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M43 6GU

Droylsden East · Tameside · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Droylsden East
Local authority
Tameside
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne
Postcode district
M43
Postcode sector
M43 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
M43 6HY 44 m
M43 6GT 54 m
M43 6GN 79 m
M43 6HX 93 m
M43 6HZ 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
M43 6GU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
M
Postcode district
M43
Postcode sector
M43 6
Latitude
53.477487
Longitude
-2.150436
British National Grid easting
390,113
British National Grid northing
397,871

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Tameside · E08000008
Electoral ward
Droylsden East · E05014526
Parish or community
E43000162
Westminster constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne · E14001070
Output area
E00177721
Lower layer super output area
Tameside 011B · E01005999
Middle layer super output area
Tameside 011 · E02001239

Postcode source versions

Explore M43

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
139
Primary
93
Secondary
18

  1. Fairfield Road Primary School

    Community school

    198 m

  2. Fairfield High School for Girls

    Academy converter

    269 m

  3. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    518 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other crime 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

7 female, 11 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.3
M43 6 residents
10,133

Age bands in M43 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,763 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

1,090 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.6%

2,736 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

2,715 residents

Age 65 and over
16.1%

1,594 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider M43 6 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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Gigabit-capable
83.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
83.3%
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

44

within 5 km

  • MARKET STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    76 MARKET STREET, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 6DE

    ODS code P89029

    359 m

  • MEDLOCK VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    58 ASHTON ROAD, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7BW

    ODS code P89010

    556 m

  • FLORENCE HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1344 ASHTON OLD ROAD, HIGHER OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1JG

    ODS code P84042

    943 m

  • LIME SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LIME SQUARE, ASHTON OLD ROAD, OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1DA

    ODS code P84059

    1.1 km

  • DROYLSDEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-3 ALBION DRIVE, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7NP

    ODS code Y02663

    1.1 km

  • DR KHAN'S PRACTICE

    CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ

    ODS code P84637

    2.4 km

  • DRS HANIF & BANNURU

    CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ

    ODS code P84032

    2.4 km

  • EASTLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, CLAYTON, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ

    ODS code P84051

    2.4 km

  • GORTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FIRST FLOOR, GORTON HUB, 27 GARRATT WAY, MANCHESTER, M18 8HE

    ODS code P84028

    2.4 km

  • GUIDE BRIDGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GUIDE LANE, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M34 5HY

    ODS code Y02713

    2.6 km

  • HT PRACTICE

    156 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0NW

    ODS code P89020

    2.7 km

  • MOUNT ROAD SURGERY

    110 MOUNT ROAD, GORTON, MANCHESTER, M18 7BQ

    ODS code P84050

    2.8 km

  • WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE

    98-102 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0LH

    ODS code P89030

    2.9 km

  • FIVE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE

    47 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3BB

    ODS code P84004

    2.9 km

  • CORNERSTONE FAMILY PRACTICE

    CORNERSTONE CENTRE, 2 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3AA

    ODS code P84041

    3.0 km

  • DENTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    100 ASHTON ROAD, DENTON, MANCHESTER, M34 3JE

    ODS code P89018

    3.0 km

  • MILLGATE HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP

    ANN STREET, DENTON, MANCHESTER, M34 2AJ

    ODS code P89015

    3.2 km

  • ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTRE

    NEWTON HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 2 OLD CHURCH STREET, MANCHESTER, M40 2JF

    ODS code P84047

    3.3 km

  • NEWTON HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE

    NEWTON HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 2 OLD CHURCH STREET, NEWTON HEATH, MANCHESTER, M40 2JF

    ODS code P84070

    3.3 km

  • ASHTON GP SERVICE

    ASHTON PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 193 OLD STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 7SR

    ODS code Y02586

    3.5 km

Showing 20 of 44 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

  • Latrobe Street

    BCT · Fairfield

    0.1 miles

  • Latrobe Street

    BCT · Fairfield

    0.1 miles

  • Droylsden Wharf Road

    BCT · Fairfield

    0.1 miles

  • Droylsden Wharf Road

    BCT · Fairfield

    0.1 miles

  • Scott Road

    BCT · Droylsden

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 011B, 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

6,849 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
3 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
3
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

Schools

139 open schools are in scope, including 93 primary and 18 secondary schools. Fairfield Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 198 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.