M postcode area

The M postcode area, also known as the Manchester postcode area,^[1] is a group of lots of postal districts in Greater Manchester, England.

The code covers three places: Manchester, Salford, and Sale. It covers parts of all Greater Manchester boroughs except for Stockport. All of Manchester is covered by the code, except for a small village called Ringway, which is in the WA postcode area. The postcode also includes nearly all of Salford and most of the borough of Trafford.

Coverage

The code covers these districts:

Postal district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
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, Cheetwood	Salford, Manchester
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, West Gorton	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, Manchester
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