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OL12 8UW

Whitworth · Rossendale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Rochdale
Ward
Whitworth
Local authority
Rossendale
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
Postcode district
OL12
Postcode sector
OL12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL12 8UX 130 m
OL12 8UJ 133 m
OL12 8TZ 140 m
OL12 8UN 148 m
OL12 8UY 155 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL12 8UW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL12
Postcode sector
OL12 8
Latitude
53.653161
Longitude
-2.183666
British National Grid easting
387,958
British National Grid northing
417,421

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Rossendale · E07000125
Electoral ward
Whitworth · E05015826
Parish or community
E04005291
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00128794
Lower layer super output area
Rossendale 009D · E01025376
Middle layer super output area
Rossendale 009 · E02005286

Postcode source versions

Explore OL12

Property

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38 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
43, Westgate, Whitworth, Rochdale, OL12 8UW 2 February 2024 £115,000
43, Westgate, Whitworth, Rochdale, OL12 8UW 25 November 2022 £118,000
2, Westgate, Whitworth, Rochdale, OL12 8UW 28 October 2022 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
26
Secondary
4

  1. St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    345 m

  2. Whitworth Community High School

    Community school

    528 m

  3. Tonacliffe Primary School

    Community school

    591 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
399
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 140
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Criminal damage and arson 34
  • Public order 28
  • Other theft 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
111

68 female, 43 male

Postcode households
59
Residents per household
1.9
OL12 8 residents
7,601

Age bands in OL12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,305 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

749 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.4%

1,823 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

2,338 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

1,583 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

9

within 5 km

  • WHITWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, WHITWORTH, ROCHDALE, OL12 8QS

    ODS code P81088

    1.1 km

  • HEALEY SURGERY

    WHITWORTH ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 0SN

    ODS code P86013

    2.6 km

  • EDENFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    CUTGATE SHOPPING PRECINCT, ROCHDALE, OL11 5AQ

    ODS code P86003

    3.5 km

  • ASHWORTH STREET SURGERY

    85 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RT

    ODS code P86006

    3.9 km

  • THE DAWES FAMILY PRACTICE

    83 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RX

    ODS code P86026

    3.9 km

  • MARK STREET SURGERY

    2 MARK STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 9BE

    ODS code P86008

    4.1 km

  • YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY

    188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN

    ODS code P86005

    4.2 km

  • CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE

    BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP

    ODS code P86014

    4.5 km

  • INSPIRE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2ND FLR CROFT SHIFA HC, BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UY

    ODS code P86017

    4.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Westgate Close

    BCT · Wallbank

    0.0 miles

  • Thorburn Drive

    BCT · Wallbank

    0.1 miles

  • Eastgate

    BCT · Wallbank

    0.1 miles

  • Reservoir

    BCT · Wallbank

    0.2 miles

  • Westgate

    BCT · Wallbank

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rossendale 009D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,432 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £124,500 from 4 recorded sales in OL12 8UW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Rossendale is £193,320 in June 2026, up 4.6% year on year.

Schools

44 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 345 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

399 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 140 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.