Schools
169 open schools are in scope, including 103 primary and 22 secondary schools. Dean Trust Ardwick is the nearest published school at 194 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M12 4RL
Ardwick · Manchester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Manchester
- Ward
- Ardwick
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- Postcode district
- M12
- Postcode sector
- M12 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M12 4RL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M12
- Postcode sector
- M12 4
- Latitude
- 53.462708
- Longitude
- -2.205706
- British National Grid easting
- 386,440
- British National Grid northing
- 396,236
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Manchester · E08000003
- Electoral ward
- Ardwick · E05011351
- Parish or community
- E43000157
- Westminster constituency
- Manchester Rusholme · E14001353
- Output area
- E00026525
- Lower layer super output area
- Manchester 020E · E01005239
- Middle layer super output area
- Manchester 020 · E02001064
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore M12
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 61, Cochrane Avenue, Manchester, M12 4RL | 7 October 2020 | £165,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 169
- Primary
- 103
- Secondary
- 22
- 194 m
Dean Trust Ardwick
Academy sponsor led
- 331 m
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
- 398 m
St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5
- Drugs 1
- Other theft 1
- Public order 1
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 22
- Postcode households
- 8
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- M12 4 residents
- 7,888
13 female, 9 male
Age bands in M12 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 27.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.3%
2,213 residents
1,251 residents
2,317 residents
1,677 residents
585 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider M12 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
60
within 5 km
NEW BANK HEALTH
339 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 4JE
ODS code Y02960
299 m
WEST GORTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 CLOWES ST, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER, M12 5JE
ODS code P84052
515 m
MANCHESTER INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
526-528 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0RR
ODS code P84689
623 m
DICKENSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
357-359 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0WQ
ODS code P84026
769 m
AILSA CRAIG MEDICAL CENTRE
270 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0YL
ODS code P84009
966 m
SURREY LODGE PRACTICE
11 ANSON ROAD, VICTORIA PARK, MANCHESTER, M14 5BY
ODS code P84023
995 m
PARKSIDE SURGERY
187 NORTHMOOR ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 5RU
ODS code P84644
1.4 km
CORNERSTONE FAMILY PRACTICE
CORNERSTONE CENTRE, 2 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3AA
ODS code P84041
1.5 km
ARDWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE VALLANCE MEDICAL CENTRE, WADESON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84037
1.6 km
BRUNSWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE VALLANCE MEDICAL CENTRE, WADESON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84611
1.6 km
VALLANCE MEDICAL
THE VALLANCE CENTRE, BRUNSWICK STREET, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84005
1.6 km
FIVE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
47 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3BB
ODS code P84004
1.6 km
THE ROBERT DARBISHIRE PRACTICE
RUSHOLME HEALTH CENTRE, WALMER STREET, RUSHOLME, MANCHESTER, M14 5NP
ODS code P84072
1.6 km
WILMSLOW ROAD SURGERY
WILMSLOW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE, 156 WILMSLOW ROAD, RUSHOLME, MANCHESTER, M14 5LQ
ODS code P84626
1.6 km
MOUNT ROAD SURGERY
110 MOUNT ROAD, GORTON, MANCHESTER, M18 7BQ
ODS code P84050
1.6 km
WEST POINT MEDICAL CENTRE
WESTPOINT MEDICAL CENTRE, 167-169 SLADE LANE, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 2AF
ODS code P84027
1.9 km
GORTON MEDICAL CENTRE
FIRST FLOOR, GORTON HUB, 27 GARRATT WAY, MANCHESTER, M18 8HE
ODS code P84028
2.0 km
LEVENSHULME MEDICAL PRACTICE
DUNSTABLE STREET, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 3BX
ODS code P84016
2.1 km
ASHCROFT SURGERY
803 STOCKPORT ROAD, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 3BS
ODS code P84053
2.1 km
HAWTHORN MC
UNIT K, FALLOWFIELD SHOPPING CENTRE, BIRCHFIELDS ROAD, MANCHESTER, M14 6FS
ODS code Y02890
2.2 km
Showing 20 of 60 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Longsight Police Station
BCT · Longsight
- 0.1 miles
Plymouth Grove
BCT · Longsight
- 0.2 miles
Plymouth Grove West
BCT · Longsight
- 0.2 miles
Plymouth Grove
BCT · Longsight
- 0.2 miles
Plymouth Grove West
BCT · Longsight
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Manchester 020E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
611 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.