Schools
142 open schools are in scope, including 102 primary and 16 secondary schools. Droylsden Academy is the nearest published school at 113 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M43 6QU
Droylsden West · Tameside · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Droylsden West
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Postcode district
- M43
- Postcode sector
- M43 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M43 6QU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M43
- Postcode sector
- M43 6
- Latitude
- 53.483133
- Longitude
- -2.156077
- British National Grid easting
- 389,740
- British National Grid northing
- 398,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Tameside · E08000008
- Electoral ward
- Droylsden West · E05014527
- Parish or community
- E43000162
- Westminster constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne · E14001070
- Output area
- E00030425
- Lower layer super output area
- Tameside 011F · E01006007
- Middle layer super output area
- Tameside 011 · E02001239
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 M43
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 142
- Primary
- 102
- Secondary
- 16
- 113 m
Droylsden Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 369 m
Manchester Road Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 435 m
Greenside Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4
- Other crime 1
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- M43 6 residents
- 10,133
Age bands in M43 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.1%
1,763 residents
1,090 residents
2,736 residents
2,715 residents
1,594 residents
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
56
within 5 km
DROYLSDEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
1-3 ALBION DRIVE, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7NP
ODS code Y02663
825 m
MARKET STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
76 MARKET STREET, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 6DE
ODS code P89029
835 m
MEDLOCK VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
58 ASHTON ROAD, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7BW
ODS code P89010
1.0 km
LIME SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE
LIME SQUARE, ASHTON OLD ROAD, OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1DA
ODS code P84059
1.2 km
FLORENCE HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
1344 ASHTON OLD ROAD, HIGHER OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1JG
ODS code P84042
1.2 km
DR KHAN'S PRACTICE
CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ
ODS code P84637
1.9 km
DRS HANIF & BANNURU
CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ
ODS code P84032
1.9 km
EASTLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, CLAYTON, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ
ODS code P84051
1.9 km
ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWTON HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 2 OLD CHURCH STREET, MANCHESTER, M40 2JF
ODS code P84047
2.6 km
NEWTON HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWTON HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 2 OLD CHURCH STREET, NEWTON HEATH, MANCHESTER, M40 2JF
ODS code P84070
2.6 km
GORTON MEDICAL CENTRE
FIRST FLOOR, GORTON HUB, 27 GARRATT WAY, MANCHESTER, M18 8HE
ODS code P84028
2.7 km
FIVE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
47 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3BB
ODS code P84004
2.7 km
CORNERSTONE FAMILY PRACTICE
CORNERSTONE CENTRE, 2 GRAHAM STREET, BESWICK, MANCHESTER, M11 3AA
ODS code P84041
2.8 km
MEDLOCK MEDICAL PRACTICE
KEPPEL BUILDING, FAILSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, ASHTON ROAD WEST, MANCHESTER, M35 0AD
ODS code P85610
3.0 km
QUAYSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
ASHTON ROAD WEST, MANCHESTER, M35 0AD
ODS code P85026
3.0 km
HT PRACTICE
156 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0NW
ODS code P89020
3.1 km
MOUNT ROAD SURGERY
110 MOUNT ROAD, GORTON, MANCHESTER, M18 7BQ
ODS code P84050
3.1 km
GUIDE BRIDGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
GUIDE LANE, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M34 5HY
ODS code Y02713
3.1 km
WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE
98-102 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0LH
ODS code P89030
3.2 km
WEST GORTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 CLOWES ST, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER, M12 5JE
ODS code P84052
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 56 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
Ash Road
BCT · Droylsden
- 0.0 miles
Ash Road
BCT · Droylsden
- 0.1 miles
Sunnybank Road
BCT · Droylsden
- 0.2 miles
Cemetery Road Metrolink Stop
BCT · Droylsden
- 0.2 miles
Cemetery Road (Manchester Metrolink)
TMU · Droylsden
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 011F, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
10,369 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.