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OL6 8HZ is located in the Ashton St Michael's electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Tameside and the English Parliamentary constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Greater Manchester ICB - 01Y and the police force is Greater Manchester. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

OL6 8HZ maps

OL6 8HZ map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)
OL6 8HZ map - small scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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OL6 8HZ geodata

Easting395102
Northing399921
Latitude53.495968
Longitude-2.075300

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Where is OL6 8HZ?

CountryEngland
Postcode DistrictOL6

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➜ Where is Ashton-under-Lyne?

OL6 8HZ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of OL6 8HZ as distance above sea level:

MetresFeet
Elevation150m492ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

WardAshton St Michael's
ConstituencyAshton-under-lyne

Transport

Nearest bus stops to OL6 8HZ

Queens Rd/Claremont St (Queens Rd)Hurst147m
Mossley Rd/Hurst Bank Rd (Mossley Rd)Tameside General Hospital186m
Queens Rd/Claremont St (Queens Rd)Hurst187m
Mossley Rd/Hurst Bank Rd (Mossley Rd)Tameside General Hospital191m
Whiteacre Rd/Princess St (Whiteacre Rd)Hurst242m

Nearest railway stations to OL6 8HZ

Ashton-under-Lyne Station1.4km
Stalybridge Station1.5km
Mossley (Manchester) Station3.1km

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Deprivation

61.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than OL6 8HZ:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to OL6 8HZ (metres)

Queens Road Convenience Store
Food Hygiene Rating: 5 (Very Good)
Queens Road Convenience Store
155m
The Bakery
Food Hygiene Rating: 4 (Good)
The Bakery
190m
New Inn
Food Hygiene Rating: 4 (Good)
New Inn
347m

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Nearest post box to OL6 8HZ

 Last Collection 
LocationMon-FriSatDistance
Mossley Road P.o.17:3011:30450m
27 Broadbent Avenue17:0011:00579m
Higher Hurst Tso17:3011:40592m

OL6 8HZ ITL and OL6 8HZ LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for OL6 8HZ:

ITL 1 CodeName
TLDNorth West (England)
ITL 2 CodeName
TLD3Greater Manchester
ITL 3 CodeName
TLD35Greater Manchester South East
LAU 1 CodeName
E08000008Tameside

OL6 8HZ census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for OL6 8HZ:

CodeName
OAE00030112
LSOAE01005944Tameside 007D
MSOAE02001235Tameside 007

Nearest postcodes to OL6 8HZ

OL6 9SHFreshwater Drive91m
OL6 9REClaremont Gardens95m
OL6 9RYHurst Bank Road102m
OL6 8EPMackeson Drive111m
OL6 8EDViscount Avenue113m
OL6 9RBBlenheim Way118m
OL6 8EBMackeson Road141m
OL6 9SAWilson Crescent144m
OL6 9SFWaters Edge150m
OL6 9RZMidgley Crescent155m