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OL4 5FF

Saddleworth West & Lees · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Saddleworth West & Lees
Local authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Postcode district
OL4
Postcode sector
OL4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL4 5BZ 66 m
OL4 5BT 94 m
OL4 5BX 94 m
OL4 5BU 98 m
OL4 5DE 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL4 5FF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
1 June 2001
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL4
Postcode sector
OL4 5
Latitude
53.534735
Longitude
-2.072772
British National Grid easting
395,274
British National Grid northing
404,232

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Electoral ward
Saddleworth West & Lees · E05014660
Parish or community
E43000158
Westminster constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth · E14001415
Output area
E00027288
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 026E · E01032556
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 026 · E02001123

Postcode source versions

Explore OL4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
116
Primary
81
Secondary
12

  1. St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    205 m

  2. Oasis Academy Leesbrook

    Free schools

    670 m

  3. St Hugh's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    782 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OL4 5 residents
9,337

Age bands in OL4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.3%

1,982 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

933 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.9%

2,299 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.1%

2,139 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

1,538 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

34

within 5 km straight-line

  • LEESBROOK SURGERY

    MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG

    ODS code P85005

    453 m

  • LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP

    ODS code P85022

    635 m

  • ALEXANDRA GROUP MED PRACT

    137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN

    ODS code P85015

    1.5 km

  • GLODWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85622

    1.5 km

  • GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN

    ODS code P85021

    1.6 km

  • SPRINGFIELD HOUSE

    275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ

    ODS code P85020

    1.7 km

  • HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85014

    1.7 km

  • HILL TOP SURGERY

    HILLTOP SURGERY, FITTON HILL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, FIRCROFT ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 2QD

    ODS code Y02753

    2.5 km

  • ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL

    ODS code P85002

    2.6 km

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89618

    2.6 km

  • OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES

    LANGHAM HOUSE, 368 ASHTON ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 3HF

    ODS code P85012

    2.8 km

  • MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85606

    3.0 km

  • PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89006

    3.0 km

  • JALAL PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85601

    3.1 km

  • LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code Y02875

    3.1 km

  • OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

    1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85007

    3.1 km

  • PERKINS PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85608

    3.1 km

  • THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85003

    3.1 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89612

    3.1 km

  • JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF

    ODS code Y02827

    3.1 km

Showing 20 of 34 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Lees Post Office

    BCT · Lees

    0.2 miles

  • Stamford Street

    BCT · Lees

    0.2 miles

  • Rhodes Hill

    BCT · Lees

    0.2 miles

  • Lees Post Office

    BCT · Lees

    0.2 miles

  • Curlew Road

    BCT · Holts

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 026E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,708 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 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

Schools

116 open schools are in scope, including 81 primary and 12 secondary schools. St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 205 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.

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