| Postcode | OL8 2QW |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Oldham |
| Nearest station | Ashton-Under-Lyne (3 km) |
| Bus stops |
Fir Tree Avenue (SE)
Housing Office (SW)
The Green (S)
Fold View (NW)
Bungalows (NW)
St Martins Road (SE)
|
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 53.521841 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.102524 | |
| Easting | 393300 | |
| Northing | 402802 | |
| Grid reference | SD933028 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 559500 5930698 | |
| what3words | mirror.short.awards | |
| FixPhrase | crown lusty sharply ventricle | |
| Plus code | 9C5VGVCW+PX | |
| Altitude | 172 metres (566 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:14 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 48.1 KMs (29.9 miles) |
| Parish | Oldham, unparished area | E43000158 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Medlock Vale | E05014655 |
| Metropolitan District | Oldham | E08000004 |
| County | Greater Manchester | E11000010 |
| Constituency (2024) | Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton | E14001416 |
| MP | Jim McMahon | Labour |
| Police force | Greater Manchester | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Greater Manchester North East | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Greater Manchester | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1996 |
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference |
| 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) | Oldham | E63008292 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00026967 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8D1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Oldham 029C | E01005324 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Oldham 029C | E01005324 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Hathershaw | E02001126 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Hathershaw | E02001126 |
| Travel to work area | Manchester | E30000239 |