Schools
86 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 11 secondary schools. Star Radcliffe Academy is the nearest published school at 123 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M26 2SS
Radcliffe East · Bury · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Manchester
- 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 2SS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 2008
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M26
- Postcode sector
- M26 2
- Latitude
- 53.563655
- Longitude
- -2.323958
- British National Grid easting
- 378,640
- British National Grid northing
- 407,496
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
- E00025343
- Lower layer super output area
- Bury 016E · E01005009
- Middle layer super output area
- Bury 016 · E02001034
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
Property
8 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Heap Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SS | 31 August 2018 | £250,000 |
| 10, Heap Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SS | 15 November 2017 | £106,000 |
| 12, Heap Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 2SS | 31 March 2017 | £106,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 86
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 11
- 123 m
Star Radcliffe Academy
Free schools
- 461 m
Gorsefield Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 623 m
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter
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
- 28
- Postcode households
- 12
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- M26 2 residents
- 7,014
18 female, 10 male
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
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider M26 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
25
within 5 km
RADCLIFFE MEDICAL PRACTICE
69 CHURCH STREET WEST, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2SP
ODS code P83007
387 m
RED BANK GROUP PRACTICE
RADCLIFFE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 69 CHURCH STREET WEST, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2SP
ODS code P83603
387 m
MONARCH MEDICAL CENTRE
65 CROSS LANE, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2QZ
ODS code P83010
477 m
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
GREEN LANE, WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER, M45 7FD
ODS code P83608
2.2 km
THE UPLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BURY NEW ROAD, WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER, M45 8GH
ODS code P83004
2.5 km
MILE LANE HEALTH CENTRE
80 MILE LANE, BURY, BL8 2JR
ODS code P83612
2.8 km
BLACKFORD HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
137 CROFT LANE, HOLLINS, BURY, BL9 8QA
ODS code P83009
2.9 km
SPRING VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
MYTHAM ROAD, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HQ
ODS code P82613
3.0 km
KNOWSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
9-11 KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0ST
ODS code P83024
3.2 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 1
DR HALLIKERI & PARTNERS, 63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82020
3.2 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 2
63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82036
3.2 km
UNSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
PARR LANE, UNSWORTH, BURY, BL9 8JR
ODS code P83011
3.4 km
PEEL GPS
TOWNSIDE PCC, KNOWSLEY PLACE, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83021
3.4 km
RIBBLESDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
TOWNSIDE PCC - KNOWSLEY PL, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83015
3.4 km
TOWNSIDE SURGERY
TOWNSIDE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, KNOWSLEY PLACE, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83005
3.4 km
ROCK HEALTHCARE LIMITED
22 DERBY WAY, BURY, BL9 0NJ
ODS code Y02755
4.3 km
FAIRFAX GROUP PRACTICE
PRESTWICH HEALTH CENTRE, FAIRFAX ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1BT
ODS code P83001
4.3 km
LONGFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
PRESTWICH HEALTH CENTRE, FAIRFAX ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1BT
ODS code P83623
4.3 km
GREYLAND MEDICAL CENTRE
468 BURY OLD ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1NL
ODS code P83027
4.3 km
THE BIRCHES MEDICAL CENTRE
42 POLEFIELD ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 2GN
ODS code P83609
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 25 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Radcliffe Metrolink Stop
BCT · Radcliffe
- 0.1 miles
Radcliffe Metrolink Stop
BCT · Radcliffe
- 0.1 miles
Radcliffe Metrolink Stop
BCT · Radcliffe
- 0.1 miles
Radcliffe (Manchester Metrolink)
PLT · Radcliffe
- 0.1 miles
Radcliffe (Manchester Metrolink)
TMU · Radcliffe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bury 016E, 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
2,689 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
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.