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OL6 6ST

Ashton St Michael's · Tameside · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ashton-Under-Lyne
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 6SU 46 m
OL6 6TE 61 m
OL6 6TH 76 m
OL6 6TF 98 m
OL6 6TL 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL6 6ST
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL6
Postcode sector
OL6 6
Latitude
53.486119
Longitude
-2.083329
British National Grid easting
394,568
British National Grid northing
398,824

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
E00030103
Lower layer super output area
Tameside 007C · E01005943
Middle layer super output area
Tameside 007 · E02001235

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
61, Currier Lane, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6ST 23 January 2008 £133,500
61, Currier Lane, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6ST 23 January 2008 £133,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
104
Primary
73
Secondary
15

  1. Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne

    Academy converter

    245 m

  2. Tameside College

    Further education

    266 m

  3. Stansfield House

    Other independent special school

    516 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Public order 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.0
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL6 6 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

32

within 5 km

  • ALBION MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89003

    518 m

  • ASHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P89008

    525 m

  • GORDON STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89011

    835 m

  • STAMFORD HOUSE

    2 PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 9QH

    ODS code P89609

    895 m

  • DUKINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    20 CONCORD WAY, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4DB

    ODS code P89021

    1.1 km

  • TOWN HALL SURGERY

    112 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4LD

    ODS code P89025

    1.1 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    96-98 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4JZ

    ODS code P89022

    1.1 km

  • ASHTON GP SERVICE

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

    ODS code Y02586

    1.1 km

  • ST. ANDREW'S HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P89023

    1.6 km

  • STAVELEIGH MEDICAL CENTRE

    KING STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2AE

    ODS code P89007

    1.7 km

  • GROSVENOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    62 GROSVENOR STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 1RZ

    ODS code P89026

    1.7 km

  • WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89030

    1.7 km

  • WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89613

    2.0 km

  • HT PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89020

    2.0 km

  • LOCKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    85 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2PT

    ODS code P89005

    2.5 km

  • GUIDE BRIDGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GUIDE LANE, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M34 5HY

    ODS code Y02713

    2.6 km

  • MILLBROOK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HOLLYBANK, OFF GROVE ROAD, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 3BJ

    ODS code Y02936

    3.3 km

  • DENTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    100 ASHTON ROAD, DENTON, MANCHESTER, M34 3JE

    ODS code P89018

    3.6 km

  • CLARENDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    CLARENDON STREET, HYDE, SK14 2AQ

    ODS code P89012

    3.7 km

  • DONNEYBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    CLARENDON STREET, HYDE, SK14 2AH

    ODS code P89016

    3.7 km

Showing 20 of 32 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

  • Cobden Street

    BCT · Cockbrook

    0.1 miles

  • Shaw Street

    BCT · Cockbrook

    0.1 miles

  • Granville Street

    BCT · Cockbrook

    0.2 miles

  • Granville Street

    BCT · Cockbrook

    0.2 miles

  • Heys Road

    BCT · Cockbrook

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 007C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,473 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
1 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

104 open schools are in scope, including 73 primary and 15 secondary schools. Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne is the nearest published school at 245 m.

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

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.