Irlam
Irlam is covered by postcode districts M30, M41, M44 and WA3. It is mostly in the Salford council area: 465 of its 472 postcodes. The others are in Warrington and Trafford.
Every postcode in Irlam, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 1
- In use before 2020: 471
Of the 472 postcodes in Irlam that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 471 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. 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 53.4404, longitude -2.4267. 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 newest postcode
What is it like to live in Irlam?
Homes sold for a typical £233,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 435 of the 468 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 232 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 56 of its 472 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Irlam, 800 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 Irlam?
Homes in Irlam sold for a typical £233,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 197 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £350,000 28 sales
- Semi-detached £250,000 89 sales
- Terraced £215,000 60 sales
- Flat or maisonette £123,850 20 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole M44 district, Irlam's main postcode district: a typical £234,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Irlam: 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 Irlam?
1 of the 472 postcodes now in use in Irlam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 311 homes sold in Irlam were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M44 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 Irlam | Across the M44 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 197 (0%) | 0 of 196 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 311 (0%) | 0 of 310 (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 Irlam?
Ofcom reports on 468 of the 472 postcodes in Irlam. At 435 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 Irlam at risk of flooding?
56 of the 472 postcodes in Irlam 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 232 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 Irlam?
The open schools at the postcodes in Irlam (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy450 m 236 pupils, 204 places
- Irlam Primary School750 m 456 pupils, 472 places
- Irlam Endowed Primary School1.0 km 226 pupils, 248 places
- Cadishead Primary Academy1.2 km 210 pupils, 420 places
- Moss Valley Primary Academy1.6 km 183 pupils, 175 places
- St Joseph the Worker RC Primary School1.6 km 182 pupils, 236 places
- Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School1.7 km 142 pupils, 210 places
- St Mary's CofE Primary School2.0 km 209 pupils, 240 places
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 Irlam?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Irlam is Irlam Rail Station, 800 m away in a straight line.
- Irlam Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
- Glazebrook Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
- Flixton Rail Station Railway station 2.8 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 Irlam?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Irlam. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Mosslands Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 776 0737 450 mWalk
- Chapel Group Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 775 7373 1.1 kmWalk
- (Irlam) Salford Care Ctrs Medical Practi Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 775 0000 1.2 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Irlam 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 Irlam. 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 (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Irlam?
- Councils
- Salford (465), Warrington (6) and Trafford (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Worsley and Eccles (465), Warrington North (6) and Stretford and Urmston (1)
- Police force areas
- Greater Manchester (466) 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: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Irlam
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Irlam is in Salford; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Salford about council tax Council tax, on salford.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Irlam
- 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
Irlam postcodes
472 postcodes in use in Irlam, by district:
Those districts are in the M postcode area and WA 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 Irlam
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Irlam's £233,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Irlam
- What is it like to live in Irlam?
- Homes sold for a typical £233,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 435 of the 468 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 232 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 56 of its 472 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Irlam, 800 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 Irlam?
- Irlam is covered by postcode districts M30, M41, M44 and WA3, across 472 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Irlam?
- Homes in Irlam sold for a typical £233,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 197 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Irlam?
- In Irlam, primary schools at its postcodes include St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy, Irlam Primary School and Irlam Endowed Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Irlam and Cadishead Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Irlam have a railway station?
- Yes: Irlam is 800 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Irlam, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Irlam?
- Ofcom reports on 468 of the 472 postcodes in Irlam. At 435 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Irlam at risk of flooding?
- 56 of the 472 postcodes in Irlam 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 232 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 Irlam?
- 1 of the 472 postcodes now in use in Irlam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 311 homes sold in Irlam were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M44 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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