Quebec Street Oldham
36 addresses across 5 postcodes (OL9), about 190 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 29401376.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 67% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Mills Hill (Manchester), about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 750 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 16.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 159 to 168 m above sea level.
- Noise: 20 of its 36 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Chadderton Medical Practice, about 830 m (0.5 miles) away, with 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 890 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 36% of households owned their home and 19% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2025 | DATADEX LTD OL9 6QJ | Other | £1,100,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 31 Oct 2024 | REFRIGERATION HOUSE OL9 6QL | Other | £1,975,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 4 May 2016 | EDELLE HOUSE OL9 6QJ | Other | £485,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (74% of about 1,000 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Land At The Junction Of Ellen Street And Busk Road Chadderton Oldham: up to 9 homes, permissioned (230 m)
- Anchor Mill, Daisy Street, Oldham: up to 49 homes, not permissioned (400 m (0.2 miles))
- Land at Hilda Street: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (490 m (0.3 miles))
- 212 Middleton Road, Oldham, OL9 6BH: up to 5 homes, permissioned (510 m (0.3 miles))
- Money Controls Ltd, New Coin Street, Royton, OL2 6JZ, not permissioned (550 m (0.3 miles))
- Robin Hill Bangladeshi Youth Club, Trafalgar Street, Oldham, OL1 2HY: up to 14 homes, permissioned (670 m (0.4 miles))
- Chadderton Mill, off Fields New Rd, Chadderton: up to 141 homes, not permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
- Former CPD Centre, Rosary Road: up to 63 homes, not permissioned (870 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 14 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL9 6QJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OL9 6QH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 10 | unlikely |
| OL9 6QA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| OL9 6QL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OL9 6QU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 36 addresses are between 159 m and 168 m above sea level (162 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OL9 6QA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OL9 6QH | 100% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| OL9 6QJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OL9 6QL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OL9 6QU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Mills Hill (Manchester) 304,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Moston 106,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Castleton (Manchester) 141,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Westwood (Manchester Metrolink) | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Freehold (Manchester Metrolink) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Oldham King Street (Manchester Metrolink) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 60 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Quebec Street Westwood | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Oldham Bus Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Wellington Street Long Stay Car Park | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 240 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 24.1 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chadderton Medical Practice | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 18 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Westwood Pharmacy | 260 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Integrated Care Centre | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Oldham Hospital | 390 m |
| Police station | Oldham Police Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,260 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,860 m² | 380 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 180 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chadderton Cemetery, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west. 12 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chadderton Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Alexandra Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Plumpton Clough | Valley | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Buckley Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Royley Clough | Valley | 2 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Cinder Hill | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Snipe Clough | Valley | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-east |
| Lower Strinesdale Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 16.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 16 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 36 |
20 of the street's 36 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Oldham: see them on the Oldham page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 460 m (0.3 miles) | Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Burnley Brow Community School | Primary | 3–11 | 510 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Hilda's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 580 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Northmoor Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 620 m (0.4 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Richmond Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 710 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Bare Trees Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 720 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| The Oldham College | 16 plus | 14–99 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Requires improvement (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Oldham Sixth Form College | 16 plus | 16–19 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgerize OL9 6QH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 50 m | 5 Very good | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Craft & Crave OL9 6QH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 50 m | 5 Very good | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Westwood Bazaar OL9 6QJ | Retailers - other | 80 m | 5 Very good | 19 Nov 2022 |
| Oldham Snooker Academy OL9 6QH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 80 m | 4 Good | 3 Jul 2025 |
| Second Spin Deals Limited OL9 6QQ | Retailers - other | 120 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Mumtaz Chai OL9 6QB | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 140 m | 5 Very good | 15 Jan 2022 |
| Indian Ocean Restaurant OL9 6QR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 140 m | 4 Good | 30 May 2026 |
| Aldi Stores Ltd OL9 6QR | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 140 m | 5 Very good | 8 Jun 2024 |
| Gourmet Steak and Grill OL9 6QR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 140 m | 5 Very good | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Tatka Mini Bazar OL9 6BX | Retailers - other | 180 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Haji Food Stores OL9 6BX | Retailers - other | 190 m | 4 Good | 8 Jun 2024 |
| Ujan Vati Snack Bar OL9 6BX | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 190 m | 5 Very good | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Bismillah OL9 6BX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 190 m | 5 Very good | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Lucky's Diner Ltd OL9 6BX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 200 m | 5 Very good | 16 Mar 2026 |
| B&M OL9 6QT | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 230 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (derbyshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 26 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 6% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 36% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 47% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 36% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 16% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 9% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 33% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 73% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 15% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 1 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
- Food hygiene ratings Al Amin Superstore (retailers - other, OL9 6QB) re-inspected, still Unknown (rated 28 September 2026) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- OL9 6QJ: 31 addresses of 33 in the postcode
- OL9 6QH: 2 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- OL9 6QA: 1 address of 35 in the postcode
- OL9 6QL: 1 address
- OL9 6QU: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Osborne Street · Ashley Mews · Mars Street · Ashley Street · Osborne Street · Waddington Street · Stirling Street · Kirkbank Street · Kirkbank Street · Thompson Street · Ellen Street · Belmont Way
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 industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.