OL15 8ER

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough · Rochdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Littleborough
Local authority
Rochdale
Constituency
Rochdale
Postcode district
OL15
Postcode sector
OL15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL15 8EP 21 m
OL15 9LR 36 m
OL15 9JB 90 m
OL15 9LH 95 m
OL15 9LU 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL15 8ER
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL15
Postcode sector
OL15 8
Latitude
53.649649
Longitude
-2.108448
British National Grid easting
392,929
British National Grid northing
417,020

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Rochdale · E08000005
Parish or community
E43000159
Westminster constituency
Rochdale · E14001446
Output area
E00027959
Lower layer super output area
Rochdale 002A · E01005519
Middle layer super output area
Rochdale 002 · E02001133

Postcode source versions

Explore OL15

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Clegg Street, Littleborough, OL15 8ER 20 October 2021 £115,000
8, Clegg Street, Littleborough, OL15 8ER 18 December 2020 £102,500
5, Clegg Street, Littleborough, OL15 8ER 25 October 2019 £102,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
25
Secondary
4
  1. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    571 m
  2. Littleborough Community Primary School

    Community school

    641 m
  3. Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

5 female, 10 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.9
OL15 8 residents
5,695

Age bands in OL15 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

946 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

561 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.5%

1,313 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

1,749 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

1,277 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL15 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

12

within 5 km

  • LITTLEBOROUGH GROUP PRACTICE

    LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF

    ODS code P86018

    812 m

  • PENNINE SURGERY

    LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF

    ODS code P86021

    812 m

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 WINTON STREET, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8AR

    ODS code P86624

    999 m

  • THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CTR.

    VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE, PEEL STREET, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8AQ

    ODS code P86608

    1.0 km

  • INSPIRE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P86017

    3.6 km

  • CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE

    BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP

    ODS code P86014

    3.6 km

  • MARK STREET SURGERY

    2 MARK STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 9BE

    ODS code P86008

    3.7 km

  • HEALEY SURGERY

    WHITWORTH ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 0SN

    ODS code P86013

    4.0 km

  • YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY

    188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN

    ODS code P86005

    4.4 km

  • WHITWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, WHITWORTH, ROCHDALE, OL12 8QS

    ODS code P81088

    4.5 km

  • THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE

    285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT

    ODS code Y02720

    4.5 km

  • WINTER PRESSURES

    THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE, 285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT

    ODS code Y05250

    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

  • Kirkstall Avenue

    BCT · Shore

    0.0 miles
  • Aberley Fold

    BCT · Shore

    0.1 miles
  • Kirkstall Avenue

    BCT · Shore

    0.1 miles
  • Furness Avenue

    BCT · Caldermoor

    0.1 miles
  • Ribble Avenue

    BCT · Shore

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 002A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,915 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 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 £115,000 from 1 recorded sale in OL15 8ER. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Rochdale is £210,083 in June 2026, up 4.6% year on year.

Schools

41 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 571 m.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 1 events.

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