Schools
172 open schools are in scope, including 111 primary and 19 secondary schools. Bridge College is the nearest published school at 424 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M12 5BZ
Ardwick · Manchester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Ardwick
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- Postcode district
- M12
- Postcode sector
- M12 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M12 5BZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1999
- Terminated
- 1 April 2015
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M12
- Postcode sector
- M12 5
- Latitude
- 53.470391
- Longitude
- -2.195845
- British National Grid easting
- 387,097
- British National Grid northing
- 397,089
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
- E00180801
- Lower layer super output area
- Manchester 020A · E01005067
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 172
- Primary
- 111
- Secondary
- 19
- 424 m
Bridge College
Special post 16 institution
- 516 m
All Saints Primary School
Community school
- 530 m
St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
- Public order 1
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- M12 5 residents
- 10,251
Age bands in M12 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 28.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21%
- Age 65 and over
- 6.3%
2,748 residents
1,329 residents
3,027 residents
2,053 residents
617 residents
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.
GP practices
60
within 5 km straight-line
CORNERSTONE FAMILY PRACTICE
CORNERSTONE CENTRE, 2 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3AA
ODS code P84041
453 m
FIVE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
47 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3BB
ODS code P84004
599 m
WEST GORTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 CLOWES ST, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER, M12 5JE
ODS code P84052
640 m
NEW BANK HEALTH
339 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 4JE
ODS code Y02960
1.3 km
MANCHESTER INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
526-528 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0RR
ODS code P84689
1.5 km
MOUNT ROAD SURGERY
110 MOUNT ROAD, GORTON, MANCHESTER, M18 7BQ
ODS code P84050
1.5 km
GORTON MEDICAL CENTRE
FIRST FLOOR, GORTON HUB, 27 GARRATT WAY, MANCHESTER, M18 8HE
ODS code P84028
1.6 km
DICKENSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
357-359 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0WQ
ODS code P84026
1.6 km
DR KHAN'S PRACTICE
CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ
ODS code P84637
1.7 km
DRS HANIF & BANNURU
CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ
ODS code P84032
1.7 km
EASTLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, CLAYTON, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ
ODS code P84051
1.7 km
ARDWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE VALLANCE MEDICAL CENTRE, WADESON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84037
1.9 km
BRUNSWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE VALLANCE MEDICAL CENTRE, WADESON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84611
1.9 km
VALLANCE MEDICAL
THE VALLANCE CENTRE, BRUNSWICK STREET, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84005
1.9 km
PARKSIDE SURGERY
187 NORTHMOOR ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 5RU
ODS code P84644
1.9 km
AILSA CRAIG MEDICAL CENTRE
270 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0YL
ODS code P84009
2.0 km
SURREY LODGE PRACTICE
11 ANSON ROAD, VICTORIA PARK, MANCHESTER, M14 5BY
ODS code P84023
2.0 km
LIME SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE
LIME SQUARE, ASHTON OLD ROAD, OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1DA
ODS code P84059
2.1 km
ANCOATS URBAN VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
OLD MILL STREET, MANCHESTER, M4 6EE
ODS code P84673
2.1 km
NEW ISLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
ANCOATS PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, OLD MILL STREET, ANCOATS, MANCHESTER, M4 6EE
ODS code P84064
2.1 km
Showing 20 of 60 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Pottery Lane
BCT · West Gorton
- 0.1 miles
Gorton Road
BCT · Ashburys
- 0.1 miles
Clowes Street
BCT · West Gorton
- 0.1 miles
Ashburys Station
BCT · Ashburys
- 0.1 miles
Ashburys Rail Station
RLY · Ashburys
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Manchester 020A, 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
2,900 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.