Prestwich
Prestwich is covered by postcode districts M8, M25 and M45. It is in the Bury council area, England.
Every postcode in Prestwich, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 21
- In use before 2020: 771
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 792 postcodes in Prestwich that ONS places, 21 are new since 2020 and 771 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5279, longitude -2.2766. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Prestwich?
Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 669 of the 756 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 42 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 792 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Clifton (Manchester), 2.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
What do homes cost in Prestwich?
Homes in Prestwich sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 294 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £295,000 from 389 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £467,500 32 sales
- Semi-detached £320,000 149 sales
- Terraced £277,500 74 sales
- Flat or maisonette £170,000 39 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole M25 district, Prestwich's main postcode district: a typical £300,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Prestwich: 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.
Are new homes being built in Prestwich?
21 of the 792 postcodes now in use in Prestwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 389 homes sold in Prestwich were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M25 district, 2%.
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 Prestwich | Across the M25 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 6 of 294 (2%) | 6 of 296 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 8 of 389 (2%) | 8 of 405 (2%) |
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.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What broadband can you get in Prestwich?
Ofcom reports on 756 of the 792 postcodes in Prestwich. At 669 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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is Prestwich at risk of flooding?
7 of the 792 postcodes in Prestwich 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 42 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
Which schools are in Prestwich?
The open schools at the postcodes in Prestwich (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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
- Park View Primary School150 m 425 pupils, 403 places
- St Hilda's Church of England Primary School600 m 184 pupils, 210 places
- St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich700 m 240 pupils, 210 places
- Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy850 m 423 pupils, 420 places
- Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy850 m 437 pupils, 420 places
- Sedgley Park Community Primary School1.1 km 242 pupils, 271 places
- Butterstile Primary School1.1 km 382 pupils, 446 places
- Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School1.4 km 278 pupils, 445 places
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
How far is the station from Prestwich?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Prestwich is Clifton (Manchester) Rail Station, 2.6 km away in a straight line.
- Clifton (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
- Swinton (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle
- Salford Crescent Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
- Heaton Park (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 700 mWalk
- Prestwich (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 700 mWalk
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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Which GP surgeries are in Prestwich?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Prestwich, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Whittaker Lane Med Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 773 1580 550 mWalk
- Fairfax Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 0161 773 2483 800 mWalk
- Longfield Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 773 0494 800 mWalk
- St Gabriel's Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2023 · Phone 0161 773 1791 1.1 kmWalk
- Greyland Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2026 · Phone 0161 798 9818 1.1 kmWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Prestwich 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 Prestwich. 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, from its download of 30 September 2026.
Who runs Prestwich?
- Council
- Bury
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bury South
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Christian Wakeford (Labour)
All 792 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.
Moving to Prestwich
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Bury about council tax Council tax, on bury.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Prestwich
- 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
Prestwich postcodes
792 postcodes in use in Prestwich, by district:
Those districts are all in the M postcode area.
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Places near Prestwich
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Prestwich's £300,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Prestwich
- What is the postcode for Prestwich?
- Postcode districts M8, M25 and M45, with 792 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Prestwich in?
- Bury. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Prestwich?
- Christian Wakeford (Labour), for Bury South. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Prestwich?
- A typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 294 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Prestwich?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Park View Primary School, St Hilda's Church of England Primary School and St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich; secondary schools at its postcodes include Manchester Mesivta School, St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy and The Heys School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Prestwich have a railway station?
- The nearest is Clifton (Manchester) station, 2.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Prestwich?
- Ofcom reports on 756 of the 792 postcodes in Prestwich. At 669 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Prestwich at risk of flooding?
- 7 of the 792 postcodes in Prestwich 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 42 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Prestwich?
- 21 of the 792 postcodes now in use in Prestwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 389 homes sold in Prestwich were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M25 district, 2%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Environment Agency flood risk
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- Care Quality Commission
- data.police.uk: police.uk
- UK Parliament
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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