OL4 4HE

Saddleworth South · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Oldham
Local authority
Oldham
Postcode district
OL4
Postcode sector
OL4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL4 4HF 20 m
OL4 4ER 79 m
OL4 4HB 83 m
OL4 4EZ 87 m
OL4 4HG 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL4 4HE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL4
Postcode sector
OL4 4
Latitude
53.537217
Longitude
-2.029774
British National Grid easting
398,124
British National Grid northing
404,506

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Parish or community
E04000005
Output area
E00027359
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 013A · E01005407
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 013 · E02001110

Postcode source versions

Explore OL4

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
34, Mossley Road, Grasscroft, Oldham, OL4 4HE 2 December 2022 £362,000
20, Mossley Road, Grasscroft, Oldham, OL4 4HE 24 October 2022 £307,500
16, Mossley Road, Grasscroft, Oldham, OL4 4HE 8 April 2022 £286,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
45
Secondary
6
  1. Friezland Primary School

    Foundation school

    435 m
  2. St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School

    Academy converter

    686 m
  3. Greenfield Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 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 theft 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
47

24 female, 23 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.5
OL4 4 residents
7,738

Age bands in OL4 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,184 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

724 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.6%

1,662 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

2,262 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,849 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL4 4 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

  • SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH

    ODS code P85016

    2.1 km

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MARKET PLACE, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 0HE

    ODS code P89618

    2.4 km

  • PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    193 MANCHESTER ROAD, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 9AJ

    ODS code P89006

    2.5 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    187 MANCHESTER ROAD, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 9AB

    ODS code P89612

    2.7 km

  • LEESBROOK SURGERY

    MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG

    ODS code P85005

    2.8 km

  • LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP

    ODS code P85022

    3.0 km

  • SPRINGFIELD HOUSE

    275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ

    ODS code P85020

    3.7 km

  • MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MOORSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, 681 RIPPONDEN ROAD, MOORSIDE, OLDHAM, OL1 4JU

    ODS code P85606

    4.1 km

  • ALEXANDRA GROUP MED PRACT

    137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN

    ODS code P85015

    4.3 km

  • GLODWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GLODWICK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN

    ODS code P85622

    4.3 km

  • HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HOPWOOD HOUSE, THE VINEYARD, LEES ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1JN

    ODS code P85014

    4.4 km

  • GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN

    ODS code P85021

    4.4 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

  • Sharon Avenue

    BCT · Grasscroft

    0.0 miles
  • Clough Lane

    BCT · Grasscroft

    0.1 miles
  • Brookway

    BCT · Grasscroft

    0.1 miles
  • Brookway

    BCT · Grasscroft

    0.1 miles
  • High Grove Road

    BCT · Friezland

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 013A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,516 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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
15
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 £296,750 from 4 recorded sales in OL4 4HE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Oldham is £214,850 in June 2026, up 5.1% year on year.

Schools

55 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 6 secondary schools. Friezland Primary School is the nearest published school at 435 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 theft with 1 events.

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