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Ardwick
What it's like at M12 5NP: every home that has sold on the street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Ardwick, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 0k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Clowes Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 203, 201, 202); 71 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 7 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
49% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Armitage CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is Dean Trust Ardwick, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 46.6 · 13.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Co-op Academy Belle Vue (2.2 km) and Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester (3.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (5.8 km) and Sale Grammar School (8.4 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Chiu Wah Food, 1.2 km away, with One Stop Stores closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is West Gorton Medical Practice (150 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Keren Afro is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Manchester Royal Infirmary, 800 m 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 82 restaurants and cafés and 5 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Eden Shisha is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Gold Cup the nearest pub (600 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (156 of them).
There are 37 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
It's growing: about 507 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is West Gorton Community Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Parthian Climbing (200 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 19.3 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
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.
Manchester Rusholme constituency: Afzal Khan MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 8,235 (28.4%), turnout 40%. Vote shares: Labour 52%, Green Party 24%, Workers Party of Britain 13%, Conservative 6%.
47 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near M12 5NP →
For holidays, Manchester is 13 km away.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's young: 33% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 29% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Manchester, 1.8 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Nearest: Formby · about 51 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 54 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.9% | 70.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.5% | 28.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.3% | 1.0% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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