OL6 9AA

Ashton Hurst · Tameside · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tameside
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne
Postcode district
OL6
Postcode sector
OL6 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL6 8AR 445 m
OL6 9AF 477 m
OL4 5PJ 698 m
OL4 5PQ 763 m
OL4 5PH 796 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL6 9AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL6
Postcode sector
OL6 9
Latitude
53.520408
Longitude
-2.071209
British National Grid easting
395,376
British National Grid northing
402,638

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Tameside · E08000008
Parish or community
E43000162
Westminster constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne · E14001070
Output area
E00030052
Lower layer super output area
Tameside 002A · E01005938
Middle layer super output area
Tameside 002 · E02001230

Postcode source versions

Explore OL6

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Little Lees Farm, Lees Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9AA 14 December 2022 £802,751
Port Mahon Farm, Lees Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9AA 2 July 2020 £50,000
Yarn Croft Cottage, Lees Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9AA 21 April 2017 £615,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
115
Primary
79
Secondary
11
  1. St Hugh's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    923 m
  2. Alt Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km
  3. St Damian's RC Science College

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

4 female, 6 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
5.0
OL6 9 residents
10,279

Age bands in OL6 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21%

2,360 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

1,220 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.9%

3,255 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.3%

2,733 residents

Age 65 and over
15%

1,692 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL6 9 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

39

within 5 km

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89618

    1.7 km

  • HILL TOP SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02753

    2.0 km

  • LEESBROOK SURGERY

    MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG

    ODS code P85005

    2.0 km

  • PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89006

    2.1 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89612

    2.1 km

  • LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP

    ODS code P85022

    2.2 km

  • ALEXANDRA GROUP MED PRACT

    137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN

    ODS code P85015

    2.5 km

  • GLODWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GLODWICK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN

    ODS code P85622

    2.5 km

  • GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN

    ODS code P85021

    2.6 km

  • OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES

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

    ODS code P85012

    2.7 km

  • HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HOPWOOD HOUSE, THE VINEYARD, LEES ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1JN

    ODS code P85014

    2.9 km

  • STAMFORD HOUSE

    2 PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 9QH

    ODS code P89609

    3.0 km

  • GORDON STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89011

    3.1 km

  • WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89613

    3.2 km

  • SPRINGFIELD HOUSE

    275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ

    ODS code P85020

    3.3 km

  • ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL

    ODS code P85002

    3.6 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

  • HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 CLIVE STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 3TR

    ODS code Y02933

    3.7 km

  • JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF

    ODS code Y02827

    3.9 km

Showing 20 of 39 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

  • Garden Centre

    BCT · Alt

    0.2 miles
  • Garden Centre

    BCT · Alt

    0.3 miles
  • Twirl Hill Road

    BCT · Lily Lanes

    0.4 miles
  • Abbeyhills Road

    BCT · Holts

    0.4 miles
  • Lees New Road

    BCT · Alt

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 002A, 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

5,708 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £802,751 from 1 recorded sale in OL6 9AA. 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

115 open schools are in scope, including 79 primary and 11 secondary schools. St Hugh's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 923 m.

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