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Area guidesM9

M9

Postcode district · Charlestown, Crumpsall, Harpurhey, Higher Blackley · Manchester · England

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What is already known about M9

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

Live postcodes
1,085 in M9
Localities
Charlestown, Crumpsall, Harpurhey, Higher Blackley
Local authority
Manchester
Country
England
Centre postcode
M9 7EL
Postcode-point mapM9

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

Open map

Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors

Districts next to M9

Found in the same 2.8 km sample around the centre of M9, from 225 live postcodes. Proximity, not a boundary.

Official records around this point

Point sources need one coordinate, so these are anchored on M9 7EL — the live postcode nearest the centre of the area. They describe that point, not every street. Crime is counted across the whole Charlestown policing neighbourhood, which is the Police.uk boundary containing M9 7EL. 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 · Charlestown neighbourhood

Recorded incidents

Connected
0records in
July 2026

One month of records for the Charlestown 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.

Charlestown 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 M9 7EL, 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.

11everyday places mapped within 1.2 km of the postcode point

Food shopping

4

Supermarkets and convenience stores.

  1. 470 mA-Z ConvenienceOld Market Street, BlackleyMap ↗
  2. 1.0 kmSparColdstream Avenue, BoothroydenMap ↗
  3. 1.1 kmAsdaRochdale Road, HarpurheyMap ↗
  4. 1.1 kmLidlUpper Conran Street, HarpurheyMap ↗

Health

4

Pharmacies, GP surgeries and dentists.

  1. 479 mBlackley PharmacyHexagon Close, BlackleyMap ↗
  2. 659 mValentine Medical Centre2, Smethurst StreetMap ↗
  3. 1.1 kmLloyds PharmacyCrumpsall Way, BlackleyMap ↗
  4. 1.1 kmAsdaRochdale Road, HarpurheyMap ↗

Exercise

1

Gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools.

  1. 1.0 kmNorth City Family & Fitness CentreUpper Conran Street, HarpurheyMap ↗

Civic and everyday

2

Libraries, post offices and community buildings.

  1. 854 mNorth City LibraryRochdale Road, HarpurheyMap ↗
  2. 982 mBarnes Green Post OfficeWalter Street, Harpurhey Shopping CentreMap ↗

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 M9 7EL, 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.

11open spaces mapped within 1.5 km of the postcode point

Parks and commons

7

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

  1. 425 mDam Head ParkHarpurhey, ManchesterMap ↗
  2. 682 mBoggart Hole CloughCharlestown, ManchesterMap ↗
  3. 1.1 kmHarpurhey PondsHarpurhey, ManchesterMap ↗
  4. 1.3 kmHarpurhey ReservoirsHarpurhey, ManchesterMap ↗
  5. 1.4 kmCrumpsall ParkCrumpsall, ManchesterMap ↗
  6. 1.5 kmBlackley Recreational GroundBoothroyden, ManchesterMap ↗
  7. 1.5 kmHerristone Road ParkCrumpsall, 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. 950 mBailey's WoodCharlestown, ManchesterMap ↗

Outdoor sport

3

Recreation grounds, pitches and courts.

  1. 947 mPlant Hill ParkBlackley, ManchesterMap ↗
  2. 953 mLower Crumpsall Recreation GroundBlackley, ManchesterMap ↗
  3. 1.4 kmBlackley Cricket ClubHigher Blackley, ManchesterMap ↗

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 M9 7EL, the postcode anchoring M9, and queries its own source only when you open it.