Latitude: 53.5322 / 53°31'55"N
Longitude: -2.1032 / 2°6'11"W
OS Eastings: 393255
OS Northings: 403952
OS Grid: SD932039
Mapcode National: GBR FWRL.GJ
Mapcode Global: WHB9B.NHN0
Plus Code: 9C5VGVJW+VP
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83wm77
What Three Birds: dunlin.albatross.owl
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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OL8 2BH is a large user postcode in Hathershaw, Oldham. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Alexandra Road, Oldham OL8 2BH.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
OL8 2BH is in the Manchester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Oldham Primary Care Trust.
OL8 2BH is approximately 173m (568ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing OL8 2BH
4b2: Multicultural Metropolitans - Challenged Asian Terraces - Pakistani Communities
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for OL8 2BH
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
4/10 (Low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near OL8 2BH include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of OL8 2BH are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Metropolitan District
Oldham Borough Council
Ward
Alexandra
Councillors
Zahid Chauhan OBE (Labour)
Shaid Mushtaq (Labour)
Jenny Harrison (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth
MP
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for OL8 2BH.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near OL8 2BH.
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