Map of OL2 8AR postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode OL2 8AR
Post Town Oldham
Nearest station Rochdale (5 km)
Bus stops
Chancery Lane (N)
King Albert Street (N)
Travis Street (S)
Park Street (SE)
Duke Street (NW)
Eastway (N)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.579628
Longitude -2.092561
Easting 393969
Northing 409230
Grid reference SD939092
UTM reference 30U 560079 5937135
what3words yappy.jams.ranged
Plus code 9C5VHWH4+VX
Altitude 181 metres (592 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:31
Sunset (today) 18:07
Distance away
Distance to sea 52.1 KMs (32.4 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishShaw and CromptonE04012153
Ward Shaw E05014661
Metropolitan District Oldham E08000004
County Greater Manchester E11000010
Constituency (2024) Oldham East and Saddleworth E14001415
MPDebbie AbrahamsLabour
Police forceGreater Manchester
NUTS/ITL 3 Greater Manchester North East
NUTS/ITL 2 Greater Manchester
NUTS/ITL 1 North West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Date usage ended August 2010
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
6,769 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£36,900
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)Shaw (Oldham)E63008223
Census output area (2021)E00027572
Census output area (2011)E00027572
Lower layer super output area (2021)Oldham 002DE01005445
Lower layer super output area (2011)Oldham 002DE01005445
Middle layer super output area (2021)Wood EndE02001099
Middle layer super output area (2011)Wood EndE02001099
Travel to work areaManchesterE30000239
Property sales
Average property price in Oldham £189,827
Annual change 4.1%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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