M18 8HF

Gorton & Abbey Hey · Manchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Manchester
Constituency
Gorton and Denton
Postcode district
M18
Postcode sector
M18 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
M18 8HJ 37 m
M18 8JR 38 m
M18 8EJ 56 m
M18 8FJ 67 m
M18 8EH 80 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
M18 8HF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
M
Postcode district
M18
Postcode sector
M18 8
Latitude
53.464656
Longitude
-2.172984
British National Grid easting
388,613
British National Grid northing
396,447

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Manchester · E08000003
Parish or community
E43000157
Westminster constituency
Gorton and Denton · E14001251
Output area
E00026289
Lower layer super output area
Manchester 017D · E01005189
Middle layer super output area
Manchester 017 · E02001061

Postcode source versions

Explore M18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
149
Primary
98
Secondary
20
  1. St James' CofE Primary School Gorton

    Academy sponsor led

    122 m
  2. Abbey Hey Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    605 m
  3. Sacred Heart RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    781 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other crime 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
M18 8 residents
12,127

Age bands in M18 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
25.8%

3,147 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

1,421 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

3,444 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.1%

2,823 residents

Age 65 and over
11.3%

1,379 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

48

within 5 km

  • GORTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FIRST FLOOR, GORTON HUB, 27 GARRATT WAY, MANCHESTER, M18 8HE

    ODS code P84028

    335 m

  • MOUNT ROAD SURGERY

    110 MOUNT ROAD, GORTON, MANCHESTER, M18 7BQ

    ODS code P84050

    775 m

  • LIME SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LIME SQUARE, ASHTON OLD ROAD, OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1DA

    ODS code P84059

    1.1 km

  • FLORENCE HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1344 ASHTON OLD ROAD, HIGHER OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1JG

    ODS code P84042

    1.1 km

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

    187 NORTHMOOR ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 5RU

    ODS code P84644

    1.7 km

  • CORNERSTONE FAMILY PRACTICE

    CORNERSTONE CENTRE, 2 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3AA

    ODS code P84041

    1.8 km

  • FIVE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE

    47 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3BB

    ODS code P84004

    1.9 km

  • WEST GORTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 CLOWES ST, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER, M12 5JE

    ODS code P84052

    2.1 km

  • MANCHESTER INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    526-528 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0RR

    ODS code P84689

    2.1 km

  • NEW BANK HEALTH

    339 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 4JE

    ODS code Y02960

    2.1 km

  • DICKENSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    357-359 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0WQ

    ODS code P84026

    2.2 km

  • LEVENSHULME MEDICAL PRACTICE

    DUNSTABLE STREET, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 3BX

    ODS code P84016

    2.3 km

  • PARK VIEW GROUP PRACTICE

    2 LONGFORD ROAD WEST, REDDISH, STOCKPORT, SK5 6ET

    ODS code P88018

    2.3 km

  • DR KHAN'S PRACTICE

    CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ

    ODS code P84637

    2.3 km

  • DRS HANIF & BANNURU

    CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ

    ODS code P84032

    2.3 km

  • EASTLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, CLAYTON, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ

    ODS code P84051

    2.3 km

  • FAMILY SURGERY

    THE FAMILY SURGERY, 306 GORTON ROAD, REDDISH, STOCKPORT, SK5 6RN

    ODS code P88005

    2.3 km

  • MARKET STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    76 MARKET STREET, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 6DE

    ODS code P89029

    2.4 km

  • ASHCROFT SURGERY

    803 STOCKPORT ROAD, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 3BS

    ODS code P84053

    2.5 km

  • MEDLOCK VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    58 ASHTON ROAD, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7BW

    ODS code P89010

    2.6 km

Showing 20 of 48 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

  • Borwell Street

    BCT · Gorton

    0.1 miles
  • Borwell Street

    BCT · Gorton

    0.1 miles
  • Gorton Post Office

    BCT · Gorton

    0.1 miles
  • Gorton Post Office

    BCT · Gorton

    0.1 miles
  • Gorton Shopping Centre

    BCT · Gorton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Manchester 017D, 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

66 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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

Schools

149 open schools are in scope, including 98 primary and 20 secondary schools. St James' CofE Primary School Gorton is the nearest published school at 122 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 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.