M5 3 postcode sector in the M5 district

M5 3 is a sector of the M5 district: every postcode that starts M5 3. It has 198 postcodes in use, 3 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the M5 3 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the M5 3 sector, by flood risk Of the 198 postcodes in the M5 3 sector that ONS places, 61 are at low risk at worst and 137 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ordsall, Quays. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A56A5063A57A5014 M5 3AA: not on the flood risk listM5 3AB: not on the flood risk listM5 3AE: not on the flood risk listM5 3AF: not on the flood risk listM5 3AG: not on the flood risk listM5 3AH: not on the flood risk listM5 3AP: not on the flood risk listM5 3AQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3AU: not on the flood risk listM5 3AX: not on the flood risk listM5 3AY: not on the flood risk listM5 3AZ: not on the flood risk listM5 3BB: not on the flood risk listM5 3BQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3EW: not on the flood risk listM5 3FA: not on the flood risk listM5 3FG: not on the flood risk listM5 3FN: not on the flood risk listM5 3FR: not on the flood risk listM5 3GA: not on the flood risk listM5 3GB: not on the flood risk listM5 3GE: not on the flood risk listM5 3GF: not on the flood risk listM5 3GG: not on the flood risk listM5 3GH: not on the flood risk listM5 3GN: not on the flood risk listM5 3GQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3GR: not on the flood risk listM5 3GS: not on the flood risk listM5 3GT: not on the flood risk listM5 3GW: not on the flood risk listM5 3GX: not on the flood risk listM5 3GZ: not on the flood risk listM5 3HB: not on the flood risk listM5 3HE: not on the flood risk listM5 3HF: not on the flood risk listM5 3HG: not on the flood risk listM5 3HJ: not on the flood risk listM5 3HN: not on the flood risk listM5 3HR: not on the flood risk listM5 3HW: not on the flood risk listM5 3HX: not on the flood risk listM5 3HY: not on the flood risk listM5 3JA: not on the flood risk listM5 3JB: not on the flood risk listM5 3JF: not on the flood risk listM5 3JG: not on the flood risk listM5 3JJ: not on the flood risk listM5 3JP: not on the flood risk listM5 3JQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3JR: not on the flood risk listM5 3JS: not on the flood risk listM5 3JU: not on the flood risk listM5 3JW: not on the flood risk listM5 3JX: not on the flood risk listM5 3JY: not on the flood risk listM5 3JZ: not on the flood risk listM5 3LD: not on the flood risk listM5 3LE: not on the flood risk listM5 3LF: not on the flood risk listM5 3LG: not on the flood risk listM5 3LJ: not on the flood risk listM5 3LP: not on the flood risk listM5 3LQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3LR: not on the flood risk listM5 3LS: not on the flood risk listM5 3LT: not on the flood risk listM5 3LU: not on the flood risk listM5 3LX: not on the flood risk listM5 3NA: not on the flood risk listM5 3NB: not on the flood risk listM5 3ND: not on the flood risk listM5 3NE: not on the flood risk listM5 3NF: not on the flood risk listM5 3NG: not on the flood risk listM5 3NH: not on the flood risk listM5 3NR: not on the flood risk listM5 3NT: not on the flood risk listM5 3NZ: not on the flood risk listM5 3PA: not on the flood risk listM5 3PB: not on the flood risk listM5 3PH: not on the flood risk listM5 3PJ: not on the flood risk listM5 3PL: not on the flood risk listM5 3PS: not on the flood risk listM5 3PT: not on the flood risk listM5 3QG: not on the flood risk listM5 3QH: not on the flood risk listM5 3QJ: not on the flood risk listM5 3QL: not on the flood risk listM5 3QN: not on the flood risk listM5 3QP: not on the flood risk listM5 3QQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3QR: not on the flood risk listM5 3QS: not on the flood risk listM5 3RB: not on the flood risk listM5 3RD: not on the flood risk listM5 3RE: not on the flood risk listM5 3RG: not on the flood risk listM5 3RJ: not on the flood risk listM5 3RN: not on the flood risk listM5 3RP: not on the flood risk listM5 3RQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3RS: not on the flood risk listM5 3RW: not on the flood risk listM5 3RX: not on the flood risk listM5 3SA: not on the flood risk listM5 3SG: not on the flood risk listM5 3SH: not on the flood risk listM5 3SJ: not on the flood risk listM5 3SQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3SS: not on the flood risk listM5 3TN: not on the flood risk listM5 3TP: not on the flood risk listM5 3TQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3TR: not on the flood risk listM5 3WJ: not on the flood risk listM5 3WL: not on the flood risk listM5 3WN: not on the flood risk listM5 3WP: not on the flood risk listM5 3WQ: not on the flood risk listM5 3WR: not on the flood risk listM5 3WS: not on the flood risk listM5 3WT: not on the flood risk listM5 3WW: not on the flood risk listM5 3AN: low flood risk at worstM5 3AW: low flood risk at worstM5 3DA: low flood risk at worstM5 3DB: low flood risk at worstM5 3DD: low flood risk at worstM5 3DE: low flood risk at worstM5 3DF: low flood risk at worstM5 3DG: low flood risk at worstM5 3DH: low flood risk at worstM5 3DJ: low flood risk at worstM5 3DL: low flood risk at worstM5 3DN: low flood risk at worstM5 3DP: low flood risk at worstM5 3DQ: low flood risk at worstM5 3DR: low flood risk at worstM5 3DT: low flood risk at worstM5 3DU: low flood risk at worstM5 3DY: low flood risk at worstM5 3EA: low flood risk at worstM5 3EB: low flood risk at worstM5 3ED: low flood risk at worstM5 3EE: low flood risk at worstM5 3EF: low flood risk at worstM5 3EH: low flood risk at worstM5 3EN: low flood risk at worstM5 3EP: low flood risk at worstM5 3EQ: low flood risk at worstM5 3EX: low flood risk at worstM5 3EY: low flood risk at worstM5 3EZ: low flood risk at worstM5 3FU: low flood risk at worstM5 3FW: low flood risk at worstM5 3FX: low flood risk at worstM5 3GD: low flood risk at worstM5 3HA: low flood risk at worstM5 3LH: low flood risk at worstM5 3LL: low flood risk at worstM5 3LN: low flood risk at worstM5 3LW: low flood risk at worstM5 3LZ: low flood risk at worstM5 3NN: low flood risk at worstM5 3NP: low flood risk at worstM5 3NQ: low flood risk at worstM5 3NU: low flood risk at worstM5 3PU: low flood risk at worstM5 3PW: low flood risk at worstM5 3PX: low flood risk at worstM5 3PY: low flood risk at worstM5 3WH: low flood risk at worst OrdsallQuays Map of every postcode in the M5 3 sector, by flood risk Of the 198 postcodes in the M5 3 sector that ONS places, 61 are at low risk at worst and 137 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ordsall, Quays. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A56 OrdsallQuays
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 61
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 137

Of the 198 postcodes in the M5 3 sector that ONS places, 61 are at low risk at worst and 137 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What do homes sell for in M5 3?

Homes in M5 3 sold for a typical £213,157 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 78 sales, up 23.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£213,157 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£172,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 23.9% on the 12 months before
  • Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £255,000 19 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £183,500 56 sales

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start M5 3. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

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

Postcodes in M5 3

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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