Schools
200 open schools are in scope, including 118 primary and 20 secondary schools. Sol Christian Academy is the nearest published school at 23 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M12 6FJ
Piccadilly · Manchester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Piccadilly
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Postcode district
- M12
- Postcode sector
- M12 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M12 6FJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M12
- Postcode sector
- M12 6
- Latitude
- 53.475715
- Longitude
- -2.220352
- British National Grid easting
- 385,472
- British National Grid northing
- 397,686
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Manchester · E08000003
- Electoral ward
- Piccadilly · E05011376
- Parish or community
- E43000157
- Westminster constituency
- Manchester Central · E14001352
- Output area
- E00176089
- Lower layer super output area
- Manchester 055E · E01033661
- Middle layer super output area
- Manchester 055 · E02006912
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
- 200
- Primary
- 118
- Secondary
- 20
- 23 m
Sol Christian Academy
Other independent school
- 650 m
St Anne's RC Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 651 m
Co-op Academy Medlock
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 26
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 15
- Theft from the person 4
- Other theft 3
- Drugs 1
- Burglary 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.
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
67
within 5 km straight-line
ARDWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE VALLANCE MEDICAL CENTRE, WADESON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84037
651 m
BRUNSWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE VALLANCE MEDICAL CENTRE, WADESON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84611
651 m
VALLANCE MEDICAL
THE VALLANCE CENTRE, BRUNSWICK STREET, MANCHESTER, M13 9UJ
ODS code P84005
651 m
ANCOATS URBAN VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
OLD MILL STREET, MANCHESTER, M4 6EE
ODS code P84673
794 m
NEW ISLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
ANCOATS PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, OLD MILL STREET, ANCOATS, MANCHESTER, M4 6EE
ODS code P84064
794 m
THE DOC'S SURGERY
55-59 BLOOM STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 3LY
ODS code P84683
1.2 km
WEST GORTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 CLOWES ST, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER, M12 5JE
ODS code P84052
1.4 km
MP VICTORIA MILL
VICTORIA MILL HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA MILL, 10 LOWER VICKERS STREET, MANCHESTER, M40 7LH
ODS code Y01695
1.6 km
CORNERSTONE FAMILY PRACTICE
CORNERSTONE CENTRE, 2 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3AA
ODS code P84041
1.7 km
CITY HEALTH CENTRE
2ND FL, 32 MARKET ST, MANCHESTER, M1 1PL
ODS code Y02849
1.7 km
FIVE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
47 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3BB
ODS code P84004
1.7 km
SURREY LODGE PRACTICE
11 ANSON ROAD, VICTORIA PARK, MANCHESTER, M14 5BY
ODS code P84023
1.9 km
NEW BANK HEALTH
339 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 4JE
ODS code Y02960
2.0 km
THE ARCH MEDICAL PRACTICE
HULME MEDICAL CENTRE, 175 ROYCE ROAD, HULME, MANCHESTER, M15 5TJ
ODS code P84630
2.1 km
WHITLEY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 WHITLEY ROAD, COLLYHURST, MANCHESTER, M40 7QH
ODS code P84054
2.1 km
MANCHESTER INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
526-528 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0RR
ODS code P84689
2.4 km
THE ROBERT DARBISHIRE PRACTICE
RUSHOLME HEALTH CENTRE, WALMER STREET, RUSHOLME, MANCHESTER, M14 5NP
ODS code P84072
2.4 km
BLACKFRIARS
FRESH TOWERS, 138 CHAPEL STREET, SALFORD, M3 6AF
ODS code Y02622
2.4 km
DICKENSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
357-359 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0WQ
ODS code P84026
2.5 km
AILSA CRAIG MEDICAL CENTRE
270 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0YL
ODS code P84009
2.5 km
Showing 20 of 67 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Mancunian Way
BCT · Ardwick
- 0.0 miles
Mancunian Way
BCT · Ardwick
- 0.1 miles
Ashton Old Road
BCT · Ardwick
- 0.2 miles
Every Street
BCT · Ancoats
- 0.2 miles
Ashton Old Road
BCT · Ardwick
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Manchester 055E, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
20,089 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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
- 0
- 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
26 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.