Schools
152 open schools are in scope, including 103 primary and 18 secondary schools. Hollinwood Academy is the nearest published school at 308 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL8 3TE
Hollinwood · Oldham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Hollinwood
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Postcode district
- OL8
- Postcode sector
- OL8 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL8 3TE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL8
- Postcode sector
- OL8 3
- Latitude
- 53.517314
- Longitude
- -2.135692
- British National Grid easting
- 391,100
- British National Grid northing
- 402,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Oldham · E08000004
- Electoral ward
- Hollinwood · E05014654
- Parish or community
- E43000158
- Westminster constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton · E14001416
- Output area
- E00027243
- Lower layer super output area
- Oldham 031E · E01005378
- 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
- 152
- Primary
- 103
- Secondary
- 18
- 308 m
Hollinwood Academy
Academy special sponsor led
- 363 m
New Bridge School
Academy special converter
- 422 m
Oasis Academy Limeside
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4
- 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
48
within 5 km straight-line
HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 CLIVE STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 3TR
ODS code Y02933
755 m
LITTLETOWN FAMILY MED PRACT
53 MANCHESTER ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 4LR
ODS code P85605
1.3 km
MEDLOCK MEDICAL PRACTICE
KEPPEL BUILDING, FAILSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, ASHTON ROAD WEST, MANCHESTER, M35 0AD
ODS code P85610
1.6 km
QUAYSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
ASHTON ROAD WEST, MANCHESTER, M35 0AD
ODS code P85026
1.6 km
HAZELDENE MEDICAL CENTRE
97 MOSTON LANE EAST, NEW MOSTON, MANCHESTER, M40 3HD
ODS code P84067
1.7 km
OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES
LANGHAM HOUSE, 368 ASHTON ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 3HF
ODS code P85012
1.9 km
CH MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIELDS NEW RD P-CARE CTR, FIELDS NEW RD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 8NH
ODS code P85011
1.9 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
HILL TOP SURGERY
HILLTOP SURGERY, FITTON HILL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, FIRCROFT ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 2QD
ODS code Y02753
2.3 km
JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF
ODS code Y02827
2.8 km
WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE
1 DUNKERLEY STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 9EJ
ODS code P89613
2.9 km
CHADDERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85004
3.2 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHADDERTON TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85010
3.2 km
JALAL PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85601
3.2 km
LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code Y02875
3.2 km
OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85007
3.2 km
PERKINS PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85608
3.2 km
THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85003
3.2 km
Showing 20 of 48 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Holy Family Church
BCT · Hollinwood
- 0.1 miles
Lime Lane
BCT · Hollinwood
- 0.1 miles
Hollinwood Cemetery
BCT · Limeside
- 0.2 miles
Roman Road
BCT · Limeside
- 0.2 miles
Roman Road
BCT · Limeside
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 031E, 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
4,690 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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.
Evidence in context
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.