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3BL: not on 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listSK9 3DY: not on the flood risk listSK9 3DZ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3EA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3EB: not on the flood risk listSK9 3EE: not on the flood risk listSK9 3EF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3EN: not on the flood risk listSK9 3EQ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3ER: not on the flood risk listSK9 3ES: not on the flood risk listSK9 3EW: not on the flood risk listSK9 3EZ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3FB: not on the flood risk listSK9 3FR: not on the flood risk listSK9 3FS: not on the flood risk listSK9 3FX: not on the flood risk listSK9 3GA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3GD: not on the flood risk listSK9 3GE: not on the flood risk listSK9 3GF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3GG: not on the flood risk listSK9 3GH: not on the flood risk listSK9 3GL: not on the flood risk listSK9 3GN: not on the flood risk listSK9 3GP: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HB: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HD: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HE: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HG: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HL: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HN: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HP: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HQ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HR: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HX: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HY: not on the flood risk listSK9 3HZ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JB: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JD: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JG: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JL: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JN: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JP: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JR: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JS: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JT: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JU: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JW: not on the flood risk listSK9 3JX: not on the flood risk listSK9 3LA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3LF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3LL: not on the flood risk listSK9 3LN: not on the flood risk 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listSK9 3RR: not on the flood risk listSK9 3RS: not on the flood risk listSK9 3RT: not on the flood risk listSK9 3RU: not on the flood risk listSK9 3RW: not on the flood risk listSK9 3RX: not on the flood risk listSK9 3RY: not on the flood risk listSK9 3RZ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SB: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SD: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SE: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SG: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SH: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SJ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SL: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SN: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SP: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SQ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SR: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SS: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SU: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SW: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SX: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SY: not on the flood risk listSK9 3SZ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3TA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3TB: not on the flood risk listSK9 3TD: not on the flood risk listSK9 3TE: not on the flood risk listSK9 3TF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3TG: not on the flood risk listSK9 3TJ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3TW: not on the flood risk listSK9 3UA: not on the flood risk listSK9 3UB: not on the flood risk listSK9 3UE: not on the flood risk listSK9 3UF: not on the flood risk listSK9 3UG: not on the flood risk listSK9 3UH: not on the flood risk listSK9 3UJ: not on the flood risk listSK9 3UL: not on the flood risk listSK8 6GN: low flood risk at worstSK8 6PT: low flood risk at worstSK8 6QE: low flood risk at worstSK8 6QL: low flood risk at worstSK8 6QS: low flood risk at worstSK9 3RN: low flood risk at worstSK9 3UD: low flood risk at worstSK9 3AQ: medium flood risk at worstSK9 3UN: medium flood risk at worstSK8 6QH: high flood riskSK9 3AH: high flood riskSK9 3HW: high flood risk Handforth Map of every postcode in Handforth, by flood risk Of the 226 postcodes in Handforth that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 214 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Handforth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A555 Handforth
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 214

Of the 226 postcodes in Handforth that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 214 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.3501, longitude -2.2141. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SK9 3HW4 at high riskSK8 6QH3 at high riskSK9 3AH1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Handforth?

Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 11.3% on the 12 months before. At 206 of the 226 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 226 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Handforth, 400 metres 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 Handforth?

Homes in Handforth sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 97 sales, down 11.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£325,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£366,250
12 months to August 2026
£325,000

▼ down 11.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£490,000 21 sales
Semi-detached£334,250 22 sales
Terraced£316,500 32 sales
Flat or maisonette£164,975 22 sales

Across the whole SK9 district, Handforth's main postcode district: a typical £450,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Handforth: 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 Handforth?

15 of the 226 postcodes now in use in Handforth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 168 homes sold in Handforth were newly built (18%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SK9 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

SK9 3HRsince April 2024SK8 6GWsince March 2024SK9 3GDsince June 2023SK9 3DDsince April 2023SK9 3FXsince April 2023SK9 3FSsince March 2023

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 HandforthAcross the SK9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 15 of 97 (15%) 23 of 584 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 31 of 168 (18%) 100 of 859 (12%)

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 Handforth?

Ofcom reports on 226 of the 226 postcodes in Handforth. At 206 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit206 of 226
Postcodes where every home can get superfast221 of 226

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 Handforth at risk of flooding?

12 of the 226 postcodes in Handforth 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 16 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 12 of 226 postcodes High: 8Medium: 8Low: 117

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, 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 Handforth?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Handforth. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Handforth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Handforth is Handforth Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.

  • Handforth Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
  • Styal Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
  • Heald Green Rail Station Railway station 2.6 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 Handforth?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Handforth. 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 Handforth safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 927 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Handforth over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. The mile also takes in part of Greater Manchester's police force, which has published nothing to Police.uk: crimes there are not in these figures. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 73 September 2025
  2. 73 October 2025
  3. 72 November 2025
  4. 68 December 2025
  5. 70 January 2026
  6. 67 February 2026
  7. 76 March 2026
  8. 76 April 2026
  9. 94 May 2026
  10. 85 June 2026
  11. 95 July 2026
  12. 78 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences324 reports
Shoplifting124 reports
Public order99 reports
Other theft77 reports
Anti-social behaviour76 reports
Criminal damage and arson61 reports
Drugs43 reports
Burglary35 reports

Also: other crime 27, vehicle crime 24, bicycle theft 14, theft from the person 8, robbery 8, possession of weapons 7.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

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

Who runs Handforth?

Councils
Cheshire East (220) and Stockport (6)
Parliamentary constituencies
Tatton (220) and Cheadle (6)
Police force areas
Cheshire (220) and Greater Manchester (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: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Moving to Handforth

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Handforth postcodes

226 postcodes in use in Handforth, by district:

SK9 postcode district,216 postcodesSK8 postcode district,10 postcodes

Those districts are all in the SK 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 Handforth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Handforth's £325,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Cheadle Hulme2.7 km, £440,000Wilmslow2.8 km, £450,000Woodford3.7 km, £620,000Bramhall3.9 km, £520,750Gatley4.5 km, £410,000Cheadle4.6 km, £325,000Alderley Edge5.5 km, £520,000Wythenshawe5.5 km, £273,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Handforth

What is it like to live in Handforth?
Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 11.3% on the 12 months before. At 206 of the 226 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 226 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Handforth, 400 metres 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 Handforth?
Handforth is covered by postcode districts SK8 and SK9, across 226 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Handforth?
Homes in Handforth sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 97 sales, down 11.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Handforth?
In Handforth, primary schools at its postcodes include Handforth Grange Primary School and St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Royal School, Manchester, 1.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Handforth have a railway station?
Yes: Handforth is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Handforth, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Handforth?
Ofcom reports on 226 of the 226 postcodes in Handforth. At 206 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Handforth at risk of flooding?
12 of the 226 postcodes in Handforth 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 16 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Handforth?
15 of the 226 postcodes now in use in Handforth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 168 homes sold in Handforth were newly built (18%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SK9 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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