SK1 1LF postcode in Stockport, England

SK1 1LF is a postcode in Stockport, in the Brinnington & Stockport Central ward. It is in the Stockport parliamentary constituency and the Greater Manchester police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Very low flood risk 9 of 12 homes and businesses at very low risk, from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 56% of homes and businesses can get it. Stockport: 95% Typical price £220,000 Homes sold in the SK1 district, last 12 months. ▲ 8.4% on the year before Nearest station Stockport 750 m in a straight line

Where SK1 1LF is, and what is near it

Map of SK1 1LF and what is near it Map of SK1 1LF: its centre point, with the 102 other postcodes in the SK1 1 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 25 bus stops and 5 EV charging points. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SK1 1AL: also in SK1 1SK1 1AP: also in SK1 1SK1 1AQ: also in SK1 1SK1 1AR: also in SK1 1SK1 1AS: also in SK1 1SK1 1AT: also in SK1 1SK1 1DA: also in SK1 1SK1 1DH: also in SK1 1SK1 1DL: also in SK1 1SK1 1DS: also in SK1 1SK1 1DU: also in SK1 1SK1 1DY: also in SK1 1SK1 1EB: also in SK1 1SK1 1ED: also in SK1 1SK1 1EF: also in SK1 1SK1 1EG: also in SK1 1SK1 1EH: also in SK1 1SK1 1EJ: also in SK1 1SK1 1EL: also in SK1 1SK1 1EN: also in SK1 1SK1 1ES: also in SK1 1SK1 1EU: also in SK1 1SK1 1EW: also in SK1 1SK1 1EZ: also in SK1 1SK1 1FE: also in SK1 1SK1 1HD: also in SK1 1SK1 1HE: also in SK1 1SK1 1HF: also in SK1 1SK1 1HG: also in SK1 1SK1 1HH: also in SK1 1SK1 1HL: also in SK1 1SK1 1JF: also in SK1 1SK1 1JJ: also in SK1 1SK1 1JP: also in SK1 1SK1 1JQ: also in SK1 1SK1 1JT: also in SK1 1SK1 1JY: also in SK1 1SK1 1JZ: also in SK1 1SK1 1LA: also in SK1 1SK1 1LH: also in SK1 1SK1 1LL: also in SK1 1SK1 1LN: also in SK1 1SK1 1LW: also in SK1 1SK1 1LZ: also in SK1 1SK1 1NA: also in SK1 1SK1 1NB: also in SK1 1SK1 1NE: also in SK1 1SK1 1NF: also in SK1 1SK1 1NP: also in SK1 1SK1 1NT: also in SK1 1SK1 1NU: also in SK1 1SK1 1NX: also in SK1 1SK1 1NZ: also in SK1 1SK1 1PB: also in SK1 1SK1 1PD: also in SK1 1SK1 1PE: also in SK1 1SK1 1PJ: also in SK1 1SK1 1PL: also in SK1 1SK1 1PN: also in SK1 1SK1 1PP: also in SK1 1SK1 1PR: also in SK1 1SK1 1PT: also in SK1 1SK1 1PU: also in SK1 1SK1 1PW: also in SK1 1SK1 1QD: also in SK1 1SK1 1QE: also in SK1 1SK1 1QF: also in SK1 1SK1 1QN: also in SK1 1SK1 1QW: also in SK1 1SK1 1RA: also in SK1 1SK1 1RB: also in SK1 1SK1 1RH: also in SK1 1SK1 1RJ: also in SK1 1SK1 1RS: also in SK1 1SK1 1RW: also in SK1 1SK1 1RX: also in SK1 1SK1 1RY: also in SK1 1SK1 1SA: also in SK1 1SK1 1SE: also in SK1 1SK1 1SL: also in SK1 1SK1 1SP: also in SK1 1SK1 1TA: also in SK1 1SK1 1TY: also in SK1 1SK1 1UA: also in SK1 1SK1 1UD: also in SK1 1SK1 1XB: also in SK1 1SK1 1XF: also in SK1 1SK1 1XJ: also in SK1 1SK1 1XR: also in SK1 1SK1 1XU: also in SK1 1SK1 1XY: also in SK1 1SK1 1YA: also in SK1 1SK1 1YD: also in SK1 1SK1 1YG: also in SK1 1SK1 1YH: also in SK1 1SK1 1YJ: also in SK1 1SK1 1YN: also in SK1 1SK1 1YR: also in SK1 1SK1 1YW: also in SK1 1SK1 1ZD: also in SK1 1 Moat House 950 mVernon Park Surgery 1.3 kmGP 1.6 kmStockport SK1 1LF Map of SK1 1LF and what is near it Map of SK1 1LF: its centre point, with the 102 other postcodes in the SK1 1 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 25 bus stops and 5 EV charging points (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Be.EV 850 mVernon Park Surgery 1.3 kmGP 1.6 kmBrinnington &Stockport Central SK1 1LF
  • SK1 1LF
  • Other postcodes in SK1 1: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 25 bus stops
  • 5 EV charging points
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.4116, longitude -2.1578)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after SK1 1LF?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at SK1 1LF?

Every home and business at SK1 1LF can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 56% can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)56% can get it

Stockport: 95%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Stockport: 99%

The line marks the figure across Stockport.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at SK1 1LF?

BinDayBuddy has not read Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council's days for SK1 1LF today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for SK1 1LF on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is SK1 1LF at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

Very low risk

The Environment Agency counts 12 homes and businesses at SK1 1LF. 9 are in an area at very low risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

12 homes and businesses at SK1 1LF Very low: 9Not in an area at risk: 3

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.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Stockport

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for SK1 1LF: 3,482 properties in Stockport are at high risk (2.3% of all its properties). All the figures for Stockport

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of SK1 1LF is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near SK1 1LF?

Homes in the SK1 district sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 143 sales, up 8.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£220,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£203,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 8.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £285,000 5 sales
  • Semi-detached £259,000 49 sales
  • Terraced £210,000 66 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £148,000 23 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

The SK1 1 postcode sector had 3 sales in the same 12 months, too few to give a typical price, so this is for the whole SK1 district.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in SK1 1LF

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in SK1 1LF from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 10 June 2024. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at SK1 1LF

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at SK1 1LF. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near SK1 1LF?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,290 homes in the neighbourhood around SK1 1LF. Over half of them (67%) are in council tax band A. More were built in 2020 or later than in any other period (29%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around SK1 1LF

Band D in Stockport for 2026‑27: £2,619. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,746 (band A) to £2,328 (band C); band A, the most common, is £1,746.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 860 (67%)£1,746
Band Babout 390 (30%)£2,037
Band Cabout 40 (3%)£2,328
Band Dwithheld£2,619
Band Efewer than 5£3,201
Band Fwithheld£3,783
Band Gwithheld£4,365
Band Hfewer than 5£5,238

When the homes were built

  1. 22% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 2% 1919 to 1939
  4. 1% 1945 to 1964
  5. 15% 1965 to 1982
  6. 8% 1983 to 1999
  7. 5% 2000 to 2009
  8. 19% 2010 to 2019
  9. 29% 2020 or later

Averages for Stockport before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of SK1 1LF is in (ONS area E01033947), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near SK1 1LF?

The nearest open schools to SK1 1LF, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SK1 1LF, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to SK1 1LF?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SK1 1LF is Stockport Rail Station, 750 metres away in a straight line.

  • Stockport Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
  • Heaton Chapel Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

25 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Merseyway, 121 m away.

More stations near SK1 1LF, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near SK1 1LF?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SK1 1LF, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near SK1 1LF?

5 within 1 km 6 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of SK1 1LF, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • St Petersgate Charging point · No details mapped 200 mWalk
  • Churchgate Car Park Charging point · 2 chargers 250 mWalk
  • Edward Street Charging point · No details mapped 550 mWalk

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near SK1 1LF?

The nearest to the centre of SK1 1LF, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to SK1 1LF?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near SK1 1LF?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SK1 1LF, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near SK1 1LF?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SK1 1LF, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near SK1 1LF?

The nearest vets to the centre of SK1 1LF on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is SK1 1LF in a conservation area?

The centre of SK1 1LF is in 2 areas with planning rules of their own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near SK1 1LF?

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 SK1 1LF. 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.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for SK1 1LF

Ward
Brinnington & Stockport Central
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Stockport
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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SK1 1LH20 mSK1 1LN30 mSK1 1LL40 mSK1 1LW40 mSK1 1EU40 mSK1 1XY40 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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