OL7 9DU

Ashton Waterloo · Tameside · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tameside
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne
Postcode district
OL7
Postcode sector
OL7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL7 9EU 68 m
OL7 9DJ 101 m
OL7 9EX 125 m
OL7 9DY 132 m
OL7 9EZ 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL7 9DU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL7
Postcode sector
OL7 9
Latitude
53.495602
Longitude
-2.104933
British National Grid easting
393,136
British National Grid northing
399,881

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
E00030185
Lower layer super output area
Tameside 005C · E01005957
Middle layer super output area
Tameside 005 · E02001233

Postcode source versions

Explore OL7

39 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Red Gables, Flat 3, Taunton Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7 9DU 18 December 2025 £125,000
Crowhill Cottages, 3, Taunton Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7 9DU 16 June 2025 £140,000
72, Taunton Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7 9DU 8 July 2022 £235,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
133
Primary
91
Secondary
17
  1. The Limes School

    Other independent special school

    0 m
  2. Waterloo Primary School

    Academy converter

    407 m
  3. Canon Johnson CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    421 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
89

42 female, 47 male

Postcode households
34
Residents per household
2.6
OL7 9 residents
11,406

Age bands in OL7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

2,201 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,179 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

2,847 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,987 residents

Age 65 and over
19%

2,158 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL7 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+
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

41

within 5 km

  • WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89613

    362 m

  • ASHTON GP SERVICE

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

    ODS code Y02586

    1.1 km

  • ASHTON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P89008

    1.3 km

  • ALBION MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89003

    1.3 km

  • WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89030

    1.7 km

  • STAMFORD HOUSE

    2 PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 9QH

    ODS code P89609

    1.8 km

  • GORDON STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89011

    1.8 km

  • HT PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89020

    2.0 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    96-98 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4JZ

    ODS code P89022

    2.0 km

  • TOWN HALL SURGERY

    112 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4LD

    ODS code P89025

    2.1 km

  • DUKINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    20 CONCORD WAY, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4DB

    ODS code P89021

    2.6 km

  • GUIDE BRIDGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GUIDE LANE, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M34 5HY

    ODS code Y02713

    2.7 km

  • HILL TOP SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02753

    2.7 km

  • DROYLSDEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02663

    2.9 km

  • MEDLOCK VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    58 ASHTON ROAD, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7BW

    ODS code P89010

    3.1 km

  • MARKET STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    76 MARKET STREET, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 6DE

    ODS code P89029

    3.3 km

  • ST. ANDREW'S HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P89023

    3.3 km

  • HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 CLIVE STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 3TR

    ODS code Y02933

    3.3 km

  • STAVELEIGH MEDICAL CENTRE

    KING STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2AE

    ODS code P89007

    3.3 km

  • OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES

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

    ODS code P85012

    3.3 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Taunton Lawns

    BCT · Crowhill

    0.0 miles
  • Ambleside Avenue

    BCT · Crowhill

    0.1 miles
  • Knowle Avenue

    BCT · Crowhill

    0.1 miles
  • Ambleside Avenue

    BCT · Waterloo

    0.1 miles
  • Coniston Grove

    BCT · Crowhill

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tameside 005C, 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

9,208 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
2 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
2
Medium risk addresses
14
Low risk addresses
4
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 £140,000 from 5 recorded sales in OL7 9DU. 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

133 open schools are in scope, including 91 primary and 17 secondary schools. The Limes School is the nearest published school at 0 m.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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