OL7 9EG

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 9AT 51 m
OL7 9AU 56 m
OL7 9AJ 65 m
OL7 9EF 76 m
OL7 9RQ 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL7 9EG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
1 January 2014
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL7
Postcode sector
OL7 9
Latitude
53.498139
Longitude
-2.102678
British National Grid easting
393,286
British National Grid northing
400,163

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
E00030187
Lower layer super output area
Tameside 005C · E01005957
Middle layer super output area
Tameside 005 · E02001233

Postcode source versions

Explore OL7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
136
Primary
93
Secondary
17
  1. Waterloo Primary School

    Academy converter

    210 m
  2. The Limes School

    Other independent special school

    320 m
  3. Canon Burrows CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    385 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
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

44

within 5 km straight-line

  • WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89613

    110 m

  • 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

  • ASHTON GP SERVICE

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

    ODS code Y02586

    1.4 km

  • STAMFORD HOUSE

    2 PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 9QH

    ODS code P89609

    1.7 km

  • GORDON STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89011

    1.7 km

  • WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89030

    2.0 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    96-98 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4JZ

    ODS code P89022

    2.3 km

  • HT PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89020

    2.3 km

  • TOWN HALL SURGERY

    112 KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4LD

    ODS code P89025

    2.3 km

  • HILL TOP SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02753

    2.5 km

  • DUKINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    20 CONCORD WAY, DUKINFIELD, SK16 4DB

    ODS code P89021

    2.7 km

  • GUIDE BRIDGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GUIDE LANE, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER, M34 5HY

    ODS code Y02713

    3.0 km

  • OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES

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

    ODS code P85012

    3.1 km

  • DROYLSDEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02663

    3.1 km

  • HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 CLIVE STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 3TR

    ODS code Y02933

    3.1 km

  • ST. ANDREW'S HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P89023

    3.3 km

  • STAVELEIGH MEDICAL CENTRE

    KING STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 2AE

    ODS code P89007

    3.3 km

  • MEDLOCK VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    58 ASHTON ROAD, DROYLSDEN, MANCHESTER, M43 7BW

    ODS code P89010

    3.4 km

  • GROSVENOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    62 GROSVENOR STREET, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 1RZ

    ODS code P89026

    3.4 km

Showing 20 of 44 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Wilshaw Lane

    BCT · Waterloo

    0.0 miles
  • Oldham Road

    BCT · Waterloo

    0.0 miles
  • Oldham Road

    BCT · Waterloo

    0.1 miles
  • Wilshaw Lane

    BCT · Waterloo

    0.1 miles
  • Clive Street

    BCT · Waterloo

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

136 open schools are in scope, including 93 primary and 17 secondary schools. Waterloo Primary School is the nearest published school at 210 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.