Schools
76 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 8 secondary schools. Whitehall Academy is the nearest published school at 378 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL16 2HS
Central Rochdale · Rochdale · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Central Rochdale
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Postcode district
- OL16
- Postcode sector
- OL16 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL16 2HS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 March 2008
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL16
- Postcode sector
- OL16 2
- Latitude
- 53.619751
- Longitude
- -2.153028
- British National Grid easting
- 389,975
- British National Grid northing
- 413,699
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Rochdale · E08000005
- Electoral ward
- Central Rochdale · E05014036
- Parish or community
- E43000159
- Westminster constituency
- Rochdale · E14001446
- Output area
- E00028261
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochdale 008D · E01005583
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochdale 008 · E02001139
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 OL16
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 76
- Primary
- 51
- Secondary
- 8
- 378 m
Whitehall Academy
Other independent special school
- 454 m
Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd
Other independent school
- 454 m
Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 14
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 10
- Drugs 2
- Other theft 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 39
- Postcode households
- 23
- Residents per household
- 1.7
- OL16 2 residents
- 11,590
17 female, 22 male
Age bands in OL16 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 26.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 16%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.6%
2,863 residents
1,722 residents
3,298 residents
1,955 residents
920 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL16 2 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
- 0%
- 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
24
within 5 km
YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY
188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN
ODS code P86005
96 m
MARK STREET SURGERY
2 MARK STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 9BE
ODS code P86008
747 m
THE DAWES FAMILY PRACTICE
83 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RX
ODS code P86026
821 m
ASHWORTH STREET SURGERY
85 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RT
ODS code P86006
835 m
DR A HAMID
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86614
902 m
DR GWD BHIMA
1ST FLOOR, BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86002
902 m
DR MB GHAFOOR & PARTNERS
1ST FLOOR, NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86619
902 m
THE DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86609
902 m
CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE
BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP
ODS code P86014
946 m
INSPIRE MEDICAL CENTRE
2ND FLR CROFT SHIFA HC, BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UY
ODS code P86017
1.0 km
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE
285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y02720
1.4 km
WINTER PRESSURES
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE, 285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y05250
1.4 km
WELLFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
116 OLDHAM ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1AD
ODS code P86007
1.5 km
HEALEY SURGERY
WHITWORTH ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 0SN
ODS code P86013
1.6 km
EDENFIELD ROAD SURGERY
CUTGATE SHOPPING PRECINCT, ROCHDALE, OL11 5AQ
ODS code P86003
2.4 km
KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE STRAND, KIRKHOLT, ROCHDALE, OL11 2JG
ODS code Y02721
2.9 km
CASTLETON HEALTH CENTRE
2 ELIZABETH STREET, CASTLETON, ROCHDALE, OL11 3HY
ODS code P86009
3.2 km
MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86001
3.7 km
STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86022
3.7 km
LITTLEBOROUGH GROUP PRACTICE
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86018
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
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
- 0.0 miles
Robert Street
BCT · Town Head
- 0.0 miles
Robert Street
BCT · Town Head
- 0.1 miles
Ukrainian Catholic Church
BCT · Town Head
- 0.1 miles
Ukrainian Catholic Church
BCT · Town Head
- 0.1 miles
Yorkshire Street
BCT · Town Head
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 008D, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,037 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
Recorded crime
14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.