OL postcode area

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Coordinates: 53°34′59″N2°07′30″W / 53.583°N 2.125°W / 53.583; -2.125
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
OL
Postcode area name
Oldham
Post towns 7
Postcode districts 17
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 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).

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts are:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
OL1OLDHAM Chadderton, Higginshaw, Oldham Oldham
OL2OLDHAMHeyside, Royton, Shaw Oldham
OL3OLDHAM Delph, Denshaw, Diggle, Dobcross, Greenfield, Uppermill Oldham
OL4OLDHAM Austerlands, Grasscroft, Grotton, Lees, Lydgate, Oldham, Scouthead, Springhead, Waterhead Oldham
OL5ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE Mossley, Mossley Cross Tameside
OL6ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE Ashton-under-Lyne (centre and east)Tameside
OL7ASHTON-UNDER-LYNEAshton-under-Lyne (west)Tameside
OL8OLDHAM Bardsley, OldhamOldham
OL9OLDHAMChadderton, Oldham, Westwood, Freehold Oldham
OL10HEYWOOD Heywood Rochdale
OL11ROCHDALE Rochdale (south), Ashworth, Balderstone, Castleton, Norden Rochdale
OL12ROCHDALERochdale (north), Buckley, Facit, Great Howarth, Healy, Hurstead, Shawforth, Wardle, Whitworth Rochdale, Rossendale
OL13BACUP Bacup, Britannia, StacksteadsRossendale
OL14TODMORDEN Cornholme, Todmorden, Eastwood, Walsden Calderdale
OL15LITTLEBOROUGH Littleborough, Shore, Smithybridge, SummitRochdale
OL16LITTLEBOROUGH non-geographic [3] [4]
OL16ROCHDALERochdale (east), Burnedge, Firgrove, Hurstead, Milnrow, Smallbridge, Thornham Rochdale
OL95OLDHAM British Gas non-geographic [3]

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    OL postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BB, BL, HD, HX, M and SK postcode areas.

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