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M40

Postcode district · Ancoats, Beswick, Chadderton, Charlestown · Manchester, Oldham · England

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What is already known about M40

Live geography from the official record. A district or place name is a group of postcodes, not one address.

Live postcodes
1,393 in M40
Localities
Ancoats, Beswick, Chadderton, Charlestown
Local authority
Manchester, Oldham
Country
England
Centre postcode
M40 5LH
Postcode-point mapM40

The pin uses Postcodes.io coordinates, not an exact entrance or title boundary.

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Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors

Districts next to M40

Found in the same 2.8 km sample around the centre of M40, from 225 live postcodes. Proximity, not a boundary.

Official records around this point

Point sources need one coordinate, so these are anchored on M40 5LH — the live postcode nearest the centre of the area. They describe that point, not every street. Crime is counted across the whole Harpurhey policing neighbourhood, which is the Police.uk boundary containing M40 5LH. 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 · Harpurhey neighbourhood

Recorded incidents

Connected
2records in
July 2026
Anti-social behaviour1
Violence & sexual offences1

One month of records for the Harpurhey 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.

List the 2 records
CategoryRecorded nearLatest outcome
Anti-social behaviourOn or near The GatewayNo outcome published yet
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Lizmar TerraceInvestigation complete; no suspect identified
Harpurhey on the force site ↗

Planning Data · England

Intersecting designations

Connected
No intersecting record returned

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 ↗

Nearby planning applications

London only

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.

Daily essentials

Supermarkets, pharmacies, healthcare, gyms and libraries mapped near M40 5LH, 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.

6everyday places mapped within 1.2 km of the postcode point

Food shopping

2

Supermarkets and convenience stores.

  1. 711 mLidlOld Church Street, Newton HeathMap ↗
  2. 959 mAsdaOld Church Street, Newton HeathMap ↗

Health

0

Pharmacies, GP surgeries and dentists.

Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.

Exercise

0

Gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools.

Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.

Civic and everyday

4

Libraries, post offices and community buildings.

  1. 312 mNewton Heath Post Office961, Oldham RoadMap ↗
  2. 419 mLightbowne Road Post OfficeLightbowne Road, MostonMap ↗
  3. 651 mNewton Heath LibraryDavid Pegg Walk, Newton HeathMap ↗
  4. 930 mBriscoe Lane Post OfficeBriscoe Lane, Newton HeathMap ↗

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 and green space

Parks, playgrounds, nature and outdoor sport mapped within 1.5 km of M40 5LH, 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.

7open spaces mapped within 1.5 km of the postcode point

Parks and commons

5

Named parks, commons and village greens open to the public.

  1. 765 mLily Lane parkMoston, ManchesterMap ↗
  2. 934 mBroadhurst ParkMoston, ManchesterMap ↗
  3. 1.1 kmMoston ValeHarpurhey, ManchesterMap ↗
  4. 1.1 kmOrford Road Playing FieldsNewton Heath, ManchesterMap ↗
  5. 1.3 kmRonald Johnson Playing FieldsMoston, ManchesterMap ↗

Playgrounds

0

Children’s play areas mapped as such.

Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.

Nature and water

1

Nature reserves, woodland and waterside.

  1. 1.3 kmMoston Fairway Nature ReserveNew Moston, ManchesterMap ↗

Outdoor sport

1

Recreation grounds, pitches and courts.

  1. 1.4 kmBrookdale Park Crown Green Bowls ClubAverill Street, Newton HeathMap ↗

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.

Look this place up in detail

Each of these opens on M40 5LH, the postcode anchoring M40, and queries its own source only when you open it.

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