Compton Fold Shaw, Oldham
8 addresses across 2 postcodes (OL2), about 40 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 29407339.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £245,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 1, D: 1).
- Flood: 6 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Oldham costs £2,602 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Rochdale, about 5.1 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Dun Wood Park, is about 250 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 173 to 174 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 8 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Oak Gables Medical Practice, about 320 m away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | £245,000 | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £212,000 | £212,000 | £212,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £113,000 | £113,000 | £113,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2016 | 3 OL2 8GD | Detached | £245,000 | |
| 17 Jul 2009 | 6 OL2 8GD | Detached | £212,000 | |
| 18 Feb 2000 | 6 OL2 8GD | Detached | £100,000 | |
| 26 Oct 1998 | 1 OL2 8GD | Detached | £113,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 127 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: 1991-1995 (2); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Oldham in 2026-27: Band D £2,602 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,735 | £2,024 | £2,313 | £2,602 | £3,181 | £3,759 | £4,337 | £5,204 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (56% of about 810 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 87-89 Yorkshire Street, Oldham, OL1 3ST, not permissioned (690 m)
- Shop Direct Site, Linney Lane, Shaw: up to 400 homes, not permissioned (730 m)
- Linney Lane Motors Linney Lane Shaw Oldham OL2 8HB: up to 5 homes, permissioned (840 m)
- Shaw Distribution Centre, Linney Lane, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8HF: up to 400 homes, permissioned (840 m)
- 31-33 Milnrow Road, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8AP: up to 8 homes, permissioned (920 m)
- Corner Crossley & Milnrow Sts, Shaw, not permissioned (930 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 4 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 20 homes the Environment Agency counts, 3 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 3 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL2 8GD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OL2 8GA | zone 2 | 3 / 3 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 173 m and 174 m above sea level (173 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OL2 8GA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OL2 8GD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rochdale 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km |
| Smithy Bridge 191,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km | |
| Castleton (Manchester) 141,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Shaw and Crompton (Manchester Metrolink) | 1.2 km |
| Newhey (Manchester Metrolink) | 1.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 29 within 800 m; nearest Buckstones Road Shaw | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Oldham Mumps Interchange | 5.0 km |
| Car parks | 146 Turf Lane Parking | 3.0 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 29.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Oak Gables Medical Practice | 320 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Everest Pharmacy Shaw | 1.2 km |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 1.1 km |
| Hospital | The Royal Oldham Hospital | 4.3 km |
| Police station | Greater Manchester Police | 5.1 km |
| Cash machines | Best One, Shaw | 920 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Dun Wood Park 8.6 ha | 250 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,400 m² | 190 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.8 ha | 40 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 970 m² | 910 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 8.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ley Wood | Wood | 920 m north |
| Jep Wood | Wood | 1.1 km north |
| Brushes Clough Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km east |
| Dog Hill | Hill | 1.6 km south-east |
| Top o' th' Dog Hill | Hill | 1.6 km south-east |
| Brushes Clough | Valley | 1.7 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 8 |
1 of the street's 8 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckstones Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 450 m | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| Rushcroft Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 630 m | No published inspection |
| East Crompton St George's CofE School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 660 m | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| East Crompton St James CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 780 m | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Beal Vale Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 920 m | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Crompton House Church of England Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.5 km | No published inspection |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km | No published inspection |
| Crompton Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km | No published inspection |
| St Thomas' Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Newhey Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Park Inn OL2 8DW | Pub/bar/nightclub | 270 m | 4 Good | 20 Feb 2026 |
| Commercial Inn OL2 7UQ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 390 m | 5 Very good | 5 Jul 2024 |
| The Food Court OL2 8BE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 480 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 29 Sep 2025 |
| East Crompton St George’s CE Primary School OL2 8HG | School/college/university | 480 m | 4 Good | 11 Feb 2026 |
| Buckstones Primary School OL2 8HN | School/college/university | 490 m | 5 Very good | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Squirrels @ Buckstones OL2 8HN | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 490 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jun 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (lancashire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 32% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 68% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Cross Field Close · George Street · Woodhouse Road · Jordan Avenue · Upper Cliff Hill · Dingle Avenue · Bridge Street · Railway View · Dunwoods Park Courts · Arley Drive · Park Parade · Harewood Road
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.