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Postcode area within the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area,[2] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in north-west England, within seven post towns. These cover eastern Greater Manchester (including Oldham, Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Heywood and Littleborough), plus small parts of east Lancashire (including Bacup) and western West Yorkshire (including Todmorden).
Oldham | |
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Coordinates: 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 approximate coverage of the postcode districts are:
Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
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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 (centre and east) | Tameside |
OL7 | ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE | Ashton-under-Lyne (west) | Tameside |
OL8 | OLDHAM | Bardsley, Oldham | Oldham |
OL9 | OLDHAM | Chadderton, Oldham, Westwood, Freehold | Oldham |
OL10 | HEYWOOD | Heywood | Rochdale |
OL11 | ROCHDALE | Rochdale (south), Ashworth, Balderstone, Castleton, Norden | Rochdale |
OL12 | ROCHDALE | Rochdale (north), Buckley, Facit, Great Howarth, Healy, Hurstead, Shawforth, Wardle, Whitworth | Rochdale, Rossendale |
OL13 | BACUP | Bacup, Britannia, Stacksteads | Rossendale |
OL14 | TODMORDEN | Cornholme, Todmorden, Eastwood, Walsden | Calderdale |
OL15 | LITTLEBOROUGH | Littleborough, Shore, Smithybridge, Summit | Rochdale |
OL16 | LITTLEBOROUGH | non-geographic[3][4] | |
OL16 | ROCHDALE | Rochdale (east), Burnedge, Firgrove, Hurstead, Milnrow, Smallbridge, Thornham | Rochdale |
OL95 | OLDHAM | British Gas | non-geographic[3] |
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