| Postcode | OL16 5LW | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Rochdale, Littleborough | 
| Nearest station | Rochdale (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Kingsway Hotel (SW) Kingsway (NW) Kingsway Park School (SE) Lonsdale Avenue (W) Waithlands Road (SW) Waithlands Road (NE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 6 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 53.608389 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.139188 | |
| Easting | 390888 | |
| Northing | 412435 | |
| Grid reference | SD908124 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 556953 5940296 | |
| what3words | shelf.blunt.pump | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lusty scoundrel unclog | |
| Plus code | 9C5VJV56+98 | |
| Altitude | 149 metres (489 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:07 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:39 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 51.6 KMs (32.1 miles) | 
| Parish | Rochdale, unparished area | E43000159 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Kingsway | E05014040 | 
| Metropolitan District | Rochdale | E08000005 | 
| County | Greater Manchester | E11000010 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Rochdale | E14001446 | 
| MP | Paul Waugh | Labour | 
| Police force | Greater Manchester | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Greater Manchester North East | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Greater Manchester | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 1997 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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 | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Rochdale | E63008177 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00028158 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 4B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Rochdale 012B | E01005563 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Rochdale 012B | E01005563 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Kingsway | E02001143 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Kingsway | E02001143 | 
| Travel to work area | Manchester | E30000239 | 
| Average property price in Oldham | £198,881 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.4% |