Map of OL2 8LJ postcode

General information
Postcode OL2 8LJ
Post Town Oldham
Nearest station Rochdale (6 km)
Bus stops
Hillside Avenue (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 8 View
Known addresses
Cutts, Buckstones Road, Shaw
Runge Farm, Buckstones Road, Shaw
Main property type Other
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.583021
Longitude -2.072917
Easting 395270
Northing 409606
Grid reference SD952096
UTM reference 30U 561374 5937529
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Plus code 9C5VHWMG+6R
Altitude 273 metres (895 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:16
Sunset (today) 16:21
Distance away
Distance to sea 53.4 KMs (33.2 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishShaw and CromptonE04012153
Ward Shaw E05014661
Metropolitan District Oldham E08000004
County Greater Manchester E11000010
Constituency (2024) Oldham East and Saddleworth E14001415
MPDebbie AbrahamsLabour
Police forceGreater Manchester
Water companyUnited Utilities
NUTS/ITL 3 Greater Manchester North East
NUTS/ITL 2 Greater Manchester
NUTS/ITL 1 North West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated December 2024
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 14
Households (2011) 5
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
24,868 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£41,900
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Built up area (2024)Shaw (Oldham)E63008223
Census output area (2021)E00027553
Census output area (2011)E00027553
Lower layer super output area (2021)Oldham 003BE01005443
Lower layer super output area (2011)Oldham 003BE01005443
Middle layer super output area (2021)Clough & Shaw SideE02001100
Middle layer super output area (2011)Clough & Shaw SideE02001100
Travel to work areaManchesterE30000239
Property sales
Average property price in Oldham £187,288
Annual change 2.5%
View all properties sold in the OL postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Cutts, Buckstones Road, ShawOther (freehold)Oct 2024£650,000
Runge Farm, Buckstones Road, ShawOther (freehold)Aug 2021£1,075,000


View all properties sold in the OL2 8 sector

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