Schools
71 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 8 secondary schools. Outwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 304 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SK8 3PL
Heald Green · Stockport · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Heald Green
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Postcode district
- SK8
- Postcode sector
- SK8 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SK8 3PL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- SK
- Postcode district
- SK8
- Postcode sector
- SK8 3
- Latitude
- 53.360784
- Longitude
- -2.222344
- British National Grid easting
- 385,300
- British National Grid northing
- 384,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Stockport · E08000007
- Electoral ward
- Heald Green · E05015025
- Parish or community
- E43000161
- Westminster constituency
- Cheadle · E14001158
- Output area
- E00029609
- Lower layer super output area
- Stockport 040D · E01005850
- Middle layer super output area
- Stockport 040 · E02001226
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 SK8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 71
- Primary
- 46
- Secondary
- 8
- 304 m
Outwood Primary School
Community school
- 408 m
Oakgrove School
Academy special converter
- 449 m
Bolshaw Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 407
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 160
- Public order 54
- Other theft 34
- Anti social behaviour 31
- Criminal damage and arson 25
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SK8 3 residents
- 13,148
Age bands in SK8 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 23%
2,428 residents
1,338 residents
3,328 residents
3,201 residents
3,077 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
19
within 5 km straight-line
FINNEY LANE SURGERY
FINNEY LANE, HEALD GREEN, CHEADLE, SK8 3JD
ODS code P88042
1.1 km
HEALD GREEN HEALTH CENTRE 2
HEALD GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, FINNEY LANE, HEALD GREEN, CHEADLE, SK8 3JD
ODS code P88023
1.1 km
HANDFORTH HEALTH CENTRE
THE GREEN, WILMSLOW ROAD, HANDFORTH, WILMSLOW, SK9 3HL
ODS code N81070
1.6 km
CHEADLE HULME MEDICAL GROUP
SMITHY GREEN, HULME HALL ROAD, CHEADLE HULME, CHEADLE, SK8 6LU
ODS code P88007
2.2 km
HULME HALL MEDICAL GROUP
SMITHY GREEN, HULME HALL ROAD, CHEADLE HULME, CHEADLE WOOD, CHEADLE, SK8 6LU
ODS code P88025
2.2 km
TREGENNA GROUP PRACTICE
399 PORTWAY, WOODHOUSE PK, WYTHENSHAWE, MANCHESTER, M22 0EP
ODS code P84048
2.5 km
CORNISHWAY GROUP PRACTICE
FORUM HEALTH, SIMONSWAY, WYTHENSHAWE, MANCHESTER, M22 5RX
ODS code P84043
3.6 km
PEEL HALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FORUM HEALTH SIMONSWAY, WYTHENSHAWE, MANCHESTER, M22 5RX
ODS code P84020
3.6 km
BENCHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
BENCHILL ONE STOP MEDICAL CENTRE, 171 BROWNLEY ROAD, MANCHESTER, M22 9UH
ODS code P84029
3.6 km
RK MEDICAL PRACTICE
171 BROWNLEY ROAD, WYTHENSHAWE, MANCHESTER, M22 9UH
ODS code P84014
3.6 km
CHEADLE MEDICAL PRACTICE
1-5 ASHFIELD CRESCENT, CHEADLE, SK8 1BH
ODS code P88020
3.7 km
GATLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
OLD HALL ROAD, GATLEY, CHEADLE, SK8 4DG
ODS code P88024
3.8 km
THE VILLAGE SURGERY
31 BRAMHALL LANE SOUTH, BRAMHALL, STOCKPORT, SK7 2DN
ODS code P88041
3.8 km
ADSHALL ROAD MEDICAL PRAC
97 ADSHALL ROAD, CHEADLE, SK8 2JN
ODS code P88014
3.9 km
BRAMHALL HEALTH CENTRE
66 BRAMHALL LANE SOUTH, BRAMHALL, STOCKPORT, SK7 2DY
ODS code P88015
3.9 km
KENMORE MEDICAL CENTRE
60-62 ALDERLEY ROAD, WILMSLOW, SK9 1PA
ODS code N81002
4.3 km
WILMSLOW HEALTH CENTRE
CHAPEL LANE, WILMSLOW, SK9 5HX
ODS code N81086
4.3 km
BRAMHALL & SHAW HEATH MEDICAL GROUP
BRAMHALL PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, 235 BRAMHALL LANE SOUTH, BRAMHALL, STOCKPORT, SK7 3EP
ODS code P88016
4.3 km
CARITAS GENERAL PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP
262 STOCKPORT ROAD, CHEADLE HEATH, STOCKPORT, SK3 0RQ
ODS code P88013
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Southgate Centre
BCT · Stanley Green
- 0.2 miles
Southgate Centre
BCT · Stanley Green
- 0.2 miles
Newbury Road
BCT · Heald Green
- 0.2 miles
Outwood Primary School
BCT · Heald Green
- 0.2 miles
Outwood Primary School
BCT · Heald Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stockport 040D, 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
13,091 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
407 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 160 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.