Radcliffe
Radcliffe is covered by postcode districts BL0, BL9, M26 and M45. It is in the Bury council area, England.
Every postcode in Radcliffe, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 24
- In use before 2020: 707
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 731 postcodes in Radcliffe that ONS places, 24 are new since 2020 and 707 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 53.5635, longitude -2.3283. 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M26 6DT, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Radcliffe?
Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.5% on the 12 months before. 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 at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 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.
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 Radcliffe?
Homes in Radcliffe sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 292 sales, down 1.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £327,500 46 sales
- Semi-detached £227,000 115 sales
- Terraced £168,000 113 sales
- Flat or maisonette £106,500 18 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 £200,000.
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 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 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 August 2025, 0 of the 353 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 August 2026 | 0 of 292 (0%) | 0 of 348 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 353 (0%) | 0 of 438 (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 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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
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, 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 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.
Primary
- Gorsefield Primary School200 m 332 pupils, 432 places
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy400 m 326 pupils, 472 places
- Millwood Primary Special School550 m 192 pupils, 190 places
- Imagine Wellbeing Primary Ltd850 m
- 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
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 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
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
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
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 (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
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: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
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 £200,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Radcliffe
- What is it like to live in Radcliffe?
- Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.5% on the 12 months before. 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 at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 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. 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 Radcliffe?
- Radcliffe is covered by postcode districts BL0, BL9, M26 and M45, across 731 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Radcliffe in?
- Radcliffe is in the Bury council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Radcliffe?
- Homes in Radcliffe sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 292 sales, down 1.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Radcliffe?
- In Radcliffe, primary schools at its postcodes include Gorsefield Primary School, St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy and Millwood Primary Special School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Star Radcliffe Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Radcliffe have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Radcliffe is Kearsley, 3.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 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). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out 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 August 2025, 0 of the 353 homes sold in Radcliffe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M26 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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