M postcode area
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| Postcode area | M |
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| Postcode area name | Manchester |
| Post towns | 3 |
| Postcode districts | 47 |
| Postcode sectors | 277 |
| Postcodes (live) | 32,334 |
| Postcodes (total) | 54,541 |
| Statistics as at October 2006[1] | |
The M postcode area, also known as the Manchester postcode area,[2] is a group of several postal 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 all Greater Manchester boroughs except for 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.
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[edit] Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postal districts:
| Postal district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority |
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| M1 | MANCHESTER | Manchester central | Manchester |
| M2 | MANCHESTER | Manchester central | Manchester |
| M3 (Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9) | MANCHESTER | Manchester central | Manchester |
| M3 (Sectors 5, 6 and 7) | SALFORD | Salford Quays | Salford |
| M4 | MANCHESTER | Manchester central | Manchester |
| M5 | SALFORD | Seedley, Weaste | Salford |
| M6 | SALFORD | Claremont, Irlams O' Th' Height | Salford |
| M7 | SALFORD | Higher Broughton | Salford |
| M8 | MANCHESTER | Crumpsall, Cheetham Hill | Manchester |
| M9 | MANCHESTER | Harpurhey, Blackley | Manchester |
| M10 | MANCHESTER | Newton Heath | Manchester |
| M11 | MANCHESTER | Clayton, Openshaw | Manchester |
| M12 | MANCHESTER | Ardwick, Longsight | Manchester |
| M13 | MANCHESTER | Longsight | Manchester |
| M14 | MANCHESTER | Fallowfield, Moss Side, Ladybarn, Rusholme | Manchester |
| M15 | MANCHESTER | Hulme, Manchester Science Park | Manchester |
| M16 | MANCHESTER | Firswood, Moss Side, Old Trafford, Whalley Range | Trafford |
| M17 | MANCHESTER | Trafford Park, The Trafford Centre | Trafford |
| M18 | MANCHESTER | Abbey Hey, Gorton | Manchester |
| M19 | MANCHESTER | Levenshulme, Burnage | Manchester |
| M20 | MANCHESTER | Didsbury, Withington | Manchester |
| M21 | MANCHESTER | Chorlton Cum Hardy, Firswood | Manchester |
| M22 | MANCHESTER | Wythenshawe, Northenden, Sharston Industrial Area | Manchester |
| M23 | MANCHESTER | Baguley, Roundthorn Industrial Estate | Manchester |
| M24 | MANCHESTER | Middleton, Alkrington | Rochdale |
| M25 | MANCHESTER | Prestwich | Bury |
| M26 | MANCHESTER | Radcliffe, Stoneclough | Bury, Bolton |
| M27 | MANCHESTER | Swinton, Clifton, Pendlebury, Wardley | Salford |
| M28 | MANCHESTER | Worsley, Walkden, Mosley Common, Wardley Industrial Estate | Manchester, Salford |
| M29 | MANCHESTER | Tyldesley, Astley | Wigan |
| M30 | MANCHESTER | Eccles | Salford |
| M31 | MANCHESTER | Carrington, Partington | Trafford |
| M32 | MANCHESTER | Stretford | Trafford |
| M33 | SALE | Sale, Brooklands | Trafford |
| M34 | MANCHESTER | Denton, Audenshaw | Tameside |
| M35 | MANCHESTER | Failsworth, Castle Industrial Estate | Oldham |
| M38 | MANCHESTER | Little Hulton | Salford |
| M40 | MANCHESTER | Collyhurst, Miles Platting, Moston, New Moston, Newton Heath | Manchester |
| M41 | MANCHESTER | Urmston | Trafford |
| M43 | MANCHESTER | Droylsden | Tameside |
| M44 | MANCHESTER | Irlam, Cadishead | Trafford |
| M45 | MANCHESTER | Whitefield | Bury |
| M46 | MANCHESTER | Atherton | Wigan |
| M50 | SALFORD | Salford Quays | 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 (part of sector 9 only, i.e. M3) | 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 |
[edit] Adjacent areas
| The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - SK (Stockport) - WA (Warrington) - WN (Wigan) - BL (Bolton) - OL (Oldham) . |
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[edit] Former Scheme
Before the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s, Manchester along with other major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool and Sheffield were divided into numbered postal districts. With a few exceptions these were directly incorporated into the outcode (the first part of the postcode).
For example, Deansgate was formerly Manchester 4 and Manchester 1 was around Piccadilly.
[edit] References
- ^ National Statistics, Postcode Directory Version Notes, (2006)
- ^ Royal Mail Address Management Guide Edition 4, (2004)
