Schools
137 open schools are in scope, including 91 primary and 19 secondary schools. Laurus Ryecroft is the nearest published school at 614 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
M43 7JN
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 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- M43 7JN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 September 1998
- Terminated
- 1 September 2000
- Postcode area
- M
- Postcode district
- M43
- Postcode sector
- M43 7
- Latitude
- 53.487657
- Longitude
- -2.131076
- British National Grid easting
- 391,400
- British National Grid northing
- 399,000
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
- E00030363
- Lower layer super output area
- Tameside 010A · E01005993
- Middle layer super output area
- Tameside 010 · E02001238
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
- 137
- Primary
- 91
- Secondary
- 19
- 614 m
Laurus Ryecroft
Free schools
- 860 m
Aldwyn Primary School
Academy converter
- 871 m
Moorside Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2
- Other crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- M43 7 residents
- 13,801
Age bands in M43 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.1%
2,523 residents
1,410 residents
3,589 residents
3,862 residents
2,516 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.
GP practices
40
within 5 km straight-line
DROYLSDEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
1-3 ALBION DRIVE, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7NP
ODS code Y02663
970 m
MEDLOCK VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
58 ASHTON ROAD, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7BW
ODS code P89010
1.2 km
MARKET STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
76 MARKET STREET, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 6DE
ODS code P89029
1.4 km
HT PRACTICE
156 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0NW
ODS code P89020
1.7 km
WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE
98-102 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0LH
ODS code P89030
1.7 km
ASHTON GP SERVICE
ASHTON PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 193 OLD STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 7SR
ODS code Y02586
2.1 km
GUIDE BRIDGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
GUIDE LANE, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M34 5HY
ODS code Y02713
2.1 km
WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE
1 DUNKERLEY STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 9EJ
ODS code P89613
2.2 km
FLORENCE HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
1344 ASHTON OLD ROAD, HIGHER OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1JG
ODS code P84042
2.7 km
KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
96-98 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4JZ
ODS code P89022
2.7 km
TOWN HALL SURGERY
112 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4LD
ODS code P89025
2.7 km
LIME SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE
LIME SQUARE, ASHTON OLD ROAD, OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M11 1DA
ODS code P84059
2.7 km
ASHTON MEDICAL GROUP
CHAPEL STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6EW
ODS code P89008
2.8 km
ALBION MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 ALBION STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6HF
ODS code P89003
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
DENTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
100 ASHTON ROAD, DENTON, MANCHESTER, M34 3JE
ODS code P89018
3.3 km
DUKINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
20 CONCORD WAY, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4DB
ODS code P89021
3.4 km
DR KHAN'S PRACTICE
CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ
ODS code P84637
3.5 km
DRS HANIF & BANNURU
CLAYTON HEALTH CENTRE, 89 NORTH ROAD, MANCHESTER, M11 4EJ
ODS code P84032
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 40 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Sandy Lane
BCT · Littlemoss
- 0.1 miles
Sandy Lane
BCT · Littlemoss
- 0.2 miles
James Street
BCT · Droylsden
- 0.3 miles
James Street
BCT · Droylsden
- 0.3 miles
Littlemoss Terminus
BCT · Littlemoss
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 010A, 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
14,896 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.