Walkden
Walkden is covered by postcode district M28. It is mostly in the Salford council area: 366 of its 426 postcodes. The others are in Wigan.
Every postcode in Walkden, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 15
- In use before 2020: 411
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 426 postcodes in Walkden that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 411 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 53.5172, longitude -2.4015. 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
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. M28 1FE, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Walkden?
Homes sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 394 of the 423 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 102 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 27 of its 426 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Walkden, 450 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 Walkden?
Homes in Walkden sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 196 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £395,000 43 sales
- Semi-detached £270,000 81 sales
- Terraced £210,000 61 sales
- Flat or maisonette £140,000 11 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole M28 district, Walkden's main postcode district: a typical £285,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Walkden: 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 Walkden?
15 of the 426 postcodes now in use in Walkden came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 324 homes sold in Walkden were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M28 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 Walkden | Across the M28 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 196 (0%) | 10 of 489 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 5 of 324 (2%) | 14 of 752 (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.
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 Walkden?
Ofcom reports on 423 of the 426 postcodes in Walkden. At 394 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 Walkden at risk of flooding?
27 of the 426 postcodes in Walkden 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 102 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 Walkden?
The open schools at the postcodes in Walkden (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
- James Brindley Community Primary School350 m 239 pupils, 250 places
- Mesne Lea Primary School550 m 441 pupils, 446 places
- Christ The King RC Primary School850 m 234 pupils, 241 places
- Ellenbrook Community Primary School900 m 439 pupils, 435 places
- St Paul's CofE Primary School1.1 km 355 pupils, 420 places
- St Paul's CofE Primary School1.3 km 226 pupils, 236 places
- St John's CofE Primary School Mosley Common1.9 km 198 pupils, 175 places
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School2.5 km 213 pupils, 210 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 Walkden?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Walkden is Walkden Rail Station, 450 m away in a straight line.
- Walkden Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
- Moorside Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Kearsley Rail Station Railway station 3.5 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 Walkden?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Walkden. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Limes Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 0161 790 8621 700 mWalk
- Walkden Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 0161 702 5310 700 mWalk
- The Gill Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 0161 790 3033 800 mWalk
- Ellenbrook Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2026 · Phone 0161 703 9091 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Walkden 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 Walkden. 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 Walkden?
- Councils
- Salford (366) and Wigan (60)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bolton South and Walkden (301) and Worsley and Eccles (125)
- 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 Walkden
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Walkden is in Salford; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Salford about council tax Council tax, on salford.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Walkden
- 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
Walkden postcodes
426 postcodes in use in Walkden, by district:
That district is in the M postcode area.
Check a Walkden 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 Walkden
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Walkden's £265,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Walkden
- What is it like to live in Walkden?
- Homes sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 394 of the 423 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 102 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 27 of its 426 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Walkden, 450 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 Walkden?
- Walkden is covered by postcode district M28, across 426 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Walkden?
- Homes in Walkden sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 196 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Walkden?
- In Walkden, primary schools at its postcodes include James Brindley Community Primary School, Mesne Lea Primary School and Christ The King RC Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Co-op Academy Walkden. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Walkden have a railway station?
- Yes: Walkden is 450 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Walkden, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Walkden?
- Ofcom reports on 423 of the 426 postcodes in Walkden. At 394 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Walkden at risk of flooding?
- 27 of the 426 postcodes in Walkden 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 102 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 Walkden?
- 15 of the 426 postcodes now in use in Walkden came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 324 homes sold in Walkden were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the M28 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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