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OL6 8SR

Ashton Waterloo · Tameside · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Ashton Waterloo
Local authority
Tameside
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne
Postcode district
OL6
Postcode sector
OL6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL6 8PD 48 m
OL6 8SS 50 m
OL6 8PQ 52 m
OL6 8SU 67 m
OL6 8SX 67 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL6 8SR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL6
Postcode sector
OL6 8
Latitude
53.494775
Longitude
-2.093958
British National Grid easting
393,864
British National Grid northing
399,788

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Tameside · E08000008
Electoral ward
Ashton Waterloo · E05014521
Parish or community
E43000162
Westminster constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne · E14001070
Output area
E00030143
Lower layer super output area
Tameside 006D · E01005949
Middle layer super output area
Tameside 006 · E02001234

Postcode source versions

Explore OL6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
122
Primary
86
Secondary
16

  1. Canon Johnson CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    352 m

  2. St James' Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    524 m

  3. Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    544 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

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

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.1% 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

37

within 5 km

  • ASHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P89008

    677 m

  • ALBION MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89003

    679 m

  • WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89613

    798 m

  • STAMFORD HOUSE

    2 PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 9QH

    ODS code P89609

    1.0 km

  • ASHTON GP SERVICE

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

    ODS code Y02586

    1.1 km

  • GORDON STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89011

    1.1 km

  • WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89030

    1.8 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    96-98 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4JZ

    ODS code P89022

    1.8 km

  • TOWN HALL SURGERY

    112 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4LD

    ODS code P89025

    1.8 km

  • HT PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89020

    2.1 km

  • DUKINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    20 CONCORD WAY, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4DB

    ODS code P89021

    2.1 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

  • GROSVENOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    62 GROSVENOR STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 1RZ

    ODS code P89026

    2.7 km

  • HILL TOP SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02753

    2.9 km

  • GUIDE BRIDGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GUIDE LANE, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M34 5HY

    ODS code Y02713

    2.9 km

  • LOCKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    85 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2PT

    ODS code P89005

    3.3 km

  • DROYLSDEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-3 ALBION DRIVE, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7NP

    ODS code Y02663

    3.5 km

  • OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES

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

    ODS code P85012

    3.6 km

  • MEDLOCK VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    58 ASHTON ROAD, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7BW

    ODS code P89010

    3.7 km

Showing 20 of 37 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

  • Wrigley Street

    BCT · Hurst Brook

    0.0 miles

  • Miller Street

    BCT · Hurst Brook

    0.0 miles

  • Miller Street

    BCT · Hurst Brook

    0.1 miles

  • Northumberland Avenue

    BCT · Hurst Brook

    0.1 miles

  • Northumberland Avenue

    BCT · Hurst Brook

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 006D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,764 of 33,755

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

122 open schools are in scope, including 86 primary and 16 secondary schools. Canon Johnson CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 352 m.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 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.