Schools
93 open schools are in scope, including 63 primary and 12 secondary schools. Co-op Academy Walkden is the nearest published school at 302 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M28 5ET
Walkden South · Salford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Walkden South
- Local authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Postcode district
- M28
- Postcode sector
- M28 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M28 5ET
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M28
- Postcode sector
- M28 5
- Latitude
- 53.513653
- Longitude
- -2.389989
- British National Grid easting
- 374,236
- British National Grid northing
- 401,955
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Salford · E08000006
- Electoral ward
- Walkden South · E05013035
- Parish or community
- E43000160
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden · E14001111
- Output area
- E00028937
- Lower layer super output area
- Salford 007E · E01005715
- Middle layer super output area
- Salford 007 · E02001163
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 M28
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 93
- Primary
- 63
- Secondary
- 12
- 302 m
Co-op Academy Walkden
Academy converter
- 331 m
Mesne Lea Primary School
Academy converter
- 904 m
Christ The King RC Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 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
26
within 5 km straight-line
THE LIMES MEDICAL PRACTICE
8-12 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87017
1.1 km
WALKDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
2 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87008
1.1 km
THE GILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 HARRIET STREET, WORSLEY, WALKDEN, MANCHESTER, M28 3DR
ODS code P87028
1.3 km
ELLENBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
14 MORSTON CLOSE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 1PB
ODS code P87624
1.6 km
ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 LEIGH ROAD, WORSLEY, BOOTHSTOWN, MANCHESTER, M28 1LZ
ODS code P87627
2.4 km
CHERRY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87630
2.4 km
DEARDEN AVENUE MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87625
2.4 km
MANCHESTER ROAD EAST MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87661
2.4 km
SALFORD PRIMARY CARE TOGETHER
4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code Y00445
2.4 km
THE SIDES MEDICAL PRACTICE
MOORSIDE ROAD, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 0EW
ODS code P87016
2.5 km
BOOTHSTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
PARR BRIDGE H&W CENTRE, PARR BRIDGE RETAIL PARK, MOSLEY COMMON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M29 8RZ
ODS code P92605
2.8 km
CLEGGS LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE/129
129-131 CLEGGS LANE, LITTLE HULTON, MANCHESTER, M38 9RS
ODS code P87613
3.1 km
THE POPLARS MEDICAL PRACTICE
202 PARTINGTON LANE, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 0NA
ODS code P87002
3.2 km
1/MONTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
MONTON MEDICAL CENTRE, CANAL SIDE, ECCLES, MANCHESTER, M30 8AR
ODS code P87620
3.3 km
KEARSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
JACKSON STREET, KEARSLEY, BOLTON, BL4 8EP
ODS code P82007
3.3 km
STONEHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PIGGOTT STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9QZ
ODS code P82008
3.4 km
FARNWORTH FAMILY PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82652
3.7 km
FIG TREE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82037
3.7 km
THE LAKES MEDICAL PRACTICE
21 CHORLEY ROAD, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 4AF
ODS code P87025
3.8 km
SILVERDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PENDLEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 659 BOLTON ROAD, PENDLEBURY, MANCHESTER, M27 8HP
ODS code P87019
3.9 km
Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Walkden Road
BCT · Ellenbrook
- 0.1 miles
Kingsway
BCT · Ellenbrook
- 0.1 miles
Kingsway
BCT · Ellenbrook
- 0.2 miles
Mesne Lea Grove
BCT · Roe Green
- 0.2 miles
Mesne Lea Grove
BCT · Roe Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Salford 007E, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
27,370 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.