# OL6 8XJ: area report for a postcode in Tameside

OL6 8XJ is a postcode in Tameside.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Tameside. Open the map at OL6 8XJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) › [OL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6) › [OL6 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6-8)

## Around this postcode

- **No street-level crime here**: Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019 (only August 2022), so there are no map points in Greater Manchester. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **Ashton-Under-Lyne, 2.1 km**: About 26 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 120 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **No property in OL6 8XJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Tameside 002B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **£209,723 average price**: For the whole of Tameside, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.6 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.2 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at OL6 8XJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **Low road and rail noise at OL6 8XJ**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ
- **11.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Holden Clough Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holden-clough-primary-school-e149664) | Primary | 120 m (2 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Samuel Laycock School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/samuel-laycock-school-e148936) | Special | 410 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [Dixons Ashton Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dixons-ashton-academy-e135508) | Secondary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 37.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Damian's RC Science College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-damians-rc-science-college-e106270) | Secondary | 550 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, June 2023 | Attainment 8 of 56.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-christophers-rc-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151363) | Primary | 840 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Oasis Academy Broadoak](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-broadoak-e144569) | Primary | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rosehill-methodist-primary-academy-e146177) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hurst-knoll-st-james-church-of-england-primary-school-e106229) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2024 | £402,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2025 | £280,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| September 2025 | £270,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| September 2025 | £231,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| June 2024 | £285,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| May 2024 | £279,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| September 2024 | £80,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| October 2025 | £340,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £209,723** (July 2026). Tameside’s average house price was £209,723 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £33,949** (2025). Full-time workers living in Tameside earned a median of £33,949 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 32nd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.2×** (2025). A home in Tameside costs 6.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 106th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 29.8** (2025). Tameside has a deprivation score of 29.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 43rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Tameside 002B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 17.6** (2025). Tameside 002B has a deprivation score of 17.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 16,687th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £293,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tameside 002B was £293,500 in 2025. Joint 15,643rd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,271** (2021). Tameside 002B had 1,271 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,887th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.9%** (January 2026). In Tameside 002B, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## OL6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OL6 was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 517th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 30,848** (2021). OL6 had 30,848 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 879th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in OL6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.0%** (January 2026). In OL6, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)
- Centre: 53.5092, -2.0849

Council: [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Ashton-under-Lyne](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ashton-under-lyne): Angela Rayner (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.0849,53.5092,OL68XJ

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6-8xj.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6-8xj