Manchester
Manchester is covered by postcode districts M8, M9, M14, M19, M20, M40 and 18 more. It is mostly in the Manchester council area: 12,099 of its 12,125 postcodes. The others are in Stockport, Trafford, Oldham and 3 others.
Every postcode in Manchester, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 142
- At medium risk at worst: 277
- At low risk at worst: 748
- At very low risk only: 42
- Not on the at-risk list: 10,916
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 12,125 postcodes in Manchester that ONS places, 142 have a home or business at high risk, 277 are at medium risk at worst, 748 are at low risk at worst, 42 are at very low risk only and 10,916 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. 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.4714, longitude -2.2204. 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
142 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 159 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. M16 8QW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 74 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. M14 6UT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 21 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. M1 5AL, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 20 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. M40 5LS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. M14 7EP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. M14 6BP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Manchester?
Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.1% on the 12 months before. At 9,819 of the 11,425 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5,007 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,209 of its 12,125 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ardwick, 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 Manchester?
Homes in Manchester sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 3,251 sales, up 5.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £380,000 114 sales
- Semi-detached £318,000 883 sales
- Terraced £258,125 986 sales
- Flat or maisonette £217,750 1,268 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole M40 district, Manchester's main postcode district: a typical £225,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Manchester: 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 Manchester?
565 of the 12,125 postcodes now in use in Manchester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 212 of the 4,113 homes sold in Manchester were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M40 district, 8%.
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 Manchester | Across the M40 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 84 of 3,251 (3%) | 2 of 272 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 212 of 4,113 (5%) | 27 of 358 (8%) |
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 Manchester?
Ofcom reports on 11,425 of the 12,125 postcodes in Manchester. At 9,819 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 Manchester at risk of flooding?
1,209 of the 12,125 postcodes in Manchester 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 5,007 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 Manchester?
The open schools at the postcodes in Manchester (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
- Co-op Academy Medlock300 m 357 pupils, 500 places
- Sol Christian Academy500 m 34 pupils, 50 places
- St Luke's CofE Primary School950 m 405 pupils, 485 places
- Armitage CofE Primary School1.0 km 490 pupils, 500 places
- St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School1.1 km 410 pupils, 465 places
- St Anne's RC Primary School1.1 km 182 pupils, 218 places
- Manchester Hospital School1.1 km
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School1.2 km 465 pupils, 494 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 Manchester?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Manchester is Ardwick Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Ardwick Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Manchester Piccadilly Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
- Manchester Oxford Road Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- Piccadilly (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 900 mWalk
- New Islington (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 1.1 kmWalk
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 Manchester?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Manchester, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Ardwick Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 274 1500 300 mWalk
- Brunswick Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 532 4141 300 mWalk
- Vallance Medical Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 820 4030 300 mWalk
- West Gorton Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report June 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 223 5226 1.2 kmWalk
- Ancoats Urban Village Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report October 2025 · Phone 0161 272 5656 1.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Manchester 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 Manchester. 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 Manchester?
- Councils
- Manchester (12,099), Stockport (9), Trafford (8) and 4 others
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Manchester Central (3,828), Manchester Rusholme (2,371), Blackley and Middleton South (2,169) and 7 others
- 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 Manchester
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Manchester is in Manchester; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Manchester about council tax Council tax, on manchester.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Manchester
- 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
Manchester postcodes
12,125 postcodes in use in Manchester, by district:
Those districts are in the M postcode area and SK postcode area.
Check a Manchester 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 Manchester
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Manchester's £260,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Manchester
- What is it like to live in Manchester?
- Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.1% on the 12 months before. At 9,819 of the 11,425 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5,007 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,209 of its 12,125 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ardwick, 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 Manchester?
- Manchester is covered by postcode districts M8, M9, M14, M19, M20, M40 and 18 more, across 12,125 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Manchester?
- Homes in Manchester sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 3,251 sales, up 5.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Manchester?
- In Manchester, primary schools at its postcodes include Co-op Academy Medlock, Sol Christian Academy and St Luke's CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Sol Christian Academy, Manchester Hospital School and Dean Trust Ardwick. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Manchester have a railway station?
- Yes: Ardwick is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Manchester, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Manchester?
- Ofcom reports on 11,425 of the 12,125 postcodes in Manchester. At 9,819 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Manchester at risk of flooding?
- 1,209 of the 12,125 postcodes in Manchester 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 5,007 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 Manchester?
- 565 of the 12,125 postcodes now in use in Manchester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 212 of the 4,113 homes sold in Manchester were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M40 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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