OL postcode area
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Postcode area | OL |
| Postcode area name | Oldham |
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| Post towns | 7 |
| Postcode districts | 17 |
| Postcode sectors | 70 |
| Postcodes (live) | 13,044 |
| Postcodes (total) | 17,647 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
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The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area,[2] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in north-west England, within seven post towns. These cover northeast Greater Manchester (Oldham, Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Heywood and Littleborough), and small parts of east Lancashire (Bacup) and West Yorkshire (Todmorden).
Mail for the OL postcode area is processed at Manchester Mail Centre, along with mail for the M, BL and SK postcode areas.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts are:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL1 | OLDHAM | Chadderton, Higginshaw, Oldham | Oldham |
| OL2 | OLDHAM | Heyside, Royton, Shaw | Oldham |
| OL3 | OLDHAM | Delph, Denshaw, Diggle, Dobcross, Greenfield, Uppermill | Oldham |
| OL4 | OLDHAM | Austerlands, Grasscroft, Grotton, Lees, Lydgate, Oldham, Scouthead, Springhead, Waterhead | Oldham |
| OL5 | ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE | Mossley, Mossley Cross | Tameside |
| OL6 | ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE | Ashton-under-Lyne (centre and east) | Tameside |
| OL7 | ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE | Ashton-under-Lyne (west), Guide Bridge | Tameside |
| OL8 | OLDHAM | Bardsley, Oldham | Oldham |
| OL9 | OLDHAM | Chadderton, Oldham, Westwood, Freehold | Oldham |
| OL10 | HEYWOOD | Heywood | Rochdale |
| OL11 | ROCHDALE | Rochdale (south), Ashworth, Balderstone, Castleton, Norden | Rochdale |
| OL12 | ROCHDALE | Rochdale (north), Buckley, Facit, Great Howarth, Healy, Hurstead, Shawforth, Wardle, Whitworth | Rochdale, Rossendale |
| OL13 | BACUP | Bacup, Britannia, Stacksteads | Rossendale |
| OL14 | TODMORDEN | Cornholme, Todmorden, Eastwood, Walsden | Calderdale |
| OL15 | LITTLEBOROUGH | Littleborough, Shore, Smithybridge, Summit | Rochdale |
| OL16 | LITTLEBOROUGH | non-geographic[3][4] | |
| OL16 | ROCHDALE | Rochdale (east), Burnedge, Firgrove, Hurstead, Milnrow, Smallbridge, Thornham | Rochdale |
| OL95 | OLDHAM | British Gas | non-geographic[3] |
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See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
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