| Postcode | OL6 9SD | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Ashton-under-Lyne | 
| Nearest station | Stalybridge (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Park Square (SW) Hurst Bank Road (SW) Tameside General Hospital (NW) Park Square (NE) Tameside Hosp (N) Tameside General Hosp (SE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.495932 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.071877 | |
| Easting | 395329 | |
| Northing | 399917 | |
| Grid reference | SJ953999 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 561569 5927842 | |
| what3words | buns.preoccupied.precautions | |
| FixPhrase | crowd luxurious surely washable | |
| Plus code | 9C5VFWWH+96 | |
| Altitude | 158 metres (517 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:06 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:39 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 48.6 KMs (30.2 miles) | 
| Parish | Tameside, unparished area | E43000162 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Ashton St Michael's | E05014520 | 
| Metropolitan District | Tameside | E08000008 | 
| County | Greater Manchester | E11000010 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Ashton-under-Lyne | E14001070 | 
| MP | Angela Rayner | Labour | 
| Police force | Greater Manchester | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Greater Manchester South East | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Greater Manchester | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | March 2013 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more 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) | Ashton-under-Lyne | E63008370 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00177742 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Tameside 007D | E01005944 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Tameside 007D | E01005944 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Ashton East | E02001235 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Ashton East | E02001235 | 
| Travel to work area | Manchester | E30000239 | 
| Average property price in Oldham | £198,881 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.4% |