User:Richardguk/OL postcode area
53°32′28″N 2°07′05″W / 53.541°N 2.118°W
Oldham | |
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  OL | |
| Coordinates: 53°34′59″N 2°07′30″W / 53.583°N 2.125°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | OL |
| Postcode area name | Oldham |
| Post towns | 7 |
| Postcode districts | 17 |
| Postcode sectors | 70 |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)