Schools
198 open schools are in scope, including 115 primary and 26 secondary schools. Co-op Academy Medlock is the nearest published school at 94 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M12 6ET
Ardwick · Manchester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Ardwick
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- Postcode district
- M12
- Postcode sector
- M12 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M12 6ET
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M12
- Postcode sector
- M12 6
- Latitude
- 53.471339
- Longitude
- -2.224427
- British National Grid easting
- 385,200
- British National Grid northing
- 397,200
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
- E00025617
- Lower layer super output area
- Manchester 018D · E01005065
- Middle layer super output area
- Manchester 018 · E02001062
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
- 198
- Primary
- 115
- Secondary
- 26
- 94 m
Co-op Academy Medlock
Academy sponsor led
- 553 m
Sol Christian Academy
Other independent school
- 696 m
University of Manchester
Higher education institutions
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 30
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 17
- Theft from the person 4
- Other theft 3
- Public order 3
- Drugs 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- M12 6 residents
- 1,295
Age bands in M12 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 29.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 6.7%
232 residents
100 residents
256 residents
153 residents
53 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
69
within 5 km straight-line
ARDWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE VALLANCE MEDICAL CENTRE, WADESON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84037
94 m
BRUNSWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE VALLANCE MEDICAL CENTRE, WADESON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84611
94 m
VALLANCE MEDICAL
THE VALLANCE CENTRE, BRUNSWICK STREET, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84005
94 m
THE DOC'S SURGERY
55-59 BLOOM STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 3LY
ODS code P84683
1.1 km
ANCOATS URBAN VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
OLD MILL STREET, MANCHESTER, M4 6EE
ODS code P84673
1.3 km
NEW ISLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
ANCOATS PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, OLD MILL STREET, ANCOATS, MANCHESTER, M4 6EE
ODS code P84064
1.3 km
WEST GORTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 CLOWES ST, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER, M12 5JE
ODS code P84052
1.4 km
SURREY LODGE PRACTICE
11 ANSON ROAD, VICTORIA PARK, MANCHESTER, M14 5BY
ODS code P84023
1.5 km
THE ARCH MEDICAL PRACTICE
HULME MEDICAL CENTRE, 175 ROYCE ROAD, HULME, MANCHESTER, M15 5TJ
ODS code P84630
1.7 km
CITY HEALTH CENTRE
2ND FL, 32 MARKET ST, MANCHESTER, M1 1PL
ODS code Y02849
1.8 km
NEW BANK HEALTH
339 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 4JE
ODS code Y02960
1.8 km
THE ROBERT DARBISHIRE PRACTICE
RUSHOLME HEALTH CENTRE, WALMER STREET, RUSHOLME, MANCHESTER, M14 5NP
ODS code P84072
1.9 km
CORNERSTONE FAMILY PRACTICE
CORNERSTONE CENTRE, 2 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3AA
ODS code P84041
2.0 km
FIVE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
47 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3BB
ODS code P84004
2.0 km
WILMSLOW ROAD SURGERY
WILMSLOW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE, 156 WILMSLOW ROAD, RUSHOLME, MANCHESTER, M14 5LQ
ODS code P84626
2.1 km
MANCHESTER INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
526-528 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0RR
ODS code P84689
2.1 km
MP VICTORIA MILL
VICTORIA MILL HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA MILL, 10 LOWER VICKERS STREET, MANCHESTER, M40 7LH
ODS code Y01695
2.1 km
AILSA CRAIG MEDICAL CENTRE
270 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0YL
ODS code P84009
2.2 km
DICKENSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
357-359 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0WQ
ODS code P84026
2.2 km
CORNBROOK MEDICAL PRACTICE
204 CITY ROAD, HULME, MANCHESTER, M15 4EA
ODS code P84669
2.4 km
Showing 20 of 69 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Ardwick Green Park
BCT · Ardwick
- 0.1 miles
Ardwick Green Park
BCT · Ardwick
- 0.1 miles
Ardwick Green South
BCT · Ardwick
- 0.2 miles
Apollo Theatre
BCT · Ardwick
- 0.2 miles
Apollo
BCT · Ardwick
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Manchester 018D, 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
3,104 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
30 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 17 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.