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Salford Quays

M50 · Salford

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A view of Salford Quays. Photograph by Pit-yacker.

Salford Quays is a waterfront area in Salford, England, known for its modern developments and revitalised industrial heritage, offering a mix of urban living and scenic views.

What stands out

Waterfront regeneration
Urban landscape
Former industrial site

Trade-offs

Residents may experience noise from nearby transport links and industrial activities, but enjoy easy access to amenities and outdoor spaces.
The area's modern architecture and amenities come at the cost of limited historic character and charm.
Residents can benefit from a range of local facilities, but may find the area feels somewhat isolated from the rest of the city.

Postcode districtsM50outcode-proxy-v1 · Greathome editorial boundary proxy

Local authoritySalfordCurrent · ONS Postcode Directory via Postcodes.io

Everyday life

Residents can enjoy a range of local amenities, including shops, restaurants, and leisure facilities, as well as scenic views of the waterfront and surrounding parks. The area's urban landscape provides a convenient and modern living environment.

Housing character

The area features a mix of modern apartments and buildings, many of which offer waterfront views and contemporary living spaces. Residents can choose from a range of accommodation types, from sleek high-rise developments to more low-rise urban dwellings.

Getting around

The area is well-connected to the rest of the city via major transport links, including a nearby motorway and public transport services. Residents can easily access local and national destinations.

Things to investigate

Those interested in learning more about the area may want to explore the local parks and waterfront areas, investigate the range of local amenities and services, and research the area's community and cultural events.

Schools

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

7 schools

Judged by Ofsted: 6
At least Good: 3
Outstanding or equivalent: 1
Below Good: 3

Secondarystate-funded, within 5 km

13 schools

Judged by Ofsted: 13
At least Good: 11
Outstanding or equivalent: 2
Below Good: 2

9 open schools of every phase sit within 2 km, 0 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.

The nearest 6 schools, with their published judgement

School	Phase	Distance	Published judgement
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK	Secondary	1.2 km	Needs attention · Report card, curriculum and teaching
Willow Tree Primary School	Primary	1.4 km	Not judged · Graded inspection, no overall grade
Lark Hill Community Primary School	Primary	1.4 km	Needs attention · Report card, curriculum and teaching
St Joseph's RC Primary School	Primary	1.5 km	Needs attention · Report card, curriculum and teaching
Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre	Primary	1.7 km	Good · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024
Holy Family VA RC Primary School	Primary	1.8 km	Outstanding · Overall effectiveness, pre-September 2024

Open Schools & Education

Housing market context

£231,890average house price across Salford, June 2026

A year earlier the same measure was £237,611, a change of -2.4%.

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.

What this report does not cover

neighbourhood median sale price (not_available): Only a local-authority average is connected, from ONS. A neighbourhood median needs enough geocoded transactions inside the guide boundary, which the per-postcode HMLR queries cannot supply.
rents (not_available): No rent series is connected. Advertised rents and official all-tenancy measures are different things and neither is available here yet.
journey times (not_available): No journey planner is connected. Transport is measured as nearby stops, not as time to anywhere. TfL PTAL and journey-time APIs would replace it for London.
school admissions history (not_available): Admission arrangements are held by each admission authority and are not in the GIAS or Ofsted snapshots.
licensed premises and venues (not_available): No licensing register or venue dataset is connected. Food-hygiene categories are not a pub register.
image rights (not_yet_verified): No licensed image library is connected. Return an image brief rather than an asset.
approved boundary polygon (not_yet_verified): Boundaries are postcode-district proxies. Counts describe the districts named, not a town-centre polygon.

Boundary

Salford Quays, taken as the M50 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.

Sources

Average house price by local authority — Office for National Statistics, from HM Land Registry UK House Price Index
Get Information About Schools — Department for Education
Ofsted inspection management information — Ofsted
Street-level crime data — Police.uk
Postcode and administrative geography — Postcodes.io / ONS

Evidence checked 2026-09-11. Last content change 2026-09-10. Next review 2026-09-18.

What is already known about Salford Quays

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

Live postcodes: 203 in M50
Localities: Pendleton, Charlestown, Quays, Weaste
Local authority: Salford
Country: England
Centre postcode: M50 2GY

Postcode-point mapSalford Quays

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

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Districts next to M50

Found in the same 2.8 km sample around the centre of M50, from 225 live postcodes. Proximity, not a boundary.

Nearby pubs

Pubs mapped in OpenStreetMap within 2.0 miles of M50 2AB, nearest first.

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Look this place up in detail

Each of these opens on M50 2AB, the postcode anchoring Salford Quays, and queries its own source only when you open it.

Sold price recordsThe registered sale history behind one exact address.Schools & EducationA shortlist for further admissions research.Pub finderThe five closest pubs, nearest first.EPC explorerWhat the register holds for a postcode, without pretending to match a property.

Geography and local records

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