Schools
119 open schools are in scope, including 80 primary and 13 secondary schools. Alt Academy is the nearest published school at 754 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL6 8AR
Alexandra · Oldham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Alexandra
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Postcode district
- OL6
- Postcode sector
- OL6 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL6 8AR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL6
- Postcode sector
- OL6 8
- Latitude
- 53.521006
- Longitude
- -2.077846
- British National Grid easting
- 394,936
- British National Grid northing
- 402,705
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Oldham · E08000004
- Electoral ward
- Alexandra · E05014646
- Parish or community
- E43000158
- Westminster constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth · E14001415
- Output area
- E00027261
- Lower layer super output area
- Oldham 026D · E01005386
- Middle layer super output area
- Oldham 026 · E02001123
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 OL6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 119
- Primary
- 80
- Secondary
- 13
- 754 m
Alt Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 791 m
St Hugh's CofE Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.3 km
St Damian's RC Science College
Voluntary aided school
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- OL6 8 residents
- 11,366
Age bands in OL6 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.9%
2,038 residents
1,204 residents
2,612 residents
2,654 residents
1,978 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
41
within 5 km
HILL TOP SURGERY
HILLTOP SURGERY, FITTON HILL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, FIRCROFT ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 2QD
ODS code Y02753
1.5 km
LEESBROOK SURGERY
MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG
ODS code P85005
2.0 km
LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE
ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP
ODS code P85022
2.2 km
PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MARKET PLACE, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 0HE
ODS code P89618
2.2 km
ALEXANDRA GROUP MED PRACT
137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN
ODS code P85015
2.2 km
GLODWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
GLODWICK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN
ODS code P85622
2.2 km
GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN
ODS code P85021
2.2 km
OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES
LANGHAM HOUSE, 368 ASHTON ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 3HF
ODS code P85012
2.3 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
2.6 km
HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HOPWOOD HOUSE, THE VINEYARD, LEES ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1JN
ODS code P85014
2.6 km
WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE
1 DUNKERLEY STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 9EJ
ODS code P89613
3.0 km
STAMFORD HOUSE
2 PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 9QH
ODS code P89609
3.0 km
SPRINGFIELD HOUSE
275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ
ODS code P85020
3.1 km
GORDON STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
171 MOSSLEY ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6NE
ODS code P89011
3.1 km
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE
ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL
ODS code P85002
3.2 km
HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 CLIVE STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 3TR
ODS code Y02933
3.3 km
JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF
ODS code Y02827
3.5 km
ALBION MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 ALBION STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6HF
ODS code P89003
3.6 km
ASHTON MEDICAL GROUP
CHAPEL STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6EW
ODS code P89008
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 41 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Garden Centre
BCT · Alt
- 0.1 miles
Garden Centre
BCT · Alt
- 0.3 miles
Abbeyhills Road
BCT · Holts
- 0.3 miles
Twirl Hill Road
BCT · Lily Lanes
- 0.3 miles
Lees New Road
BCT · Alt
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 026D, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
813 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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.