Schools
84 open schools are in scope, including 58 primary and 11 secondary schools. Star Radcliffe Academy is the nearest published school at 341 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M26 2AQ
Radcliffe East · Bury · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Radcliffe East
- Local authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury South
- Postcode district
- M26
- Postcode sector
- M26 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M26 2AQ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M26
- Postcode sector
- M26 2
- Latitude
- 53.563186
- Longitude
- -2.317704
- British National Grid easting
- 379,054
- British National Grid northing
- 407,442
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bury · E08000002
- Electoral ward
- Radcliffe East · E05014160
- Parish or community
- E43000156
- Westminster constituency
- Bury South · E14001145
- Output area
- E00025265
- Lower layer super output area
- Bury 015D · E01004994
- Middle layer super output area
- Bury 015 · E02001033
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 M26
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 84
- Primary
- 58
- Secondary
- 11
- 341 m
Star Radcliffe Academy
Free schools
- 525 m
Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 862 m
Gorsefield Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- M26 2 residents
- 7,014
Age bands in M26 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.7%
1,484 residents
815 residents
2,050 residents
1,690 residents
879 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
26
within 5 km
MONARCH MEDICAL CENTRE
65 CROSS LANE, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2QZ
ODS code P83010
128 m
RADCLIFFE MEDICAL PRACTICE
69 CHURCH STREET WEST, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2SP
ODS code P83007
515 m
RED BANK GROUP PRACTICE
RADCLIFFE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 69 CHURCH STREET WEST, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2SP
ODS code P83603
515 m
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
GREEN LANE, WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER, M45 7FD
ODS code P83608
1.9 km
THE UPLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BURY NEW ROAD, WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER, M45 8GH
ODS code P83004
2.2 km
BLACKFORD HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
137 CROFT LANE, HOLLINS, BURY, BL9 8QA
ODS code P83009
2.6 km
UNSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
PARR LANE, UNSWORTH, BURY, BL9 8JR
ODS code P83011
3.0 km
MILE LANE HEALTH CENTRE
80 MILE LANE, BURY, BL8 2JR
ODS code P83612
3.0 km
KNOWSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
9-11 KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0ST
ODS code P83024
3.0 km
PEEL GPS
TOWNSIDE PCC, KNOWSLEY PLACE, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83021
3.3 km
RIBBLESDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
TOWNSIDE PCC - KNOWSLEY PL, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83015
3.3 km
TOWNSIDE SURGERY
TOWNSIDE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, KNOWSLEY PLACE, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83005
3.3 km
SPRING VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
MYTHAM ROAD, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HQ
ODS code P82613
3.5 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 1
DR HALLIKERI & PARTNERS, 63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82020
3.6 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 2
63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82036
3.6 km
GREYLAND MEDICAL CENTRE
468 BURY OLD ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1NL
ODS code P83027
4.0 km
FAIRFAX GROUP PRACTICE
PRESTWICH HEALTH CENTRE, FAIRFAX ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1BT
ODS code P83001
4.0 km
LONGFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
PRESTWICH HEALTH CENTRE, FAIRFAX ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1BT
ODS code P83623
4.0 km
ROCK HEALTHCARE LIMITED
22 DERBY WAY, BURY, BL9 0NJ
ODS code Y02755
4.1 km
THE BIRCHES MEDICAL CENTRE
42 POLEFIELD ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 2GN
ODS code P83609
4.1 km
Showing 20 of 26 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
- 0.0 miles
Butterworth Street
BCT · Radcliffe
- 0.1 miles
Butterworth Street
BCT · Radcliffe
- 0.1 miles
Schofield Street
BCT · Radcliffe
- 0.1 miles
Croft Lane
BCT · Radcliffe
- 0.1 miles
Schofield Street
BCT · Radcliffe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bury 015D, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,014 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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
3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.