OL postcode area

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Oldham
Postcode area
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OL
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).

Contents

Mail for the OL postcode area is processed at Manchester Mail Centre, along with mail for the M, BL and SK postcode areas.

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. OL postcode area map.svg
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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 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)
  3. 1 2 "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
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