Map of OL2 8BD postcode

General information
Postcode OL2 8BD
Post Town Oldham
Nearest station Rochdale (6 km)
Bus stops
Shaw and Crompton (Manchester Metrolink) (S)
Shaw and Crompton (Manchester Metrolink) ()
Shaw and Crompton (Manchester Metrolink) (N)
Shaw & Crompton Metrolink Stop (W)
Shaw & Crompton Metrolink Stop (E)
Asda (S)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.573813
Longitude -2.090115
Easting 394130
Northing 408583
Grid reference SD941085
UTM reference 30U 560249 5936490
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Plus code 9C5VHWF5+GX
Altitude 176 metres (578 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:20
Sunset (today) 16:14
Distance away
Distance to sea 51.8 KMs (32.2 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 April 2021
Last updated December 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 (2017-2020)
2,471 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£41,900
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)Urban major conurbation
Census output area (2021)E00027576
Census output area (2011)E00027576
Lower layer super output area (2021)Oldham 003DE01005447
Lower layer super output area (2011)Oldham 003DE01005447
Middle layer super output area (2021)Clough & Shaw SideE02001100
Middle layer super output area (2011)Clough & Shaw SideE02001100
Travel to work areaManchesterE30000239
Property sales
Average property price in Oldham £200,429
Annual change 2.3%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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