Schools
146 open schools are in scope, including 100 primary and 18 secondary schools. Hollinwood Academy is the nearest published school at 542 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL8 3QX
Failsworth East · Oldham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Failsworth East
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Postcode district
- OL8
- Postcode sector
- OL8 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL8 3QX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 October 2005
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL8
- Postcode sector
- OL8 3
- Latitude
- 53.518841
- Longitude
- -2.144595
- British National Grid easting
- 390,510
- British National Grid northing
- 402,471
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Oldham · E08000004
- Electoral ward
- Failsworth East · E05014652
- Parish or community
- E43000158
- Westminster constituency
- Manchester Central · E14001352
- Output area
- E00027159
- Lower layer super output area
- Oldham 031A · E01005362
- Middle layer super output area
- Oldham 031 · E02001128
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore OL8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 146
- Primary
- 100
- Secondary
- 18
- 542 m
Hollinwood Academy
Academy special sponsor led
- 562 m
St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School
Voluntary aided school
- 575 m
Higher Failsworth Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 8
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 6
- Other crime 1
- Criminal damage and arson 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- OL8 3 residents
- 11,372
Age bands in OL8 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.3%
2,798 residents
1,391 residents
3,134 residents
2,543 residents
1,512 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
49
within 5 km straight-line
HAZELDENE MEDICAL CENTRE
97 MOSTON LANE EAST, NEW MOSTON, MANCHESTER, M40 3HD
ODS code P84067
1.2 km
HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 CLIVE STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 3TR
ODS code Y02933
1.2 km
MEDLOCK MEDICAL PRACTICE
KEPPEL BUILDING, FAILSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, ASHTON ROAD WEST, MANCHESTER, M35 0AD
ODS code P85610
1.3 km
QUAYSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
ASHTON ROAD WEST, MANCHESTER, M35 0AD
ODS code P85026
1.3 km
LITTLETOWN FAMILY MED PRACT
53 MANCHESTER ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 4LR
ODS code P85605
1.3 km
CH MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIELDS NEW RD P-CARE CTR, FIELDS NEW RD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 8NH
ODS code P85011
1.6 km
KAPUR FAMILY CARE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85615
2.3 km
MD FAMILY PRACTICE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85018
2.3 km
WERNETH MEDICAL PRACTICE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85612
2.3 km
OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES
LANGHAM HOUSE, 368 ASHTON ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 3HF
ODS code P85012
2.3 km
CHARLESTOWN MD
CHARLESTOWN ROAD, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER, M9 7ED
ODS code Y02325
2.8 km
HILL TOP SURGERY
HILLTOP SURGERY, FITTON HILL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, FIRCROFT ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 2QD
ODS code Y02753
2.9 km
JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF
ODS code Y02827
2.9 km
CHADDERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85004
3.0 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHADDERTON TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85010
3.0 km
ST GEORGE'S MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. GEORGES DRIVE, MOSTON, MANCHESTER, M40 5HP
ODS code P84025
3.1 km
ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWTON HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 2 OLD CHURCH STREET, MANCHESTER, M40 2JF
ODS code P84047
3.1 km
NEWTON HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE
NEWTON HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 2 OLD CHURCH STREET, NEWTON HEATH, MANCHESTER, M40 2JF
ODS code P84070
3.1 km
THE JUNCTION SURGERY
346 GRIMSHAW LANE, MIDDLETON, MIDDLETON JUNCTION, MANCHESTER, M24 2AU
ODS code P86010
3.3 km
JALAL PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85601
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 49 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Hollinwood
BCT · Hollinwood
- 0.1 miles
Hollinwood
BCT · Hollinwood
- 0.1 miles
Hollinwood Metrolink Stop
BCT · Hollinwood
- 0.1 miles
Hollinwood
BCT · Hollinwood
- 0.1 miles
Hollinwood (Manchester Metrolink)
TMU · Hollinwood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 031A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
12,135 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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
Recorded crime
8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 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.