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{{Short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=OL}}
The '''OL postcode area''', also known as the '''Oldham postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of sixteen postcode districts in north-west England, within seven post towns. These cover northeast [[Greater Manchester]] ([[Oldham]], [[Rochdale]], [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Heywood, Greater Manchester|Heywood]] and [[Littleborough, Greater Manchester|Littleborough]]), and small parts of east [[Lancashire]] ([[Bacup]]) and [[West Yorkshire]] ([[Todmorden]]).

Mail for the OL postcode area is processed at Manchester Mail Centre, along with mail for the [[M postcode area|M]], [[BL postcode area|BL]] and [[SK postcode area|SK]] postcode areas.

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts are:

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|-
! OL1
| OLDHAM
| [[Chadderton]], Higginshaw, [[Oldham]]
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham]]
|-
! OL2
| OLDHAM
| Heyside, [[Royton]], [[Shaw, Greater Manchester|Shaw]]
| Oldham
|-
! OL3
| OLDHAM
| [[Delph]], [[Denshaw]], [[Diggle, Greater Manchester|Diggle]], [[Dobcross]], [[Greenfield, Greater Manchester|Greenfield]], [[Uppermill]]
| Oldham
|-
! OL4
| OLDHAM
| [[Austerlands]], [[Grasscroft]], [[Grotton]], [[Lees, Greater Manchester|Lees]], [[Lydgate, Greater Manchester|Lydgate]], Oldham, [[Scouthead]], [[Springhead, Greater Manchester|Springhead]], [[Waterhead, Greater Manchester|Waterhead]]
| Oldham
|-
! OL5
| ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
| [[Mossley]], Mossley Cross
| [[Tameside]]
|-
! OL6
| ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
| [[Ashton-under-Lyne]] (centre and east)
| Tameside
|-
! OL7
| ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
| Ashton-under-Lyne (west), [[Guide Bridge]]
| Tameside
|-
! OL8
| OLDHAM
| [[Bardsley, Greater Manchester|Bardsley]], Oldham
| Oldham
|-
! OL9
| OLDHAM
| Chadderton, Oldham, [[Westwood, Greater Manchester|Westwood]], [[Freehold, Greater Manchester|Freehold]]
| Oldham
|-
! OL10
| HEYWOOD
| [[Heywood, Greater Manchester|Heywood]]
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale|Rochdale]]
|-
! OL11
| ROCHDALE
| [[Rochdale]] (south), Ashworth, [[Balderstone, Greater Manchester|Balderstone]], [[Castleton, Greater Manchester|Castleton]], [[Norden, Greater Manchester|Norden]]
| Rochdale
|-
! OL12
| ROCHDALE
| Rochdale (north), [[Buckley, Greater Manchester|Buckley]], Facit, Great Howarth, Healy, Hurstead, [[Shawforth]], [[Wardle, Greater Manchester|Wardle]], [[Whitworth, Lancashire|Whitworth]]
| Rochdale, [[Borough of Rossendale|Rossendale]]
|-
! OL13
| BACUP
| [[Bacup]], [[Britannia, Lancashire|Britannia]], Stacksteads
| Rossendale
|-
! OL14
| TODMORDEN
| [[Cornholme]], [[Todmorden]], [[Eastwood, West Yorkshire|Eastwood]], [[Walsden]]
| [[Calderdale]]
|-
! OL15
| LITTLEBOROUGH
| [[Littleborough, Greater Manchester|Littleborough]], Shore, Smithybridge, Summit
| Rochdale
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|OL16
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LITTLEBOROUGH
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''[[Non-geographic postcodes|non-geographic]]''<ref name="nongeo1207">{{Cite web|url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |format=PDF |title=Non Geographic Codes |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=July 2012 |access-date=20 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141140/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |archive-date=September 16, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="amu1212">{{Cite web|url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/122012_new_localities.pdf |format=PDF |title=New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012 |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=20 December 2012 |access-date=20 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202184830/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/122012_new_localities.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2015 }}</ref>
|-
! OL16
| ROCHDALE
| Rochdale (east), Burnedge, Firgrove, Hurstead, [[Milnrow]], [[Smallbridge, Greater Manchester|Smallbridge]], [[Thornham, Greater Manchester|Thornham]]
| Rochdale
|-
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|OL95
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|OLDHAM
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''[[British Gas]]''
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''<ref name="nongeo1207"/>
|}

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=OL postcode area|size=360x450px}}

==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]]
[[Category:Tameside]]
[[Category:Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale]]
[[Category:Calderdale]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering North West England]]

OL postcode area - Revision history

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