Urmston
Urmston is covered by postcode districts M17, M30, M31, M32 and M41. It is mostly in the Trafford council area: 1,007 of its 1,011 postcodes. The others are in Salford.
Every postcode in Urmston, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 18
- Some can get gigabit: 43
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 927
- Ofcom gives no figure: 23
Of the 1,011 postcodes in Urmston that ONS places, 18 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 43 have some that can, 927 can all get it and 23 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 53.4508, longitude -2.3657. 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 Urmston?
Homes sold for a typical £352,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 927 of the 988 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 78 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 48 of its 1,011 postcodes. It has 13 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chassen Road, 550 metres 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 Urmston?
Homes in Urmston sold for a typical £352,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 493 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £334,000 from 560 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £526,500 76 sales
- Semi-detached £355,000 266 sales
- Terraced £320,000 103 sales
- Flat or maisonette £169,950 48 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole M41 district, Urmston's main postcode district: a typical £352,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Urmston: 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 Urmston?
18 of the 1,011 postcodes now in use in Urmston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 3 of the 560 homes sold in Urmston were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M41 district, Under 1%.
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 Urmston | Across the M41 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 493 (0%) | 0 of 489 (0%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 3 of 560 (Under 1%) | 3 of 552 (Under 1%) |
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 Urmston?
Ofcom reports on 988 of the 1,011 postcodes in Urmston. At 927 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 Urmston at risk of flooding?
48 of the 1,011 postcodes in Urmston 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 78 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 Urmston?
The open schools at the postcodes in Urmston (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
- English Martyrs' RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy450 m 209 pupils, 230 places
- Urmston Primary School450 m 497 pupils, 516 places
- Abbotsford Preparatory School500 m 155 pupils, 196 places
- St Mary's CofE Primary School500 m 174 pupils, 210 places
- Woodhouse Primary School750 m 228 pupils, 210 places
- Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy800 m 230 pupils, 210 places
- Flixton Primary School850 m 439 pupils, 428 places
- Davyhulme Primary School1.0 km 511 pupils, 542 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 Urmston?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Urmston is Chassen Road Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.
- Chassen Road Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
- Urmston Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
- Flixton Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- The Trafford Centre (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 2.2 kmCycle
- Trafford Palazzo (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 2.3 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 Urmston?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Urmston. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Flixton Road Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2024 · Phone 0161 748 2021 350 mWalk
- Primrose Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 747 2424 800 mWalk
- Davyhulme Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 748 5559 950 mWalk
- Urmston Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 0161 755 9870 1.9 kmCycle
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Urmston 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 Urmston. 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 Urmston?
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Stretford and Urmston (1,007) and Worsley and Eccles (4)
- 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 Urmston
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Urmston is in Trafford; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Trafford about council tax Council tax, on trafford.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Urmston
- 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
Urmston postcodes
1,011 postcodes in use in Urmston, by district:
Those districts are all in the M postcode area.
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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 Urmston
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Urmston's £352,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Urmston
- What is the postcode for Urmston?
- Postcode districts M17, M30, M31, M32 and M41, with 1,011 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Urmston?
- A typical £352,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 493 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Urmston?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include English Martyrs' RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Urmston Primary School and Abbotsford Preparatory School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Urmston Grammar Academy, Flixton Girls School and Wellacre Technology Academy. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Urmston have a railway station?
- Yes: Chassen Road station, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Urmston?
- Ofcom reports on 988 of the 1,011 postcodes in Urmston. At 927 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Urmston at risk of flooding?
- 48 of the 1,011 postcodes in Urmston 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 78 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 Urmston?
- 18 of the 1,011 postcodes now in use in Urmston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 3 of the 560 homes sold in Urmston were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M41 district, Under 1%. 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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