OL postcode area

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Oldham postcode area
Postcode area OL
Postcode area name Oldham
Post towns 7
Postcode districts 17
Postcode sectors 68
Postcodes (live) 13,311
Postcodes (total) 16,591
Statistics as at October 2006 [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 all of Oldham and parts of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, it is not exclusive to these areas, extending to parts of the Tameside and Rochdale boroughs of Greater Manchester, and through a very small part of both Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

Contents

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

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 / Tameside
OL9 OLDHAM Chadderton, Oldham Oldham
OL10 HEYWOOD Heywood Rochdale
OL11 ROCHDALE Ashworth, Rochdale, Castleton, Greater Manchester Rochdale,
OL12 ROCHDALE Facit, Great Howarth, Healy, Hurstead, Rochdale, Shawforth, Wardle, Whitworth Rochdale
OL13 BACUP Bacup, Britannia, Stacksteads Rossendale
OL14 TODMORDEN Corholme, Todmorden, Walsden Calderdale
OL15 LITTLEBOROUGH Littleborough, Shore, Smithybridge, Summit Rochdale
OL16 ROCHDALE Burnedge, Firgrove, Hurstead, Milnrow, Rochdale, Smallbridge Rochdale
OL95 OLDHAM Oldham Oldham

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - HD (Huddersfield) - S (Sheffield) - SK (Stockport) - M (Manchester) - BL (Bolton) - BB (Blackburn) - HX (Halifax) .
Adjacent postcode areas
BB
HX

BL
 OL
 HD

M SK
 S

  1. ^ National Statistics, Postcode Directory Version Notes, (2006)
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

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