Coordinates: 53°32′28″N 2°07′05″W / 53.541°N 2.118°W
| Oldham postcode area | |
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| Postcode area | OL |
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| Postcode area name | Oldham |
| Post towns | 7 |
| Postcode districts | 17 |
| Postcode sectors | 68 |
| Postcodes (live) | 13,311 |
| Postcodes (total) | 16,591 |
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| 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 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.
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postal districts are:
| Postal district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority |
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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 | 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, |
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
| The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - HD (Huddersfield) - S (Sheffield) - SK (Stockport) - M (Manchester) - BL (Bolton) - BB (Blackburn) - HX (Halifax) . |
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See also
References
- ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
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