Schools
69 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 7 secondary schools. Moorhouse Academy is the nearest published school at 449 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL16 3WL
Milnrow & Newhey · Rochdale · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Milnrow & Newhey
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Postcode district
- OL16
- Postcode sector
- OL16 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL16 3WL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 December 1995
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL16
- Postcode sector
- OL16 3
- Latitude
- 53.615310
- Longitude
- -2.113332
- British National Grid easting
- 392,600
- British National Grid northing
- 413,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Rochdale · E08000005
- Electoral ward
- Milnrow & Newhey · E05014043
- Parish or community
- E43000159
- Westminster constituency
- Rochdale · E14001446
- Output area
- E00028144
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochdale 014A · E01005555
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochdale 014 · E02001145
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
- 69
- Primary
- 45
- Secondary
- 7
- 449 m
Moorhouse Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 454 m
Crossgates Primary School
Foundation school
- 492 m
Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- 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
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- OL16 3 residents
- 8,690
Age bands in OL16 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.6%
1,530 residents
870 residents
2,097 residents
2,294 residents
1,655 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
MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86001
1.5 km
STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86022
1.5 km
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE
285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y02720
1.5 km
WINTER PRESSURES
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE, 285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y05250
1.5 km
INSPIRE MEDICAL CENTRE
2ND FLR CROFT SHIFA HC, BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UY
ODS code P86017
1.8 km
CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE
BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP
ODS code P86014
1.9 km
MARK STREET SURGERY
2 MARK STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 9BE
ODS code P86008
2.3 km
WELLFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
116 OLDHAM ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1AD
ODS code P86007
2.4 km
YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY
188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN
ODS code P86005
2.6 km
DR A HAMID
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86614
2.7 km
DR GWD BHIMA
1ST FLOOR, BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86002
2.7 km
DR MB GHAFOOR & PARTNERS
1ST FLOOR, NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86619
2.7 km
THE DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86609
2.7 km
LITTLEBOROUGH GROUP PRACTICE
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86018
3.2 km
PENNINE SURGERY
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86021
3.2 km
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
22 WINTON STREET, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8AR
ODS code P86624
3.2 km
THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CTR.
VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE, PEEL STREET, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8AQ
ODS code P86608
3.2 km
THE DAWES FAMILY PRACTICE
83 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RX
ODS code P86026
3.5 km
ASHWORTH STREET SURGERY
85 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RT
ODS code P86006
3.5 km
KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE STRAND, KIRKHOLT, ROCHDALE, OL11 2JG
ODS code Y02721
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Croft Head Drive
BCT · Holt Estate
- 0.2 miles
Croft Head Drive
BCT · Holt Estate
- 0.2 miles
Silver Hill
BCT · Milnrow
- 0.2 miles
Silver Hill
BCT · Milnrow
- 0.2 miles
Moorhouse Fold
BCT · Milnrow
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 014A, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,468 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
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.