Schools
64 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 6 secondary schools. Meadows School is the nearest published school at 482 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL16 2QW
Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough · Rochdale · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL16 2QW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1997
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL16
- Postcode sector
- OL16 2
- Latitude
- 53.635070
- Longitude
- -2.126996
- British National Grid easting
- 391,700
- British National Grid northing
- 415,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Rochdale · E08000005
- Electoral ward
- Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough · E05014050
- Parish or community
- E43000159
- Westminster constituency
- Rochdale · E14001446
- Output area
- E00181757
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochdale 003D · E01005596
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochdale 003 · E02001134
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
- 64
- Primary
- 41
- Secondary
- 6
- 482 m
Meadows School
Other independent special school
- 634 m
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Academy converter
- 773 m
Wardle Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 7
- Drugs 1
- Other crime 1
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
23
within 5 km straight-line
INSPIRE MEDICAL CENTRE
2ND FLR CROFT SHIFA HC, BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UY
ODS code P86017
1.6 km
CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE
BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP
ODS code P86014
1.6 km
MARK STREET SURGERY
2 MARK STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 9BE
ODS code P86008
1.7 km
LITTLEBOROUGH GROUP PRACTICE
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86018
1.8 km
PENNINE SURGERY
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86021
1.8 km
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
22 WINTON STREET, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8AR
ODS code P86624
2.0 km
THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CTR.
VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE, PEEL STREET, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8AQ
ODS code P86608
2.1 km
YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY
188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN
ODS code P86005
2.3 km
HEALEY SURGERY
WHITWORTH ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 0SN
ODS code P86013
2.4 km
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE
285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y02720
2.6 km
WINTER PRESSURES
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE, 285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y05250
2.6 km
THE DAWES FAMILY PRACTICE
83 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RX
ODS code P86026
3.1 km
ASHWORTH STREET SURGERY
85 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RT
ODS code P86006
3.1 km
DR A HAMID
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86614
3.2 km
DR GWD BHIMA
1ST FLOOR, BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86002
3.2 km
DR MB GHAFOOR & PARTNERS
1ST FLOOR, NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86619
3.2 km
THE DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86609
3.2 km
WELLFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
116 OLDHAM ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1AD
ODS code P86007
3.4 km
MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86001
3.9 km
STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86022
3.9 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Oakcliffe Road
BCT · Hurstead
- 0.1 miles
Oakcliffe Road
BCT · Hurstead
- 0.1 miles
Braddocks Close
BCT · Hurstead
- 0.2 miles
Ashbrook Hey Lane
BCT · Hurstead
- 0.2 miles
Ashbrook Hey Lane
BCT · Smallbridge
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 003D, 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
16,238 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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
9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.