Schools
159 open schools are in scope, including 98 primary and 20 secondary schools. Gorton Primary School is the nearest published school at 561 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M18 7SH
Longsight · Manchester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Longsight
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Postcode district
- M18
- Postcode sector
- M18 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M18 7SH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- 1 April 2008
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M18
- Postcode sector
- M18 7
- Latitude
- 53.457557
- Longitude
- -2.184039
- British National Grid easting
- 387,877
- British National Grid northing
- 395,659
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Manchester · E08000003
- Electoral ward
- Longsight · E05011370
- Parish or community
- E43000157
- Westminster constituency
- Gorton and Denton · E14001251
- Output area
- E00026329
- Lower layer super output area
- Manchester 023D · E01005198
- Middle layer super output area
- Manchester 023 · E02001067
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 M18
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 159
- Primary
- 98
- Secondary
- 20
- 561 m
Gorton Primary School
Free schools
- 599 m
St Peter's RC High School
Voluntary aided school
- 658 m
Sacred Heart RC Primary School
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 6
- Other crime 1
- Other theft 1
- Criminal damage and arson 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- M18 7 residents
- 14,669
Age bands in M18 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 26.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.6%
3,899 residents
2,103 residents
4,300 residents
3,278 residents
1,273 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
55
within 5 km straight-line
MOUNT ROAD SURGERY
110 MOUNT ROAD, GORTON, MANCHESTER, M18 7BQ
ODS code P84050
307 m
PARKSIDE SURGERY
187 NORTHMOOR ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 5RU
ODS code P84644
662 m
GORTON MEDICAL CENTRE
FIRST FLOOR, GORTON HUB, 27 GARRATT WAY, MANCHESTER, M18 8HE
ODS code P84028
748 m
MANCHESTER INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
526-528 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0RR
ODS code P84689
1.2 km
DICKENSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
357-359 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0WQ
ODS code P84026
1.2 km
LEVENSHULME MEDICAL PRACTICE
DUNSTABLE STREET, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 3BX
ODS code P84016
1.3 km
NEW BANK HEALTH
339 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 4JE
ODS code Y02960
1.4 km
ASHCROFT SURGERY
803 STOCKPORT ROAD, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 3BS
ODS code P84053
1.4 km
WEST POINT MEDICAL CENTRE
WESTPOINT MEDICAL CENTRE, 167-169 SLADE LANE, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 2AF
ODS code P84027
1.6 km
AILSA CRAIG MEDICAL CENTRE
270 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0YL
ODS code P84009
1.7 km
WEST GORTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 CLOWES ST, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER, M12 5JE
ODS code P84052
1.7 km
CORNERSTONE FAMILY PRACTICE
CORNERSTONE CENTRE, 2 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3AA
ODS code P84041
2.0 km
PARK VIEW GROUP PRACTICE
2 LONGFORD ROAD WEST, REDDISH, STOCKPORT, SK5 6ET
ODS code P88018
2.1 km
HAWTHORN MC
UNIT K, FALLOWFIELD SHOPPING CENTRE, BIRCHFIELDS ROAD, MANCHESTER, M14 6FS
ODS code Y02890
2.1 km
FIVE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
47 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3BB
ODS code P84004
2.1 km
LIME SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE
LIME SQUARE, ASHTON OLD ROAD, OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1DA
ODS code P84059
2.2 km
FAMILY SURGERY
THE FAMILY SURGERY, 306 GORTON ROAD, REDDISH, STOCKPORT, SK5 6RN
ODS code P88005
2.2 km
FLORENCE HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
1344 ASHTON OLD ROAD, HIGHER OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1JG
ODS code P84042
2.2 km
SURREY LODGE PRACTICE
11 ANSON ROAD, VICTORIA PARK, MANCHESTER, M14 5BY
ODS code P84023
2.3 km
WILMSLOW ROAD SURGERY
WILMSLOW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE, 156 WILMSLOW ROAD, RUSHOLME, MANCHESTER, M14 5LQ
ODS code P84626
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 55 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Buckley Road
BCT · Belle Vue
- 0.1 miles
Buckley Road
BCT · Belle Vue
- 0.2 miles
Darras Road
BCT · Belle Vue
- 0.2 miles
Bourton Drive
BCT · Belle Vue
- 0.2 miles
Penketh Avenue
BCT · Belle Vue
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Manchester 023D, 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
1,447 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.