Little Hulton
Little Hulton is covered by postcode districts BL5, M28 and M38. It is mostly in the Salford council area: 577 of its 592 postcodes. The others are in Bolton.
Every postcode in Little Hulton, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 1
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 2
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 589
Of the 592 postcodes in Little Hulton that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 589 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5301, longitude -2.4186. 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.
What is it like to live in Little Hulton?
Homes sold for a typical £212,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.6% on the 12 months before. At 530 of the 575 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 592 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Walkden, 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.
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 Little Hulton?
Homes in Little Hulton sold for a typical £212,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 173 sales, up 11.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £190,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £212,000
▲ up 11.6% on the 12 months before
Across the whole M38 district, Little Hulton's main postcode district: a typical £182,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Little Hulton: 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 Little Hulton?
35 of the 592 postcodes now in use in Little Hulton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 258 homes sold in Little Hulton were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M38 district, 15%.
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 Little Hulton | Across the M38 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 173 (Under 1%) | 1 of 71 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 1 of 258 (Under 1%) | 20 of 131 (15%) |
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 Little Hulton?
Ofcom reports on 575 of the 592 postcodes in Little Hulton. At 530 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Little Hulton at risk of flooding?
3 of the 592 postcodes in Little Hulton 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 2 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 Little Hulton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Little Hulton (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
- Hilton Lane Primary School600 m
- Bridgewater Primary School600 m 442 pupils, 446 places
- St Edmund's RC Primary School600 m 339 pupils, 315 places
- St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School650 m 311 pupils, 340 places
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School700 m 229 pupils, 240 places
- Dukesgate Academy700 m 227 pupils, 175 places
- Peel Hall Primary School750 m 416 pupils, 480 places
- North Walkden Primary School1.3 km 220 pupils, 236 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 Little Hulton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Little Hulton is Walkden Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.
- Walkden Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
- Farnworth Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
- Moses Gate Rail Station Railway station 3.1 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 Little Hulton?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Little Hulton, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Cherry Medical Practice300 m
- Dearden Avenue Medical Practice300 m
- Manchester Road East Medical Practice300 m
- Salford Primary Care Together300 m
- Cleggs Lane Medical Practice/129550 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Little Hulton 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 Little Hulton. 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 Little Hulton?
- Councils
- Salford (577) and Bolton (15)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bolton South and Walkden (577) and Bolton West (15)
- 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: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Little Hulton
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
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- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Little Hulton
- 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
Little Hulton postcodes
592 postcodes in use in Little Hulton, by district:
Those districts are in the M postcode area and BL postcode area.
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Places near Little Hulton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Little Hulton's £212,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Little Hulton
- What is it like to live in Little Hulton?
- Homes sold for a typical £212,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.6% on the 12 months before. At 530 of the 575 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 592 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Walkden, 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. 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 Little Hulton?
- Little Hulton is covered by postcode districts BL5, M28 and M38, across 592 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Little Hulton?
- Homes in Little Hulton sold for a typical £212,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 173 sales, up 11.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Little Hulton?
- In Little Hulton, primary schools at its postcodes include Hilton Lane Primary School, Bridgewater Primary School and St Edmund's RC Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Star Salford Academy and The Lowry Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Little Hulton have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Little Hulton is Walkden, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Little Hulton?
- Ofcom reports on 575 of the 592 postcodes in Little Hulton. At 530 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Little Hulton at risk of flooding?
- 3 of the 592 postcodes in Little Hulton 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 2 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 Little Hulton?
- 35 of the 592 postcodes now in use in Little Hulton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 258 homes sold in Little Hulton were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M38 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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