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OL6 8RW

Ashton Hurst · Tameside · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Ward
Ashton Hurst
Local authority
Tameside
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne
Postcode district
OL6
Postcode sector
OL6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL6 8RN 82 m
OL6 8RP 112 m
OL6 8DS 140 m
OL6 8DR 159 m
OL6 8RL 160 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL6 8RW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL6
Postcode sector
OL6 8
Latitude
53.502918
Longitude
-2.082442
British National Grid easting
394,629
British National Grid northing
400,693

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Tameside · E08000008
Electoral ward
Ashton Hurst · E05014519
Parish or community
E43000162
Westminster constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne · E14001070
Output area
E00030070
Lower layer super output area
Tameside 006A · E01005933
Middle layer super output area
Tameside 006 · E02001234

Postcode source versions

Explore OL6

Property

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19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
225, Smallshaw Lane, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 8RW 11 August 2023 £195,644
231, Smallshaw Lane, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 8RW 5 August 2022 £180,000
242, Smallshaw Lane, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 8RW 20 January 2022 £80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
123
Primary
85
Secondary
14

  1. Dixons Ashton Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    256 m

  2. Samuel Laycock School

    Academy special sponsor led

    306 m

  3. St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    408 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 6
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
140

70 female, 70 male

Postcode households
39
Residents per household
3.6
OL6 8 residents
11,366

Age bands in OL6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

2,038 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.5%

1,204 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

2,612 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.3%

2,654 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

1,978 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL6 8 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

40

within 5 km

  • STAMFORD HOUSE

    2 PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 9QH

    ODS code P89609

    1.1 km

  • GORDON STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89011

    1.1 km

  • WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89613

    1.5 km

  • ALBION MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89003

    1.5 km

  • ASHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P89008

    1.6 km

  • ASHTON GP SERVICE

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

    ODS code Y02586

    2.2 km

  • HILL TOP SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02753

    2.3 km

  • ST. ANDREW'S HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P89023

    2.6 km

  • STAVELEIGH MEDICAL CENTRE

    KING STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2AE

    ODS code P89007

    2.6 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    96-98 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4JZ

    ODS code P89022

    2.8 km

  • TOWN HALL SURGERY

    112 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4LD

    ODS code P89025

    2.8 km

  • GROSVENOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    62 GROSVENOR STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 1RZ

    ODS code P89026

    2.8 km

  • DUKINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    20 CONCORD WAY, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4DB

    ODS code P89021

    2.9 km

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89618

    3.0 km

  • WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89030

    3.0 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89612

    3.0 km

  • PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89006

    3.1 km

  • LOCKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    85 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2PT

    ODS code P89005

    3.1 km

  • OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES

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

    ODS code P85012

    3.1 km

  • HT PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89020

    3.3 km

Showing 20 of 40 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

  • Oakfold Avenue

    BCT · Smallshaw

    0.1 miles

  • Great Academy Ashton

    BCT · Smallshaw

    0.1 miles

  • Oakfold Avenue

    BCT · Smallshaw

    0.1 miles

  • Samuel Laycock School

    BCT · Smallshaw

    0.1 miles

  • Greenwood Avenue

    BCT · Smallshaw

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 006A, 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

2,135 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
8 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
5
Medium risk addresses
5
Low risk addresses
6
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 £180,000 from 3 recorded sales in OL6 8RW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tameside is £211,304 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.

Schools

123 open schools are in scope, including 85 primary and 14 secondary schools. Dixons Ashton Academy is the nearest published school at 256 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 6 events.

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