OL postcode area

The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area,^[2] is a group of postal districts around Ashton-Under-Lyne, Bacup, Heywood, Littleborough, Oldham, Rochdale and Todmorden in England.

Whilst including almost all of Oldham and most of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, it is not exclusive to these areas, extending into most of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale and parts of the Tameside borough of Greater Manchester, and through a very small part of both Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts are:

Postal district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
OL1	OLDHAM	Chadderton, Higginshaw, Oldham	Oldham
OL2	OLDHAM	Heyside, Royton, Shaw	Oldham
OL3	OLDHAM	Delph, Denshaw, Diggle, Dobcross, Greenfield, Uppermill	Oldham
OL4	OLDHAM	Austerlands, Grasscroft, Grotton, Lees, Lydgate, Oldham, Scouthead, Springhead, Waterhead	Oldham
OL5	ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE	Mossley, Mossley Cross	Tameside
OL6	ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE	Ashton-under-Lyne	Tameside
OL7	ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE	Ashton-under-Lyne	Tameside
OL8	OLDHAM	Bardsley, Oldham	Oldham / Tameside
OL9	OLDHAM	Chadderton, Oldham	Oldham
OL10	HEYWOOD	Heywood	Rochdale
OL11	ROCHDALE	Ashworth, Rochdale, Castleton	Rochdale
OL12	ROCHDALE	Facit, Great Howarth, Healy, Hurstead, Rochdale, Shawforth, Wardle, Whitworth	Rochdale
OL13	BACUP	Bacup, Britannia, Stacksteads	Rossendale
OL14	TODMORDEN	Cornholme, Todmorden, Eastwood, Walsden	Calderdale
OL15	LITTLEBOROUGH	Littleborough, Shore, Smithybridge, Summit	Rochdale
OL16	ROCHDALE	Burnedge, Firgrove, Hurstead, Milnrow, Rochdale, Smallbridge, Thornham	Rochdale
OL95	OLDHAM	Oldham	Oldham

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - HD (Huddersfield) - S (Sheffield) - SK (Stockport) - M (Manchester) - BL (Bolton) - BB (Blackburn) - HX (Halifax) .