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Coordinates: 53°32′28″N 2°07′05″W / 53.541°N 2.118°W / 53.541; -2.118
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Oldham
OL is located in the United Kingdom
OL
OL
Coordinates: 53°34′59″N 2°07′30″W / 53.583°N 2.125°W / 53.583; -2.125
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
OL
Postcode area name
Oldham
Post towns7
Postcode districts17
Postcode sectors70
Postcodes (live)13,044
Postcodes (total)17,647
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area,[2] is a group of postal districts around Ashton-Under-Lyne, Bacup, Heywood, Littleborough, Oldham, Rochdale and Todmorden in England.

Whilst including almost all of Oldham and most of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, it is not exclusive to these areas, extending into most of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale and parts of the Tameside borough of Greater Manchester, and through a very small part of both Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

Coverage

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The approximate coverage of the postal districts are:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
OL1 OLDHAM Chadderton, Higginshaw, Oldham Oldham
OL2 OLDHAM Heyside, Royton, Shaw Oldham
OL3 OLDHAM Delph, Denshaw, Diggle, Dobcross, Greenfield, Uppermill Oldham
OL4 OLDHAM Austerlands, Grasscroft, Grotton, Lees, Lydgate, Oldham, Scouthead, Springhead, Waterhead Oldham
OL5 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE Mossley, Mossley Cross Tameside
OL6 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside
OL7 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside
OL8 OLDHAM Bardsley, Oldham Oldham
OL9 OLDHAM Chadderton, Oldham, Westwood Oldham
OL10 HEYWOOD Heywood Rochdale
OL11 ROCHDALE Ashworth, Rochdale, Castleton Rochdale
OL12 ROCHDALE Facit, Great Howarth, Healy, Hurstead, Rochdale, Shawforth, Wardle, Whitworth Rochdale
OL13 BACUP Bacup, Britannia, Stacksteads Rossendale
OL14 TODMORDEN Cornholme, Todmorden, Eastwood, Walsden Calderdale
OL15 LITTLEBOROUGH Littleborough, Shore, Smithybridge, Summit Rochdale
OL16 ROCHDALE Burnedge, Firgrove, Hurstead, Milnrow, Rochdale, Smallbridge, Thornham Rochdale
OL95 OLDHAM Oldham Oldham

Adjacent areas

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Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: HD (Huddersfield), S (Sheffield), SK (Stockport), M (Manchester), BL (Bolton), BB (Blackburn), HX (Halifax).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)