Schools
133 open schools are in scope, including 73 primary and 17 secondary schools. The Heys School is the nearest published school at 397 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M21 1AA
Holyrood · Bury · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Holyrood
- Local authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury South
- Postcode district
- M21
- Postcode sector
- M21 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M21 1AA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M21
- Postcode sector
- M21 1
- Latitude
- 53.531453
- Longitude
- -2.276039
- British National Grid easting
- 381,800
- British National Grid northing
- 403,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bury · E08000002
- Electoral ward
- Holyrood · E05014156
- Parish or community
- E43000156
- Westminster constituency
- Bury South · E14001145
- Output area
- E00025172
- Lower layer super output area
- Bury 023C · E01004975
- Middle layer super output area
- Bury 023 · E02001041
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 M21
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 133
- Primary
- 73
- Secondary
- 17
- 397 m
The Heys School
Academy sponsor led
- 461 m
St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich
Voluntary aided school
- 559 m
Park View Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2
- Other theft 1
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
42
within 5 km
FAIRFAX GROUP PRACTICE
PRESTWICH HEALTH CENTRE, FAIRFAX ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1BT
ODS code P83001
566 m
LONGFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
PRESTWICH HEALTH CENTRE, FAIRFAX ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1BT
ODS code P83623
566 m
WHITTAKER LANE MED CENTRE
DAISY BANK, WHITTAKER LANE, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1EX
ODS code P83605
590 m
GREYLAND MEDICAL CENTRE
468 BURY OLD ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1NL
ODS code P83027
693 m
THE BIRCHES MEDICAL CENTRE
42 POLEFIELD ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 2GN
ODS code P83609
838 m
ST GABRIEL'S MEDICAL CENTRE
4 BISHOPS ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 0HT
ODS code P83025
1.4 km
THE UPLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BURY NEW ROAD, WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER, M45 8GH
ODS code P83004
2.3 km
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
GREEN LANE, WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER, M45 7FD
ODS code P83608
2.7 km
NEWBURY GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
55 RIGBY STREET, SALFORD, M7 4NX
ODS code P87026
2.9 km
REUT MEDICAL PRACTICE
NEWBURY PLACE HEALTH CENTRE, 55 RIGBY STREET, SALFORD, M7 4NX
ODS code P87648
2.9 km
WELLFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
53 CRESCENT ROAD, CRUMPSALL, MANCHESTER, M8 9JT
ODS code P84074
3.1 km
PARK VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
66 DELAUNAYS ROAD, MANCHESTER, M8 4RF
ODS code P84645
3.2 km
MOCHA PARADE MEDICAL PRACTICE
WILLOW TREE H L C, 94 LITTLETON ROAD, SALFORD, M7 3SE
ODS code P87022
3.2 km
UNSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
PARR LANE, UNSWORTH, BURY, BL9 8JR
ODS code P83011
3.3 km
CRUMPSALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
DELAUNAYS ROAD, MANCHESTER, M8 5RB
ODS code P84684
3.4 km
THE NEVILLE FAMILY CENTRE
25 OLD MARKET STREET, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER, M9 8DX
ODS code P84663
3.8 km
BEACON MEDICAL CENTRE
156 VICTORIA AVENUE, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER, M9 0FN
ODS code P84033
3.8 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PENDLEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 659 BOLTON ROAD, PENDLEBURY, MANCHESTER, M27 8HP
ODS code P87019
3.9 km
NEW COLLEGIATE MEDICAL CENTRE
407 CHEETHAM HILL ROAD, CHEETHAM HILL, MANCHESTER, M8 0DA
ODS code P84030
4.0 km
THE HEIGHT GENERAL PRACTICE
THE SURGERY, 355 BOLTON ROAD, SALFORD, M6 7NJ
ODS code Y02767
4.1 km
Showing 20 of 42 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
- 0.1 miles
Heaton Street
BCT · Prestwich
- 0.1 miles
Heaton Street
BCT · Prestwich
- 0.1 miles
St Mary's Road
BCT · Prestwich
- 0.1 miles
St Mary's Road
BCT · Prestwich
- 0.2 miles
Rectory Lane
BCT · Prestwich
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bury 023C, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,647 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.