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OL6 6SL

Ashton St Michael's · Tameside · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Ashton St Michael's
Local authority
Tameside
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne
Postcode district
OL6
Postcode sector
OL6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL6 6RN 78 m
OL6 6RL 99 m
OL6 6RA 121 m
OL6 6RW 127 m
OL6 6RJ 151 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL6 6SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL6
Postcode sector
OL6 6
Latitude
53.490233
Longitude
-2.072169
British National Grid easting
395,309
British National Grid northing
399,281

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Tameside · E08000008
Electoral ward
Ashton St Michael's · E05014520
Parish or community
E43000162
Westminster constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne · E14001070
Output area
E00030096
Lower layer super output area
Tameside 007D · E01005944
Middle layer super output area
Tameside 007 · E02001235

Postcode source versions

Explore OL6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
94
Primary
68
Secondary
12

  1. Ashton Sixth Form College

    Academy 16-19 converter

    302 m

  2. West Hill School

    Academy converter

    589 m

  3. Tameside College

    Further education

    625 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Public order 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OL6 6 residents
5,421

Age bands in OL6 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

912 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

605 residents

Age 25 to 44
29%

1,545 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

1,431 residents

Age 65 and over
15.8%

843 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.

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

30

within 5 km

  • GORDON STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    171 MOSSLEY ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6NE

    ODS code P89011

    492 m

  • STAMFORD HOUSE

    2 PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 9QH

    ODS code P89609

    575 m

  • ST. ANDREW'S HOUSE SURGERY

    STALYBRIDGE RESOURCE CENTRE, THE OLD SCH,2 WATERLOO RD, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2AU

    ODS code P89023

    1.1 km

  • ALBION MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 ALBION STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6HF

    ODS code P89003

    1.1 km

  • ASHTON MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6EW

    ODS code P89008

    1.1 km

  • STAVELEIGH MEDICAL CENTRE

    KING STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2AE

    ODS code P89007

    1.1 km

  • GROSVENOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    62 GROSVENOR STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 1RZ

    ODS code P89026

    1.3 km

  • DUKINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    20 CONCORD WAY, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4DB

    ODS code P89021

    1.7 km

  • LOCKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    85 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2PT

    ODS code P89005

    1.8 km

  • TOWN HALL SURGERY

    112 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4LD

    ODS code P89025

    1.9 km

  • ASHTON GP SERVICE

    ASHTON PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 193 OLD STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 7SR

    ODS code Y02586

    1.9 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    96-98 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4JZ

    ODS code P89022

    1.9 km

  • WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 DUNKERLEY STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 9EJ

    ODS code P89613

    2.3 km

  • MILLBROOK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HOLLYBANK, OFF GROVE ROAD, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 3BJ

    ODS code Y02936

    2.5 km

  • WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE

    98-102 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0LH

    ODS code P89030

    2.6 km

  • HT PRACTICE

    156 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0NW

    ODS code P89020

    2.9 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89612

    3.4 km

  • GUIDE BRIDGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GUIDE LANE, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M34 5HY

    ODS code Y02713

    3.4 km

  • PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89006

    3.5 km

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89618

    3.5 km

Showing 20 of 30 matching practices.

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

  • Tameside General Hospital

    BCT · Tameside General Hospital

    0.1 miles

  • Stamford Park

    BCT · Stamford Park

    0.1 miles

  • Tameside General Hospital

    BCT · Tameside General Hospital

    0.2 miles

  • Stamford Park

    BCT · Stamford Park

    0.2 miles

  • Tameside General Hospital

    BCT · Tameside General Hospital

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 007D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,801 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 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
0
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

Schools

94 open schools are in scope, including 68 primary and 12 secondary schools. Ashton Sixth Form College is the nearest published school at 302 m.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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