M postcode area
The M postcode area, also known as the Manchester postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in the North West of England.
The districts are subdivisions of three post towns: Manchester, Salford, and Sale, and cover parts of all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, primarily the cities of Manchester and Salford and the majority of the borough of Trafford. The M postcode area is one of six with a population above 1 million.
Mail for the M postcode area is processed at Manchester Mail Centre, along with mail for the BL, OL, and SK postcode areas.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:! M1
! M2
!rowspan=2|M3
! M4
! M5
! M6
! M7
! M8
! M9
! M11
! M12
! M13
! M14
! M15
! M16
! M17
! M18
! M19
! M20
! M21
! M22
! M23
! M24
! M25
! M26
! M27
! M28
! M29
! M30
! M31
! M32
! M33
! M34
! M35
! M38
! M40
! M41
! M43
! M44
! M45
! M46
! M50
! M60
! M60
! M60
! M60
! M60
! M60
! M61
! M90
! M99
Changes
- M10 was recoded to M40 in 1993. Today, M10 is the postcode district for the fictional town of Weatherfield in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, with the eponymous street having the postcode M10 9KC.
- Part of M30 was recoded to M44 in 1994 including Cadishead and Irlam.
- Part of M31 was recoded to M41 in 1994 including Davyhulme, Flixton and Urmston.
- The Trafford Centre was allocated the sector M17 8.
- The M90 designation has served Manchester Airport since 1994.
Map
Former scheme
Before the introduction of postcodes in the 1960s, Manchester along with other major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool and Sheffield was divided into numbered postcode districts. With a few exceptions these numbers made up the outcode. The districts were based on Manchester and Salford together and districts outside the city boundaries were also included.For example, the City Centre had postcode districts 1–4. 5, 6, 7 and 8 were in Salford and then the sequence continued across north Manchester and so round to M17. M18 onwards were further out still.