Schools
95 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 16 secondary schools. Hopwood Hall College is the nearest published school at 754 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M24 6QP
Castleton · Rochdale · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Castleton
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Postcode district
- M24
- Postcode sector
- M24 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M24 6QP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M24
- Postcode sector
- M24 6
- Latitude
- 53.572939
- Longitude
- -2.179285
- British National Grid easting
- 388,225
- British National Grid northing
- 408,495
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Rochdale · E08000005
- Electoral ward
- Castleton · E05014035
- Parish or community
- E43000159
- Westminster constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North · E14001286
- Output area
- E00027963
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochdale 021C · E01005526
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochdale 021 · E02001152
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 M24
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 95
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 16
- 754 m
Hopwood Hall College
Further education
- 1.0 km
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school
- 1.0 km
St John's Church of England Primary School, Thornham
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- M24 6 residents
- 5,374
Age bands in M24 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.4%
1,204 residents
634 residents
1,685 residents
1,391 residents
829 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
27
within 5 km
THE HIVE HEALTH CENTRE
CLOUGH STREET, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 2YJ
ODS code Y00726
1.9 km
ROCHDALE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
48A ROCHDALE ROAD, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 2PU
ODS code P86015
2.1 km
WINDERMERE SURGERY
109-111 WINDERMERE ROAD, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 5WF
ODS code P86620
2.3 km
DURNFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
113 LONG STREET, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 6DL
ODS code P86019
2.4 km
HOPWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
1-6 WALTON STREET, HOPWOOD, HEYWOOD, OL10 2BS
ODS code P86023
2.7 km
CASTLETON HEALTH CENTRE
2 ELIZABETH STREET, CASTLETON, ROCHDALE, OL11 3HY
ODS code P86009
2.7 km
KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE STRAND, KIRKHOLT, ROCHDALE, OL11 2JG
ODS code Y02721
2.8 km
WOODSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
247J WOOD STREET, MIDDLETON, LANGLEY, MANCHESTER, M24 5QL
ODS code P86012
2.9 km
MIDDLETON HEALTH CENTRE
THE HEALTH CENTRE UNIT F1, MIDDLETON SHOPPING CENTRE, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 4EL
ODS code Y02795
3.1 km
FAMILY PRACTICE
133 BOWNESS ROAD, MIDDLETON, LANGLEY, MANCHESTER, M24 4EN
ODS code P86606
3.2 km
PETERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE
133 MANCHESTER OLD ROAD, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 4DZ
ODS code P86004
3.4 km
THE JUNCTION SURGERY
346 GRIMSHAW LANE, MIDDLETON, MIDDLETON JUNCTION, MANCHESTER, M24 2AU
ODS code P86010
3.5 km
LONGFORD STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
LONGFORD STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4NH
ODS code P86011
3.5 km
ROYTON MEDICAL CENTRE
CHAPEL STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 5QL
ODS code P85019
3.6 km
THE ROYTON & CROMPTON FAMILY PRACTICE
ROYTON HEALTH WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 6QW
ODS code P85013
3.9 km
CHADDERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85004
3.9 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHADDERTON TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85010
3.9 km
BIRTLE VIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE
GEORGE STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4PW
ODS code Y02718
4.1 km
HEYWOOD HEALTH
ARGYLE STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, 141 ARGYLE STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 3SD
ODS code P86016
4.3 km
WELLFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
116 OLDHAM ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1AD
ODS code P86007
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 27 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
- 0.2 miles
Slattocks
BCT · Slattocks
- 0.2 miles
Thornham Lane
BCT · Slattocks
- 0.2 miles
Thornham Lane
BCT · Slattocks
- 0.2 miles
Manchester Golf Club
BCT · Slattocks
- 0.3 miles
Stakehill Roundabout
BCT · Stakehill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 021C, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,637 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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.
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
2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 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.