Area Code: | OL |
The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area,[1] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in north-west England, within seven post towns. These cover eastern Greater Manchester (including Oldham, Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Heywood and Littleborough), plus small parts of east Lancashire (including Bacup) and western West Yorkshire (including Todmorden).
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The approximate coverage of the postcode districts are:
|-! 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)| 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|-! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|OL16| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LITTLEBOROUGH| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic[2] [3] |-! OL16| ROCHDALE| Rochdale (east), Burnedge, Firgrove, Hurstead, Milnrow, Smallbridge, Thornham| Rochdale|-! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|OL95| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|OLDHAM| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|British Gas| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic[2] |}