Radcliffe
Radcliffe is covered by postcode districts BL0, BL9, M26 and M45. It is in the Bury council area, England.
Every postcode in Radcliffe, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 10
- Some can get gigabit: 83
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 620
- Ofcom gives no figure: 18
Of the 731 postcodes in Radcliffe that ONS places, 10 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 83 have some that can, 620 can all get it and 18 have no Ofcom figure.
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 53.5635, longitude -2.3283. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 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.
What is it like to live in Radcliffe?
Homes sold for a typical £202,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 620 of the 713 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 523 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 106 of its 731 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kearsley, 3.8 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 Radcliffe?
Homes in Radcliffe sold for a typical £202,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 304 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £200,000 from 356 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £320,000 43 sales
- Semi-detached £230,000 119 sales
- Terraced £169,000 116 sales
- Flat or maisonette £113,500 26 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole M26 district, Radcliffe's main postcode district: a typical £205,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Radcliffe: 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 October 2026.
Are new homes being built in Radcliffe?
24 of the 731 postcodes now in use in Radcliffe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 356 homes sold in Radcliffe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M26 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 Radcliffe | Across the M26 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 304 (0%) | 0 of 370 (0%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 356 (0%) | 0 of 439 (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.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Radcliffe?
Ofcom reports on 713 of the 731 postcodes in Radcliffe. At 620 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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is Radcliffe at risk of flooding?
106 of the 731 postcodes in Radcliffe 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 523 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 Radcliffe?
The open schools at the postcodes in Radcliffe (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
- Gorsefield Primary School200 m 332 pupils, 432 places
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy400 m 326 pupils, 472 places
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe1.0 km 216 pupils, 210 places
- Wesley Methodist Primary School1.1 km 320 pupils, 315 places
- Radcliffe Primary School1.2 km 228 pupils, 410 places
- Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School1.2 km 295 pupils, 376 places
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe1.3 km 223 pupils, 240 places
- Chapelfield Primary School1.4 km 288 pupils, 251 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 Radcliffe?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Radcliffe is Kearsley Rail Station, 3.8 km away in a straight line.
- Kearsley Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
- Farnworth Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle
- Clifton (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
- Radcliffe (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 500 mWalk
- Whitefield (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Which GP surgeries are in Radcliffe?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Radcliffe. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Radcliffe Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 724 2062 500 mWalk
- Red Bank Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 724 2042 500 mWalk
- Monarch Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 723 0123 750 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Radcliffe 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 Radcliffe. 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 Radcliffe?
- Council
- Bury
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bury South (598) and Bury North (133)
- 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: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
Moving to Radcliffe
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 Radcliffe
- 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
Radcliffe postcodes
731 postcodes in use in Radcliffe, by district:
Those districts are in the M postcode area and BL postcode area.
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Places near Radcliffe
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Radcliffe's £202,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Radcliffe
- What is the postcode for Radcliffe?
- Postcode districts BL0, BL9, M26 and M45, with 731 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Radcliffe in?
- Bury. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Radcliffe?
- A typical £202,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 304 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Radcliffe?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Gorsefield Primary School, St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy and St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe; secondary schools at its postcodes include Star Radcliffe Academy. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Radcliffe have a railway station?
- The nearest is Kearsley station, 3.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Radcliffe?
- Ofcom reports on 713 of the 731 postcodes in Radcliffe. At 620 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Is Radcliffe at risk of flooding?
- 106 of the 731 postcodes in Radcliffe 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 523 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 Radcliffe?
- 24 of the 731 postcodes now in use in Radcliffe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 356 homes sold in Radcliffe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M26 district, 0%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- 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
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information.
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