People living on Watermill Gardens on Kersal Vale Road in Prestwich are campaigning to get their postcode changed from M7 to M25. The homes were marketed through Cube Homes and Plumlife as Prestwich and everything via social media references the town. The correct postcode is worked out through the residents' nearest sorting office. However, the Salford sorting office is 2.9 miles away, the Waterloo Road sorting office is three miles away and the Prestwich sorting office is two miles away. Speaking at a council meeting about the issue, Watermill Gardens resident Laura Heaney said: “We live in Prestwich not Salford, it's M7 and we don’t understand why.

Source: The Times September 21, 2023 12:13 UTC