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OL6 8XQ

Postcode

A postcode in Tameside 002B, Ashton Hurst ward, Tameside.

This report describes the area around OL6 8XQ, not any one home. Each figure is shown at the level it was published: the postcode, a 1 km square, the neighbourhood or the whole council, as its tag says.

Around OL6 8XQ

Schools near OL6 8XQ

Within 2 km, nearest first
SchoolDistanceLatest Ofsted outcome
Holden Clough Primary School
Primary. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
200 m
2 minutes on foot
Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
Samuel Laycock School
Special
200 m
3 minutes on foot
Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
Dixons Ashton Academy
Secondary. Attainment 8 of 37.7 (2025/26, provisional)
270 m
3 minutes on foot
Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
St Damian's RC Science College
Secondary. Attainment 8 of 56.0 (2025/26, provisional)
580 m
7 minutes on foot
School remains Outstanding, June 2023
St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary
680 m
8 minutes on foot
Good (overall), December 2023, before the school changed
Oasis Academy Broadoak
Primary. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
710 m
9 minutes on foot
Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met
Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School
Primary. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
1.3 km
16 minutes on foot
Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy
Primary. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
1.3 km
17 minutes on foot
Good (overall), May 2023

Distances are in a straight line. Councils and schools set catchments and admissions, which Open Index doesn’t map: the council’s schools pages. Ofsted outcomes are as published, each with its date; grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Recent sales near OL6 8XQ

Latest sale at each postcode
  • £245,000Evesham Grove, OL6 8XQJanuary 2025, detached, established, freehold10 m
  • £231,000Tewkesbury Avenue, OL6 8XHSeptember 2025, detached, established, freehold80 m
  • £279,500Malvern Avenue, OL6 8XEMay 2024, semi-detached, established, freehold100 m
  • £230,000Rufford Close, OL6 8XANovember 2023, detached, established, freehold130 m
  • £280,000St Albans Avenue, OL6 8XFAugust 2025, semi-detached, established, freehold140 m
  • £293,000Newstead Avenue, OL6 8XBJuly 2025, semi-detached, established, freehold170 m
  • £80,000St Albans Avenue, OL6 8DLSeptember 2024, flat or maisonette, established, leasehold180 m
  • £260,000Whernside Avenue, OL6 8UYFebruary 2026, semi-detached, established, freehold200 m

HM Land Registry sales at nearby postcodes, by street and postcode only, never a house number. Sales take weeks to be registered. Every sale on the map

Within 1 km of OL6 8XQ

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Supermarkets

  • Asda Ashton Queens Road SupermarketAsda970 m

The neighbourhood: Tameside 002B

Everything about Tameside 002B
Deprivation score
17.6
Joint 16,687th most deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Median sale price
£293,500
Joint 15,643rd cheapest of 31,750
Worked out by Open Index
Population
1,271
Joint 13,887th least populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

The postcode district: OL6

Everything about OL6
Median sale price
£220,000
Joint 517th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
30,848
879th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Your MP

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Where these figures come from

Counts, distances and walking times are worked out by Open Index from each layer’s published points and outlines, in a straight line from the postcode’s centre. Street names © OpenStreetMap contributors.