M13 0QL Manchester
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Longsight. Region: North West.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Manchester in 2026-27: Band D £2,312 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,541 | £1,798 | £2,055 | £2,312 | £2,826 | £3,340 | £3,853 | £4,624 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (84% of about 700 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 17-19 Slade Lane: up to 12 homes, non permissioned (170 m)
- 764-786 Stockport Road: up to 19 homes, non permissioned (280 m)
- 2 Swallow Street: up to 14 homes, Planning Permission (290 m)
- Vacant Land Bounded By Stockport Road, Swallow Street, Siddall Street And Pennington Street: up to 39 homes, Planning Permission (340 m)
- Station Car Park, Farm Side Place, not permissioned (840 m)
- 7 Chapel Street Levenshulme M19 3QB: up to 8 homes, Planning Permission (920 m)
- 209 Slade Lane: up to 6 homes, Planning Permission (950 m)
- Levenshulme Swimming Pool: up to 30 homes, non permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 51 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Levenshulme 472,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 890 m |
| Belle Vue 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km | |
| Ryder Brow 28,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 39 within 800 m; nearest Crowcroft Road Longsight | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Piccadilly Station Manchester City Centre | 3.8 km |
| Car parks | Victoria Baths Car Park | 1.7 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 830 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 12.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 10 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Parkside Surgery | 380 m |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Medinet Healthcare LTD | 330 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Slade Lane (Dental Surgery) | 110 m |
| Hospital | Manchester University Hospital NHS Ft (Hq) | 2.4 km |
| Police station | Greater Manchester Police Longsight Police Station | 1.3 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 440 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Crowcroft Park 6.3 ha | 160 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 9,970 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | Greenbank Playing Fields 7.6 ha | 840 m |
| Allotments | Brighton Grove Allotments 1.6 ha | 1.3 km |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 7.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Slade Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 150 m south. 6 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Slade Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 150 m south |
| Section of an early medieval boundary ditch known as the Nico Ditch in Platt Fields 480m SSE of Platt Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Peel Moat | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km south |
| Gorton Lower Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km north-east |
| Gorton Upper Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km north-east |
| Top Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km east |
| Denton Wood | Wood | 3.8 km east |
| Houghend Clough | Valley | 4.1 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 to 69 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 0 |
1 of the postcode's 2 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 2 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 25 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 30% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 31% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 11% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 53% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 3% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 15% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 24% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 30% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 52% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 16% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.