M postcode area
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| Manchester postcode area | |
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| Postcode area | M |
| Postcode area name | Manchester |
| Post towns | 3 |
| Postcode districts | 48 |
| Postcode sectors | 302 |
| Postcodes (live) | 31,670 |
| Postcodes (total) | 56,617 |
| Statistics as at February 2012[1] | |
The M postcode area, also known as the Manchester postcode area,[2] is a group of several postcode districts in Greater Manchester, England.
The area is divided into three post towns: Manchester, Salford, and Sale. The Manchester post town forms most of the area, and the other two post towns are enclaves within it.
It includes parts of every borough in Greater Manchester, including small parts of Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey and Reddish in Stockport. The entirety of the metropolitan district of the City of Manchester itself is included within the area, except for Ringway, which is in WA15. The postcode area also includes nearly all of the City of Salford and most of the borough of Trafford.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area |
|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | MANCHESTER | Piccadilly, City Centre, Market Street | Manchester |
| M2 | MANCHESTER | Deansgate, City Centre | Manchester |
| M3 (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9) |
MANCHESTER | City Centre, Deansgate, Castlefield | Manchester |
| M3 (Sectors 5, 6 and 7) |
SALFORD | Blackfriars, Greengate, Trinity | Salford |
| M4 | MANCHESTER | Ancoats, Northern Quarter, Strangeways | Manchester |
| M5 | SALFORD | Ordsall, Seedley, Weaste, University, | Salford |
| M6 | SALFORD | Pendleton, Claremont, Irlams O' Th' Height, Charlestown | Salford |
| M7 | SALFORD | Higher Broughton, Cheetwood, Lower Broughton, Kersal | Salford |
| M8 | MANCHESTER | Crumpsall, Cheetham Hill | Manchester |
| M9 | MANCHESTER | Harpurhey, Blackley | Manchester |
| M11 | MANCHESTER | Clayton, Openshaw, Beswick | Manchester |
| M12 | MANCHESTER | Ardwick, Longsight, Chorlton-on-Medlock | Manchester |
| M13 | MANCHESTER | Ardwick, Longsight, Chorlton-on-Medlock | Manchester |
| M14 | MANCHESTER | Fallowfield, Moss Side, Ladybarn, Rusholme, Victoria Park | Manchester |
| M15 | MANCHESTER | Hulme, Manchester Science Park | Manchester |
| M16 | MANCHESTER | Firswood, Old Trafford, Whalley Range, Moss Side | Trafford, Manchester |
| M17 | MANCHESTER | Trafford Park, The Trafford Centre | Trafford |
| M18 | MANCHESTER | Abbey Hey, Gorton | Manchester |
| M19 | MANCHESTER | Levenshulme, Burnage, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Chapel, Reddish | Manchester, Stockport |
| M20 | MANCHESTER | Didsbury, Withington | Manchester |
| M21 | MANCHESTER | Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Barlow Moor | Manchester |
| M22 | MANCHESTER | Wythenshawe, Northenden, Sharston Industrial Area | Manchester |
| M23 | MANCHESTER | Baguley, Roundthorn Industrial Estate | Manchester |
| M24 | MANCHESTER | Middleton, Alkrington, Chadderton | Rochdale, Oldham |
| M25 | MANCHESTER | Prestwich, Sedgeley Park, Simister | Bury |
| M26 | MANCHESTER | Radcliffe, Stoneclough | Bury, Bolton |
| M27 | MANCHESTER | Swinton, Clifton, Pendlebury, Wardley, Agecroft | Salford |
| M28 | MANCHESTER | Worsley, Walkden, Boothstown, Mosley Common, Wardley Industrial Estate | Salford, Wigan |
| M29 | MANCHESTER | Tyldesley, Astley | Wigan |
| M30 | MANCHESTER | Eccles, Monton, Peel Green | Salford |
| M31 | MANCHESTER | Carrington, Partington | Trafford |
| M32 | MANCHESTER | Stretford | Trafford |
| M33 | SALE | Sale, Brooklands | Trafford |
| M34 | MANCHESTER | Denton, Audenshaw | Tameside |
| M35 | MANCHESTER | Failsworth | Oldham |
| M38 | MANCHESTER | Little Hulton | Salford |
| M40 | MANCHESTER | Collyhurst, Miles Platting, Moston, New Moston, Newton Heath | Manchester |
| M41 | MANCHESTER | Urmston, Davyhulme, Flixton, Barton Dock Road | Trafford |
| M43 | MANCHESTER | Droylsden | Tameside |
| M44 | MANCHESTER | Irlam, Cadishead | Salford |
| M45 | MANCHESTER | Whitefield | Bury |
| M46 | MANCHESTER | Atherton | Wigan |
| M50 | SALFORD | Salford Quays, MediaCityUK | Salford |
| M60 (Sectors 1 and 7) |
MANCHESTER | Large user and PO Box (located geographically in M1) | Manchester |
| M60 (Sectors 2 and 8) |
MANCHESTER | Large user and PO Box (located geographically in M2) | Manchester |
| M60 (Sectors 3 and 9) |
MANCHESTER | Large user and PO Box (located geographically in M3) | Manchester |
| M60 (Sectors 4 and 0) |
MANCHESTER | Large user and PO Box (located geographically in M4) | Manchester |
| M60 (Sectors 5 and 6) |
MANCHESTER | Manchester X | Manchester |
| M60 (Sector 9) |
SALFORD | Large user and PO Box | Salford |
| M90 | MANCHESTER | Manchester Airport | Manchester |
| M99 | MANCHESTER | Manchester X; JD Williams (located geographically in M1 and M3) | Manchester |
Note: The original M10 postcode is obsolete, having been re-coded as M40 in 1993. Sometimes on Coronation Street they quote M10 as their postcode, for example on 5 November 2010 Kevin Webster quoted the postcode for the Garage as M10 9KC. In the 20.30pm episode which aired on 25 May 2012 a driving licence belonging to Karl Munro was shown to have the M10 postcode once again. On another episode of Coronation Street aired on 13 September 2013, the postcode M10 9KC was also used by Jason Grimshaw. The garage owned by Kevin Webster and Tyrone Dobbs shows an M10 postcode as their address on the sign.
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Former scheme
Before the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s, Manchester along with other major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool and Sheffield was divided into numbered postcode districts. With a few exceptions these were directly incorporated into the outcode (the first part of the postcode). The districts were based on Manchester and Salford together and districts outside the city boundaries were also included.
For example, the City Centre had postcode districts 1 - 4 (north-east, south, west and north-west respectively: Manchester 1 was around Piccadilly and 4 was around Victoria). 5, 6, 7 and 8 were in Salford and then the sequence continued across north Manchester and so round to M17 (Trafford Park). M18 onwards were further out still.
