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 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:
|- ! 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 |- ! 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] |}
See also
References
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
- ^ "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original on September 16, 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.