Williamson's Yard Oldham
1 address across 1 postcode (OL1), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 29401697.
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Mills Hill (Manchester), about 4.9 km (3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Becket Meadows, is about 430 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 14.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 184 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hopwood House Medical Practice, about 290 m away, with 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 30% of households owned their home and 17% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often vehicle crime.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (95% of about 740 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)
- Bell Mill, Castle Mill Street, Oldham: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (40 m)
- 13 Bottom O' Th' Moor, Oldham, OL1 3HH, permissioned (90 m)
- Land at Regent Street, Wallshaw Street and Bell Street, Oldham: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (190 m)
- Alliance and Brittania Mill Triangle, Spencer Street, Oldham: up to 224 homes, not permissioned (200 m)
- 596 Huddersfield Road Oldham OL4 2HD: up to 8 homes, permissioned (310 m)
- Land between Prince Street, Oldham Way and Mumps metrolink stop (former Mumps site): up to 331 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- Land at Southgate Street and Waterloo Street, Oldham: up to 250 homes, not permissioned (350 m)
- Werneth Mills, Henley St, Werneth, not permissioned (390 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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 184 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OL1 3HL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Mills Hill (Manchester) 304,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Mossley (Manchester) 260,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Moston 106,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Oldham Mumps (Manchester Metrolink) | 370 m |
| Derker (Manchester Metrolink) | 670 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Oldham Central (Manchester Metrolink) | 1 km (0.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 20 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 68 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Castlemill Street Oldham Mumps | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | Oldham Mumps Interchange | 290 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Southgate Street Car Park | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV | 390 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 24.8 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hopwood House Medical Practice | 290 m |
| Pharmacies | 19 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 190 m |
| NHS dentists | 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rhodes Dp LTD | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | The Royal Oldham Hospital | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Greater Manchester Police | 290 m |
| Cash machines | 6 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest MFG - Shell Lees Road Cashzone | 220 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Becket Meadows 2.4 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 720 m² | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5.8 ha | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,830 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 3.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary and St Peter, a listed building (Grade II*), 850 m (0.5 miles) west. 33 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary and St Peter | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Oldham War Memorial, including memorial wall, piers, gates and steps to St Mary’s churchyard and forecourt walls, steps and balustrade (south side), and railings to St Mary's Churchyard (west side). | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Greenacres Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Alexandra Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Greenacres Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Snipe Clough | Valley | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| The Orchard | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Lower Count Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Higher Count Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Lower Strinesdale Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horton Mill Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 410 m (0.3 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Beever Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 530 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| The Blue Coat CofE School Church of England | Secondary | 11–18 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 640 m (0.4 miles) | Requires improvement (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Greenacres Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 660 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Holy Cross Ceva Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Greenhill Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Mayfield Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Oasis Academy Clarksfield | Primary | 3–11 | 880 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Glodwick Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Littlemoor Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Willowpark Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaraks Grill Lounge OL4 1JZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 60 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 8 Mar 2026 |
| 24 Mocktails Limited OL4 1JZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 60 m | 5 Very good | 29 Nov 2023 |
| Baby Bears Play Cafe OL1 3LQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 100 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jan 2026 |
| A-Star Kids Pre-School OL4 1JW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 190 m | 5 Very good | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Olive Catering Services @ Molnlyncke Healthcare OL1 3HS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 200 m | 5 Very good | 16 Mar 2026 |
| The Deli OL4 1JW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 200 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 4 Sep 2025 |
| Grandpa Greene's TukTuk OL1 3PY | Mobile caterer | 210 m | 5 Very good | 7 May 2024 |
| Tudor Cafe OL4 2AE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 4 Good | 11 Oct 2025 |
| One Love OL4 2AE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 220 m | 4 Good | 3 Jul 2025 |
| Tesco Petrol Station OL1 3LG | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 12 Aug 2024 |
| Scholes Gym OL4 1JW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 5 Very good | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Saddleworth Brownies OL4 1DA | Other catering premises | 270 m | 5 Very good | 11 Apr 2023 |
| C & C Catering Ltd OL4 1LE | Other catering premises | 300 m | 5 Very good | 7 Jun 2024 |
| Eden Food Co OL4 1LE | Other catering premises | 300 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jan 2022 |
| Country Oven Bakers OL4 1HW | Manufacturers/packers | 320 m | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Garden Street (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 17% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 39% | 17% |
| Private rented | 32% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 45% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 10% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 12% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 10% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 18% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 21% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 77% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 17% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 34% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 81% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is 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
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
- OL1 3HL: 1 address of 7 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Bottom o' Th' Moor · Exchange Street · Hall Street · Gravel Walks · Shaw Road · Castlemill Street · Fleece Street · Hope Street · Honduras Street · Cheetham Street · Dickinson Street · Mount Pleasant Industrial Estate
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.