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OL8 4SU

Hollinwood · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Hollinwood
Local authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Postcode district
OL8
Postcode sector
OL8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL8 4SL 52 m
OL8 4SS 52 m
OL8 4SJ 55 m
OL8 4ST 85 m
OL8 4SR 86 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL8 4SU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL8
Postcode sector
OL8 4
Latitude
53.520960
Longitude
-2.138674
British National Grid easting
390,903
British National Grid northing
402,706

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
E00027225
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 031D · E01005376
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 031 · E02001128

Postcode source versions

Explore OL8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
144
Primary
98
Secondary
17

  1. St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    165 m

  2. Hollinwood Academy

    Academy special sponsor led

    626 m

  3. Oasis Academy Oldham

    Academy sponsor led

    679 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Other crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

11 female, 7 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
6.0
OL8 4 residents
10,111

Age bands in OL8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.5%

2,410 residents

Age 15 to 24
15.2%

1,498 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.6%

2,810 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.5%

2,019 residents

Age 65 and over
11.1%

1,094 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL8 4 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

45

within 5 km

  • HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 CLIVE STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 3TR

    ODS code Y02933

    742 m

  • LITTLETOWN FAMILY MED PRACT

    53 MANCHESTER ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 4LR

    ODS code P85605

    957 m

  • CH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FIELDS NEW RD P-CARE CTR, FIELDS NEW RD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 8NH

    ODS code P85011

    1.4 km

  • HAZELDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    97 MOSTON LANE EAST, NEW MOSTON, MANCHESTER, M40 3HD

    ODS code P84067

    1.6 km

  • MEDLOCK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KEPPEL BUILDING, FAILSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, ASHTON ROAD WEST, MANCHESTER, M35 0AD

    ODS code P85610

    1.7 km

  • QUAYSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ASHTON ROAD WEST, MANCHESTER, M35 0AD

    ODS code P85026

    1.7 km

  • OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES

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

    ODS code P85012

    1.9 km

  • KAPUR FAMILY CARE

    WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY

    ODS code P85615

    1.9 km

  • MD FAMILY PRACTICE

    WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY

    ODS code P85018

    1.9 km

  • WERNETH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY

    ODS code P85612

    1.9 km

  • HILL TOP SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02753

    2.5 km

  • JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF

    ODS code Y02827

    2.5 km

  • CHADDERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH

    ODS code P85004

    2.7 km

  • WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHADDERTON TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH

    ODS code P85010

    2.7 km

  • JALAL PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85601

    2.9 km

  • LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code Y02875

    2.9 km

  • OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

    1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85007

    2.9 km

  • PERKINS PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85608

    2.9 km

  • THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85003

    2.9 km

  • CHARLESTOWN MD

    CHARLESTOWN ROAD, BLACKLEY, MANCHESTER, M9 7ED

    ODS code Y02325

    3.2 km

Showing 20 of 45 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

  • Tenby Road

    BCT · Hollinwood

    0.1 miles

  • Hawthorn Road

    BCT · Hollinwood

    0.1 miles

  • Chapel Road

    BCT · Hollins

    0.1 miles

  • Clowes Street

    BCT · Hollinwood

    0.2 miles

  • Drury Lane

    BCT · White Gate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 031D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,119 of 33,755

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

Schools

144 open schools are in scope, including 98 primary and 17 secondary schools. St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 165 m.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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