# OL7

Postcode district covering Ashton-under-Lyne, Guide Bridge and Waterloo, in Tameside.

OL7 is a postcode district covering Ashton-under-Lyne, Guide Bridge and Waterloo, in Tameside. Median sale price £199,000 in 2025. About 18,657 people.

Postcode district. Code OL7. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [OL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an OL7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £199,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OL7 was £199,000 in 2025. Joint 365th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 18,069** (2021). OL7 had 18,069 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,182nd least 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 87%** (2022). About 87% of people in OL7 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.4%** (January 2026). In OL7, 97.4% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=OL7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 87% of people in OL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=OL7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 161 homes were sold in OL7 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=OL7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): OL7 had 18,069 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=OL7) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Tameside, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is OL7.

## How OL7 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | OL7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £199,000 | 7th cheapest | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2025 |
| Population | 18,069 | 6th least populated | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 87% | 4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.4% | 4th highest | 16 postcode districts, OL · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of OL7?

OL7 had 18,069 usual residents at the census.
OL7 is the 1,182nd least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in OL7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OL7 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in OL7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tameside 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005955) | 1,633 | – | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Tameside 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005954) | 1,496 | – | 2 | 97.8% |
| [Tameside 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005956) | 1,376 | – | 5 | 97.9% |
| [Tameside 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005957) | 1,561 | – | 3 | 99.2% |
| [Tameside 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005958) | 1,607 | – | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Tameside 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005959) | 1,952 | – | 2 | 98.3% |
| [Tameside 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005960) | 1,746 | – | 2 | 98.2% |
| [Tameside 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005950) | 2,175 | – | 1 | 90.0% |
| [Tameside 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005951) | 1,857 | – | 2 | 96.3% |
| [Tameside 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005953) | 2,297 | – | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Tameside 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01033950) | 1,371 | – | 1 | 93.7% |

## 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.

## Middle areas in OL7

[Ashton Central](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/ashton-central), [Ashton Waterloo](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/ashton-waterloo)

## Postcode sectors in OL7

[OL7 0 (195 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7-0), [OL7 9 (226 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7-9)

## Council

[Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

## Towns in OL7

[Ashton-under-Lyne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-under-lyne)

## Postcode districts next to OL7

[M34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m34), [M35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m35), [M43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m43), [OL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6), [OL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol8), [SK16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk16)

## Nearest rail stations

[Ashton West (1.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.1097,53.4902), [Ashton-under-Lyne (1.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.0981,53.4903), [Ashton-Under-Lyne (1.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.0943,53.4913), [Ashton Moss (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.1219,53.4837)

## More in the OL postcode area

[All OL postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## OL7 in brief

OL7 is a postcode district covering Ashton-under-Lyne, Guide Bridge and Waterloo, in Tameside.
About 18,657 people lived in OL7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £199,000 in 2025 across 161 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in OL7 was £199,000 in 2025.
OL7 had 18,069 usual residents at the census.
About 87% of people in OL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In OL7, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: OL7
- Postcode area: [OL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol)
- Constituency: [Ashton-under-Lyne †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ashton-under-lyne)
- Council: [Tameside †](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)
- Area: 5.24 km²
- People, mid-2024: 18,657*
- Neighbourhoods: 11
- Output areas: 57

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[OL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6), [M34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m34), [M43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m43), [SK16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk16), [OL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol8), [M35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m35)

## Latest updates for OL7

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/OL7

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7#f-house-sales-median-price.

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 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7