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Area guidesAncoats
M4 · Manchester
A view of Ancoats. Photograph by Matt from Manchester, England.
Ancoats is a vibrant and rapidly evolving area in Manchester, known for its rich history, cultural attractions, and urban charm, offering a unique blend of old and new.
Live geography from the official record. A district or place name is a group of postcodes, not one address.
The pin uses Postcodes.io coordinates, not an exact entrance or title boundary.
Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors
Found in the same 2.8 km sample around the centre of M4, from 225 live postcodes. Proximity, not a boundary.
Point sources need one coordinate, so these are anchored on M1 2JZ — the live postcode nearest the centre of the area. They describe that point, not every street. Crime is counted across the whole Northern Quarter policing neighbourhood, which is the Police.uk boundary containing M1 2JZ — a named area can span several of them, so this is the one covering the centre of Ancoats, not all of it. Each keeps its source, its geography and its limits. Counts are counts: an incident total is not a safety measure, and an empty planning result is not a completed search.
Police.uk · Northern Quarter neighbourhood
One month of records for the Northern Quarter policing neighbourhood — the boundary police.uk itself shows, so this figure should match theirs. Not a year. Locations are anonymised to a nearby street, not an address. Counts are not adjusted for population, visitors or reporting differences and must not be treated as a neighbourhood quality score.
Northern Quarter on the force site ↗Planning Data · England
This means only that the postcode point did not intersect the selected Planning Data datasets. It does not mean the property has no planning constraints.
Screened at the postcode point, not a title boundary. Coverage varies by dataset and local planning authority; absence is not a clear result.
About Planning Data ↗Application-level planning data comes from the Planning London Datahub, which covers the 35 London planning authorities. No other authority publishes an equivalent feed, so nothing has been substituted.
Supermarkets, pharmacies, healthcare, gyms and libraries mapped near M1 2JZ, ordered by straight-line distance. OpenStreetMap is contributed data: a place missing here is not proof it does not exist, and nothing here confirms opening hours or that a business is still trading.
Supermarkets and convenience stores.
Pharmacies, GP surgeries and dentists.
Gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools.
Libraries, post offices and community buildings.
Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within this distance of the postcode point, measured straight-line, and kept only where the map tags them as the kind of place the heading claims. OpenStreetMap is volunteer-maintained and this search returns the closest matches rather than every one: a short list is not proof that nothing else is there. Distances are not walking routes, and nothing here checks opening hours, whether a surgery is accepting patients, or whether a place is still trading.
Parks, playgrounds, nature and outdoor sport mapped within 1.5 km of M1 2JZ, ordered by straight-line distance. Distance is not a walking route, and OpenStreetMap says nothing about whether a space is open to the public, its hours or its condition.
Named parks, commons and village greens open to the public.
Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.
Children’s play areas mapped as such.
Nature reserves, woodland and waterside.
Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.
Recreation grounds, pitches and courts.
Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within this distance of the postcode point, measured straight-line, and kept only where the map tags them as the kind of place the heading claims. OpenStreetMap is volunteer-maintained and this search returns the closest matches rather than every one: a short list is not proof that nothing else is there. Distances are not walking routes, and nothing here checks opening hours, whether a surgery is accepting patients, or whether a place is still trading.
Residents enjoy a mix of urban amenities, including trendy bars, restaurants, and cafes, as well as easy access to parks and canal walks, making it an attractive option for those who value a lively and dynamic lifestyle.
The area features a range of housing types, from converted warehouses and Victorian-era buildings to modern apartments and new-build developments, offering something for different tastes and preferences.
Ancoats is well-connected to the rest of Manchester, with several major roads, including the A656 and the M60, providing easy access to the city centre and surrounding areas, as well as a nearby train station.
Visitors and residents may want to explore the area's industrial heritage, including the canals and old factories, as well as checking out the local arts scene, which features a range of galleries, museums, and performance venues.
Measured by distance from the area centre, straight line. Primary is a walk and secondary is a journey, so they are counted on different radii. Ofsted's published judgements, not a Greathome rating.
Primarystate-funded, within 2 km
10 schools
Secondarystate-funded, within 5 km
15 schools
19 open schools of every phase sit within 2 km, 2 of them independent. Independent schools carry no Ofsted judgement in this release, so they appear in the total and never in the judged figures. Nothing here establishes catchment, admissions eligibility or available places.
| School | Phase | Distance | Published judgement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-op Academy New Islington | Primary | 0.3 km | Not judged · Graded inspection, no overall grade |
| St Anne's RC Primary School | Primary | 0.8 km | Standards maintained · Ungraded inspection |
| Sol Christian Academy | Not applicable | 0.8 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| The Cooperative College | Not applicable | 1 km | No published judgement |
| St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 1 km | Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024 |
| Abbey College Manchester | Not applicable | 1.1 km | No published judgement |
£251,250average house price across Manchester, June 2026
A year earlier the same measure was £244,141, a change of +2.9%.
Average price across the whole local authority for one month, from the ONS series built on HM Land Registry UK House Price Index data. It is not a neighbourhood median and not a valuation of any property. Two guides in the same borough share this figure while their streets differ. House-price data is revised, and recent months are the most likely to move.
Source: Average house price by local authority, Office for National Statistics, from HM Land Registry UK House Price Index.
Ancoats, taken as the M4 postcode district. A postcode-district proxy, not an approved polygon. These are postcode districts standing in for an approved polygon. Present every count as "in these postcode districts", never as a neighbourhood or town-centre figure.
Evidence checked 2026-09-11. Last content change 2026-09-10. Next review 2026-09-18.
Each of these opens on M1 2JZ, the postcode anchoring Ancoats, and queries its own source only when you open it.