| Postcode | OL2 8SS |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Oldham |
| Nearest station | Mills Hill (Manchester) (5 km) |
| Bus stops |
St Josephs (S)
Cowlishaw Lane (S)
Cowlishaw Lane (N)
Longley Street (N)
Longley Street (S)
Crompton Health Centre (W)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 4 View |
| Known addresses |
Birshaw Farm, Oldham Road, Shaw
Breeze Hill House, Oldham Road, Shaw
|
| Main property type | Other |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 53.569575 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.0953 | |
| Easting | 393786 | |
| Northing | 408112 | |
| Grid reference | SD937081 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 559911 5936014 | |
| what3words | forget.mixer.dark | |
| FixPhrase | crown luxurious stark unroll | |
| Plus code | 9C5VHW93+RV | |
| Altitude | 207 metres (678 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:06 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:39 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 51.3 KMs (31.9 miles) |
| Parish | Shaw and Crompton | E04012153 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Shaw | E05014661 |
| Metropolitan District | Oldham | E08000004 |
| County | Greater Manchester | E11000010 |
| Constituency (2024) | Oldham East and Saddleworth | E14001415 |
| MP | Debbie Abrahams | 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 | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Population (2011) | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 3 | |
| 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) | Shaw (Oldham) | E63008223 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00027576 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 4A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Oldham 003D | E01005447 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Oldham 003D | E01005447 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Clough & Shaw Side | E02001100 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Clough & Shaw Side | E02001100 |
| Travel to work area | Manchester | E30000239 |
| Average property price in Oldham | £198,881 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.4% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breeze Hill House, Oldham Road, Shaw | Detached (leasehold) | Apr 2025 | £330,000 |
| Other (leasehold) | Jan 2019 | £1,600,000 | |
| Birshaw Farm, Oldham Road, Shaw | Detached (freehold) | Apr 1996 | £66,000 |