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.
Every postcode in Handforth, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 15
- In use before 2020: 211
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 226 postcodes in Handforth that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 211 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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.
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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SK9 3GD, is the newest of them.
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.
- Detached £490,000 21 sales
- Semi-detached £334,250 22 sales
- Terraced £316,500 32 sales
- Flat or maisonette £164,975 22 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
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
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 Handforth | Across 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.
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, 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.
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
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.
- Handforth Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01625 529421 300 mWalk
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
- 73 September 2025
- 73 October 2025
- 72 November 2025
- 68 December 2025
- 70 January 2026
- 67 February 2026
- 76 March 2026
- 76 April 2026
- 94 May 2026
- 85 June 2026
- 95 July 2026
- 78 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 postcodeSource: 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. Most of Handforth is in Cheshire East; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Cheshire East about council tax Council tax, on cheshireeast.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Handforth
- 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
Handforth postcodes
226 postcodes in use in Handforth, by district:
Those districts are all in the SK postcode area.
Check a Handforth 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 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.
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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