Schools
126 open schools are in scope, including 85 primary and 15 secondary schools. Thorp Primary School is the nearest published school at 921 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL1 2ST
Royton North · Oldham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Royton North
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Postcode district
- OL1
- Postcode sector
- OL1 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL1 2ST
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1981
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL1
- Postcode sector
- OL1 2
- Latitude
- 53.566739
- Longitude
- -2.144909
- British National Grid easting
- 390,500
- British National Grid northing
- 407,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Oldham · E08000004
- Electoral ward
- Royton North · E05014656
- Parish or community
- E43000158
- Westminster constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton · E14001416
- Output area
- E00027320
- Lower layer super output area
- Oldham 008A · E01005391
- Middle layer super output area
- Oldham 008 · E02001105
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore OL1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 126
- Primary
- 85
- Secondary
- 15
- 921 m
Thorp Primary School
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- 1.0 km
St. Paul's CofE Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.3 km
St Matthew's CofE Primary School
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- OL1 2 residents
- 9,524
Age bands in OL1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 25.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.3%
2,395 residents
1,470 residents
2,571 residents
1,868 residents
1,059 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
39
within 5 km straight-line
ROYTON MEDICAL CENTRE
CHAPEL STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 5QL
ODS code P85019
1.2 km
THE ROYTON & CROMPTON FAMILY PRACTICE
ROYTON HEALTH WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 6QW
ODS code P85013
1.5 km
CHADDERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85004
2.4 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHADDERTON TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85010
2.4 km
THE HIVE HEALTH CENTRE
CLOUGH STREET, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 2YJ
ODS code Y00726
3.0 km
KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE STRAND, KIRKHOLT, ROCHDALE, OL11 2JG
ODS code Y02721
3.1 km
JALAL PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85601
3.2 km
LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code Y02875
3.2 km
OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85007
3.2 km
PERKINS PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85608
3.2 km
THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85003
3.2 km
JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF
ODS code Y02827
3.4 km
THE JUNCTION SURGERY
346 GRIMSHAW LANE, MIDDLETON, MIDDLETON JUNCTION, MANCHESTER, M24 2AU
ODS code P86010
3.4 km
KAPUR FAMILY CARE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85615
3.4 km
MD FAMILY PRACTICE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85018
3.4 km
WERNETH MEDICAL PRACTICE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85612
3.4 km
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE
ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL
ODS code P85002
3.5 km
ROCHDALE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
48A ROCHDALE ROAD, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 2PU
ODS code P86015
3.5 km
DURNFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
113 LONG STREET, MIDDLETON, MANCHESTER, M24 6DL
ODS code P86019
3.7 km
CH MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIELDS NEW RD P-CARE CTR, FIELDS NEW RD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 8NH
ODS code P85011
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 39 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.4 miles
Bridleway
BCT · Street Bridge
- 0.4 miles
Bridleway
BCT · Street Bridge
- 0.4 miles
Stottfield
BCT · Royley
- 0.4 miles
Stottfield
BCT · Royley
- 0.4 miles
Cinder Hill Lane
BCT · Street Bridge
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 008A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,296 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.