The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area, 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 districtPost townCoverageLocal authority area(s)
OL1OLDHAMChadderton, Higginshaw, OldhamOldham
OL2OLDHAMHeyside, Royton, ShawOldham
OL3OLDHAMDelph, Denshaw, Diggle, Dobcross, Greenfield, UppermillOldham
OL4OLDHAMAusterlands, Grasscroft, Grotton, Lees, Lydgate, Oldham, Scouthead, Springhead, WaterheadOldham
OL5ASHTON-UNDER-LYNEMossley, Mossley CrossTameside
OL6ASHTON-UNDER-LYNEAshton-under-Lyne (centre and east)Tameside
OL7ASHTON-UNDER-LYNEAshton-under-Lyne (west), Guide BridgeTameside
OL8OLDHAMBardsley, OldhamOldham
OL9OLDHAMChadderton, Oldham, Westwood, FreeholdOldham
OL10HEYWOODHeywoodRochdale
OL11ROCHDALERochdale (south), Ashworth, Balderstone, Castleton, NordenRochdale
OL12ROCHDALERochdale (north), Buckley, Facit, Great Howarth, Healy, Hurstead, Shawforth, Wardle, WhitworthRochdale, Rossendale
OL13BACUPBacup, Britannia, StacksteadsRossendale
OL14TODMORDENCornholme, Todmorden, Eastwood, WalsdenCalderdale
OL15LITTLEBOROUGHLittleborough, Shore, Smithybridge, SummitRochdale
OL16LITTLEBOROUGHnon-geographic
OL16ROCHDALERochdale (east), Burnedge, Firgrove, Hurstead, Milnrow, Smallbridge, ThornhamRochdale
OL95OLDHAMBritish Gasnon-geographic

Map

OL postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas.
OL postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BB, BL, HD, HX, M and SK postcode areas.

See also