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Thinking of living at SK4 5AX? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel | Primary | 500 m | 72% met the expected standard |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | Primary | 900 m | 54% met the expected standard |
| Broadstone Hall Primary School | Primary | 950 m | 69% met the expected standard |
| St Mary's RC Primary School, Manchester, A Voluntary Academy | Primary | 1.0 km | – |
| Levenshulme High School | Secondary | 1.1 km | Attainment 8: 52.5 · 19% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 1.4 km | Attainment 8: 41.2 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Burnage Academy for Boys | Secondary | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 46.6 · 14.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Reddish Vale High School | Secondary | 1.8 km | Attainment 8: 37.7 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Cedar Mount Academy | Secondary | 1.9 km | Attainment 8: 37.2 · 5.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Broadstones School | Independent | 900 m | Attainment 8: 2.3 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Covenant Christian School | Independent | 950 m | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy | Independent | 1.5 km |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Cringle Park | 880 m | 40 |
| Bowls | Houldsworth Park Crown Green Bowls Club | 1.1 km | 20 |
| Football | Mike Doyle Centre | 1.8 km | 17 |
| Swimming | Kingfisher Health Club (Reddish) | 990 m | 16 |
| Cricket | East Levenshulme Cricket Club | 1.3 km | 10 |
| Squash | West Heaton Bowling, Tennis And Squash Club | 1.5 km | 8 |
| Fitness | The Gym | 2.9 km | 8 |
| Golf | Houldsworth Golf Club | 1.1 km | 6 |
| Athletics | Wright Robinson Leisure | 4.2 km | 5 |
| Rugby union | The Heatons Sports Club | 1.8 km | 4 |
| Yoga | Sonder | 1.1 km | 3 |
| Lacrosse | The Heatons Sports Club | 1.8 km | 3 |
| Hockey | 1st team pitch | 2.5 km | 3 |
| Cycling | Platt Fields Park | 3.1 km | 3 |
| Badminton | Panther Sports | 3.4 km | 3 |
| Climbing | Awesome Walls Stockport | 3.8 km | 3 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 42. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Heaton Chapel, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 623k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Milwain Drive, 150 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 192, 191, 742); 119 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 72% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Cringle Brook Primary School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is Levenshulme High School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 52.5 · 19% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Burnage Academy for Boys (1.7 km) and Co-op Academy Belle Vue (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (8.1 km) and Sale Grammar School (9.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 150 m away; Essar (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heaton Moor Medical Group (950 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Helen Roberts is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Manchester Royal Infirmary, 5.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 25 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Kentucky Fried Chicken is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Sidings the nearest pub (900 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Much of it is protected: 31% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Heaton Moor).
It's a mix of homes: 33% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Peel Moat Open Space, 650 m away; for exercise, Jetts Fitness (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 10 km away.
26 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Every primary near SK4 5AX, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
Most households own their home, 23% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 51% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.