Schools
136 open schools are in scope, including 90 primary and 19 secondary schools. Oasis Academy Aspinal is the nearest published school at 285 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M34 2WR
Denton West · Tameside · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Denton West
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Postcode district
- M34
- Postcode sector
- M34 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M34 2WR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 April 1985
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M34
- Postcode sector
- M34 2
- Latitude
- 53.454585
- Longitude
- -2.157071
- British National Grid easting
- 389,667
- British National Grid northing
- 395,324
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Tameside · E08000008
- Electoral ward
- Denton West · E05014525
- Parish or community
- E43000162
- Westminster constituency
- Gorton and Denton · E14001251
- Output area
- E00030332
- Lower layer super output area
- Tameside 024E · E01005991
- Middle layer super output area
- Tameside 024 · E02001252
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 M34
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 136
- Primary
- 90
- Secondary
- 19
- 285 m
Oasis Academy Aspinal
Academy converter
- 701 m
Dane Bank Primary School
Academy converter
- 745 m
Denton West End Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Drugs 1
- Other crime 1
- Possession of weapons 1
- Violence and sexual offences 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 25
- Postcode households
- 24
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- M34 2 residents
- 10,000
9 female, 16 male
Age bands in M34 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.8%
1,713 residents
1,025 residents
2,664 residents
2,999 residents
2,201 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider M34 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
48
within 5 km
FAMILY SURGERY
THE FAMILY SURGERY, 306 GORTON ROAD, REDDISH, STOCKPORT, SK5 6RN
ODS code P88005
964 m
PARK VIEW GROUP PRACTICE
2 LONGFORD ROAD WEST, REDDISH, STOCKPORT, SK5 6ET
ODS code P88018
1.0 km
GORTON MEDICAL CENTRE
FIRST FLOOR, GORTON HUB, 27 GARRATT WAY, MANCHESTER, M18 8HE
ODS code P84028
1.5 km
MOUNT ROAD SURGERY
110 MOUNT ROAD, GORTON, MANCHESTER, M18 7BQ
ODS code P84050
1.7 km
FLORENCE HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
1344 ASHTON OLD ROAD, HIGHER OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1JG
ODS code P84042
2.0 km
LIME SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE
LIME SQUARE, ASHTON OLD ROAD, OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1DA
ODS code P84059
2.2 km
PARKSIDE SURGERY
187 NORTHMOOR ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 5RU
ODS code P84644
2.2 km
LEVENSHULME MEDICAL PRACTICE
DUNSTABLE STREET, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 3BX
ODS code P84016
2.3 km
ASHCROFT SURGERY
803 STOCKPORT ROAD, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 3BS
ODS code P84053
2.5 km
MILLGATE HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP
ANN STREET, DENTON, MANCHESTER, M34 2AJ
ODS code P89015
2.6 km
MARKET STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
76 MARKET STREET, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 6DE
ODS code P89029
2.8 km
DENTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
100 ASHTON ROAD, DENTON, MANCHESTER, M34 3JE
ODS code P89018
2.8 km
WEST POINT MEDICAL CENTRE
WESTPOINT MEDICAL CENTRE, 167-169 SLADE LANE, LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER, M19 2AF
ODS code P84027
2.9 km
MEDLOCK VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
58 ASHTON ROAD, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7BW
ODS code P89010
2.9 km
MANCHESTER INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
526-528 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0RR
ODS code P84689
3.0 km
DICKENSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
357-359 DICKENSON ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M13 0WQ
ODS code P84026
3.0 km
NEW BANK HEALTH
339 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT, MANCHESTER, M12 4JE
ODS code Y02960
3.2 km
CORNERSTONE FAMILY PRACTICE
CORNERSTONE CENTRE, 2 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3AA
ODS code P84041
3.4 km
HAWTHORN MC
UNIT K, FALLOWFIELD SHOPPING CENTRE, BIRCHFIELDS ROAD, MANCHESTER, M14 6FS
ODS code Y02890
3.4 km
WEST GORTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 CLOWES ST, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER, M12 5JE
ODS code P84052
3.4 km
Showing 20 of 48 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
Thornley Lane
BCT · North Reddish
- 0.0 miles
Burnfield Road
BCT · North Reddish
- 0.1 miles
Burnfield Road
BCT · North Reddish
- 0.1 miles
Athol Street
BCT · North Reddish
- 0.1 miles
Athol Street
BCT · North Reddish
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 024E, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,103 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
- 2
- 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
4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Drugs with 1 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.