Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 8 secondary schools. Heybrook Primary School is the nearest published school at 331 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL16 2NN
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 2NN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1984
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL16
- Postcode sector
- OL16 2
- Latitude
- 53.620667
- Longitude
- -2.146606
- British National Grid easting
- 390,400
- British National Grid northing
- 413,800
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
- E00028257
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochdale 008I · E01034235
- 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
- 73
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 8
- 331 m
Heybrook Primary School
Community school
- 616 m
Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd
Other independent school
- 616 m
Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 13
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 9
- Drugs 2
- Other theft 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- OL16 2 residents
- 11,590
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
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
24
within 5 km straight-line
YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY
188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN
ODS code P86005
372 m
MARK STREET SURGERY
2 MARK STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 9BE
ODS code P86008
419 m
CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE
BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP
ODS code P86014
514 m
INSPIRE MEDICAL CENTRE
2ND FLR CROFT SHIFA HC, BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UY
ODS code P86017
600 m
DR A HAMID
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86614
1.1 km
DR GWD BHIMA
1ST FLOOR, BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86002
1.1 km
DR MB GHAFOOR & PARTNERS
1ST FLOOR, NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86619
1.1 km
THE DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86609
1.1 km
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE
285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y02720
1.2 km
WINTER PRESSURES
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE, 285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y05250
1.2 km
THE DAWES FAMILY PRACTICE
83 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RX
ODS code P86026
1.3 km
ASHWORTH STREET SURGERY
85 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RT
ODS code P86006
1.3 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
1.8 km
EDENFIELD ROAD SURGERY
CUTGATE SHOPPING PRECINCT, ROCHDALE, OL11 5AQ
ODS code P86003
2.8 km
KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE STRAND, KIRKHOLT, ROCHDALE, OL11 2JG
ODS code Y02721
3.0 km
MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86001
3.4 km
STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86022
3.4 km
CASTLETON HEALTH CENTRE
2 ELIZABETH STREET, CASTLETON, ROCHDALE, OL11 3HY
ODS code P86009
3.6 km
LITTLEBOROUGH GROUP PRACTICE
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86018
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Trafalgar Street
BCT · Newbold
- 0.1 miles
Rugby Road
BCT · Town Head
- 0.1 miles
Rugby Road
BCT · Town Head
- 0.1 miles
Trafalgar Street
BCT · Newbold
- 0.1 miles
Ramsay Street
BCT · Belfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 008I, 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
1,842 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
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.