Schools
104 open schools are in scope, including 66 primary and 14 secondary schools. Co-op Academy Swinton is the nearest published school at 295 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M27 2AU
Swinton & Wardley · Salford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Swinton & Wardley
- Local authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles
- Postcode district
- M27
- Postcode sector
- M27 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M27 2AU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M27
- Postcode sector
- M27 2
- Latitude
- 53.515332
- Longitude
- -2.344280
- British National Grid easting
- 377,268
- British National Grid northing
- 402,126
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Salford · E08000006
- Electoral ward
- Swinton & Wardley · E05013032
- Parish or community
- E43000160
- Westminster constituency
- Worsley and Eccles · E14001598
- Output area
- E00028789
- Lower layer super output area
- Salford 006A · E01005686
- Middle layer super output area
- Salford 006 · E02001162
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 M27
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 104
- Primary
- 66
- Secondary
- 14
- 295 m
Co-op Academy Swinton
Academy converter
- 385 m
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 474 m
Mossfield Primary School
Community school
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 3
- Other theft 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.
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
29
within 5 km
THE POPLARS MEDICAL PRACTICE
202 PARTINGTON LANE, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 0NA
ODS code P87002
551 m
SILVERDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PENDLEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 659 BOLTON ROAD, PENDLEBURY, MANCHESTER, M27 8HP
ODS code P87019
934 m
THE LAKES MEDICAL PRACTICE
21 CHORLEY ROAD, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 4AF
ODS code P87025
978 m
THE SIDES MEDICAL PRACTICE
MOORSIDE ROAD, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 0EW
ODS code P87016
1.2 km
ORIENT ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
37 ORIENT ROAD, SALFORD, M6 8LE
ODS code P87032
2.7 km
1/MONTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
MONTON MEDICAL CENTRE, CANAL SIDE, ECCLES, MANCHESTER, M30 8AR
ODS code P87620
2.7 km
THE HEIGHT GENERAL PRACTICE
THE SURGERY, 355 BOLTON ROAD, SALFORD, M6 7NJ
ODS code Y02767
2.9 km
ST ANDREWS MEDICAL CENTRE
30 RUSSELL STREET, ECCLES, MANCHESTER, M30 0NU
ODS code P87020
3.4 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL PRACTICE
8-12 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87017
3.6 km
WALKDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
2 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87008
3.6 km
THE GILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 HARRIET STREET, WORSLEY, WALKDEN, MANCHESTER, M28 3DR
ODS code P87028
3.7 km
KEARSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
JACKSON STREET, KEARSLEY, BOLTON, BL4 8EP
ODS code P82007
4.0 km
THE WILLOWS MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE WILLOWS, LORDS AVENUE, SALFORD, M5 5JR
ODS code P87658
4.1 km
3/SPRINGFIELD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
384 LIVERPOOL ROAD, ECCLES, MANCHESTER, M30 8QD
ODS code P87024
4.1 km
SORREL BANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
23 BOLTON ROAD, SALFORD, M6 7HL
ODS code P87040
4.1 km
LANGWORTHY MEDICAL PRACTICE
250 LANGWORTHY ROAD, SALFORD, M6 5WW
ODS code P87027
4.4 km
FAIRFAX GROUP PRACTICE
PRESTWICH HEALTH CENTRE, FAIRFAX ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1BT
ODS code P83001
4.5 km
LONGFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
PRESTWICH HEALTH CENTRE, FAIRFAX ROAD, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, M25 1BT
ODS code P83623
4.5 km
1/SALFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
194-198 LANGWORTHY ROAD, SALFORD, M6 5PP
ODS code P87004
4.5 km
ELLENBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
14 MORSTON CLOSE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 1PB
ODS code P87624
4.6 km
Showing 20 of 29 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
Cemetery Road South
BCT · Swinton
- 0.1 miles
Boothby Road
BCT · Swinton
- 0.2 miles
Boothby Road
BCT · Wardley
- 0.2 miles
Swinton Church of St Peter
BCT · Swinton
- 0.2 miles
Swinton Church of St Peter
BCT · Swinton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Salford 006A, 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
7,570 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.