Yorkshire Street Oldham

186 addresses across 15 postcodes (OL1,OL8), about 490 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 29401725.

  • Sales: 74 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £147,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Oldham cost £217,214 in August 2026 (+4.6% on a year); private rents averaged £951 a month.
  • Energy: 28 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 16, D: 4, E: 7).
  • Flood: 12 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Coal mining: 9 of its postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
  • Landfill: 29 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Albion Mill, is 40 m away.
  • Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 26 times (28 hours) in 2025.
  • Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Lowerfields Farm, Warren Lane - Battery Energy Storage System, is 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A62, carries 51,078 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • 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 86% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Mills Hill (Manchester), about 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: There is a small park or garden about 680 m (0.4 miles) away, and Alexandra Park (22 hectares) is about 740 m (0.5 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 14.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 187 to 207 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 187 of its 191 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is St Mary's Medical Centre, about 170 m away, with 11 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 1,320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 18% of households owned their home and 22% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Road safety: 15 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 4 of them fatal or serious; 6 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20221£147,000£147,000£147,000
20212£81,000£70,000£92,000
20121£60,000£60,000£60,000
20111£350,000£350,000£350,000
20084£123,000£75,000£138,000
20074£127,500£95,000£238,000
20065£111,000£110,000£280,000
20051£57,500£57,500£57,500
20042£88,500£85,000£92,000
20031£45,000£45,000£45,000
20026£54,500£35,000£120,000
20002£43,500£30,000£57,000
All 74 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
25 Jan 202113 OL1 3RZOther£200,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Oct 202116 OL1 1QSOther£300,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
26 Mar 202121 - 23 OL1 3RZOther£1,250,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
20 Dec 201721 - 23 OL1 3RZOther£128,907Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
5 Dec 2011THE FLAT, 22 OL1 1QXSemi-detached£350,000
5 Nov 2021STAFFORDSHIRE HOUSE, 26 OL1 1SBOther£185,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
18 Mar 202228 - 30 OL1 1SBOther£135,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
11 Jul 202432 OL1 1SBTerraced£200,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
25 Jan 202134 - 36 OL1 1SEOther£196,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
21 Nov 201749 OL1 3SLOther£435,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Aug 201549 OL1 3SLOther£200,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
6 Jan 202550 OL1 1SNOther£594,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
8 Jul 202251 OL1 3SLOther£750,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
19 May 201452 OL1 1SROther£100,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
31 Oct 200752 OL1 1SRTerraced£160,000Leasehold.
9 Aug 200652 OL1 1SRTerraced£111,000Leasehold.
12 Nov 199652 OL1 1SRTerraced£80,000Leasehold.
4 Apr 199652 OL1 1SRTerraced£80,000Leasehold.
21 Nov 201755 - 57 OL1 3SLOther£435,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
21 Dec 201656 OL1 1SROther£85,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
11 Sep 201561 OL1 3SLOther£100,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
24 Mar 200662 OL1 1SRTerraced£275,000Leasehold.
23 Jan 201763 - 65 OL1 3SLOther£110,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
28 Oct 201463 - 65 OL1 3SLTerraced£110,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
17 Jul 202066 OL1 1SROther£7,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
11 Oct 201971 OL1 3STOther£290,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
22 Feb 1997(BACK) CALDERHEAD, 76 OL1 1SRFlat or maisonette£40,000Leasehold.
8 Oct 202576 OL1 1SRFlat or maisonette£55,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Sep 202179 OL1 3STOther£130,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
12 Jan 202179 OL1 3STTerraced£92,000Leasehold.
9 Feb 201282 OL1 1SRTerraced£60,000Leasehold.
2 Dec 200882 OL1 1SRTerraced£75,000Leasehold.
14 Oct 200282 OL1 1SRTerraced£35,000Leasehold.
2 Mar 202284 OL1 1SRTerraced£147,000Leasehold.
24 Apr 200684 OL1 1SRTerraced£110,000Leasehold.
26 Aug 200485 OL1 3STTerraced£92,000Leasehold.
11 Mar 199985 OL1 3STTerraced£41,000Leasehold.
26 Jul 202186 OL1 1SRTerraced£70,000Leasehold.
5 Dec 200386 OL1 1SRTerraced£45,000Leasehold.
13 Nov 202387 - 89 OL1 3STOther£160,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
15 May 202387 - 89 OL1 3STOther£72,500Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
23 Dec 202187 - 89 OL1 3STOther£200,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Feb 200491A OL1 3STTerraced£85,000Leasehold.
16 Nov 200793 - 95 OL1 3STTerraced£95,000Leasehold.
4 Nov 200293 - 95 OL1 3STTerraced£120,000Leasehold.
24 May 200692 AND, 94 OL1 1SRSemi-detached£280,000Leasehold.
18 Sep 199892 AND, 94 OL1 1SRSemi-detached£65,000Leasehold.
16 Nov 200795 OL1 3STTerraced£95,000Leasehold.
3 Jun 202496 OL1 1STTerraced£95,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Sep 200096A OL1 1STTerraced£30,000Leasehold.
19 Sep 200298 OL1 1STTerraced£48,000Leasehold.
2 Aug 199998 OL1 1STTerraced£26,500Leasehold.
11 Nov 2024102 OL1 1STOther£127,500Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
29 Jun 2018103 OL1 3SYOther£175,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Aug 2002105 OL1 3SYTerraced£60,000Leasehold.
6 May 1998105 OL1 3SYTerraced£35,000Leasehold.
9 Sep 2008108 - 110 OL1 1STTerraced£138,000
9 Sep 2008108 - 110 OL1 1STTerraced£138,000Leasehold.
1 Mar 2019109 - 113 OL1 3SYOther£110,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Mar 1999115 - 117 OL1 3SYSemi-detached£75,000
1 Mar 2019117 OL1 1STOther£122,500Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
31 Jan 2023120 - 122 OL1 1STOther£240,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
4 Feb 2007120 - 122 OL1 1STTerraced£238,000Leasehold.
13 Aug 1999120 - 122 OL1 1STTerraced£40,000Leasehold.
2 Jul 2019128 - 130 OL1 1STOther£65,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Mar 2008137 OL1 3THTerraced£108,000Leasehold.
20 Aug 2002139 OL1 3THTerraced£69,000Leasehold.
20 Aug 2002139 OL1 3THTerraced£49,000Leasehold.
8 Jul 2005141 OL1 3THTerraced£57,500Leasehold.
15 Feb 2021143 - 145 OL1 3THOther£180,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
23 Jun 2006147 OL1 3THTerraced£110,000Leasehold.
28 Jul 2000147 OL1 3THTerraced£57,000Leasehold.
24 Dec 1997147 OL1 3THTerraced£65,000Leasehold.
29 Aug 2023149 - 153 OL1 3THOther£290,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).

House prices and rents in Oldham

A typical home in Oldham cost £217,214 in August 2026, 4.6% more than a year before. That is 33% more than five years earlier and 86% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£378,615
Semi-detached£247,700
Terraced£184,581
Flat or maisonette£132,991
Bought by a first-time buyer£198,052

Private renters in Oldham paid £951 a month on average in September 2026, 13.3% more than a year before. That is 59% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£708
Two bedrooms£888
Three bedrooms£1,078
Four or more bedrooms£1,466

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from July 2016 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

28 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 50 m². Most common: Flat (25); House, end-terrace (2); Maisonette, mid-terrace (1). Built: 1900-1929 (23); 1967-1975 (1); 2025 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (17); rented (social) (6); owner-occupied (3).

Each home's certificates and sales (28 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 12,553 kWh of it on average in 2024, 13% more than the district's 11,136 kWh, and 2,857 kWh of electricity, 5% less than the district's 3,010 kWh. There are gas meters for about 69% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
OL1 3ST93,202 kWh under 5
OL1 1SE73,625 kWh under 5
OL8 4NZ452,151 kWh 4210,201 kWh

These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is OL1.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

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.

ABCDEFGH
£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 (85% of about 2,750 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 3 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, Oldham Town Centre, Oldham Town Centre. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 7.
  • 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.

Listed buildings

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

4 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Lowerfields Farm, Warren Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Oldham FUL/354740/25 Battery storage 27 MW Planning application made Jul 2025 1.6 km (1 mile)
Chadderton - Battery Storage System Oldham FUL/348617/22 Battery storage 2.5 MW Permission granted, not yet built May 2022 1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT) Manchester 084335/FO/2007/N1 Anaerobic digestion 2 MW Operational Apr 2011 4 km (2.5 miles)
Scouthead Power Plant Oldham 40861 Landfill Gas 2.9 MW Operational Sep 2003 4.6 km (2.9 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

Finished in the last three months

  • 11 October 2026 to 12 October 2026: United Utilities Water Ltd, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
  • 14 August 2026 to 20 August 2026: SP Electricity North West, New service connection, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (standard works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 8 at medium risk and 27 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
OL1 1SRnot in 2 or 3 4 / 4 / 9 unlikely
OL1 3STnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely
OL1 1STnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 4 unlikely
OL1 3THnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OL1 3RZnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OL1 3SLnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
OL1 3SYnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OL1 1QXnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OL1 1SEnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OL1 3TQnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely
OL1 1QTnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OL1 1SBnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OL1 1QSnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OL1 1SNnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
OL8 4NZnot in 2 or 3 0 / 4 / 8 unlikely

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 26 times, for 28 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Bower Brook Via Sws.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Suffolk St Combined Sewer Overflow United Utilities Bower Brook Via Sws 26 28 750 m (0.5 miles)

A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

9 of the street's 15 postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground. 6 more are elsewhere in the coalfield, at low risk.

Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.

Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

29 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 40 m away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Albion Mill Bradshaw Street, Oldham Edge, Oldham, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 40 m
Land at Royd Mill Chamber Road, Hollins, Oldham, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 70 m
Land at Mulmount Close Mulmount Close, Hollins, Oldham, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 80 m
Roscoe Mill Roscoe Street, Mumps, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 110 m
Land off Medway Road Hollins, Oldham, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 120 m
Vale Mills / Land at Clegg Street Rhodes Bank, Oldham, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 140 m
Land at Durban Mill Colenso Street, Hollins, Oldham, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 150 m
Land off Armitage Close Hollins, Oldham, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 160 m
Land off Armitage Close Hollins, Oldham, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 170 m
Land at Oliver Street Vale Mills, Clegg Street, Oliver Street, Rhodes Bank, Oldham, Greater Manchester Not recorded Not recorded 200 m

Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 192 addresses are between 187 m and 207 m above sea level (197 m on average); the ground rises about 20 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
OL1 1QS100%100%100%0%
OL1 1QT100%100%100%0%
OL1 1QX100%100%100%0%
OL1 1SB100%100%100%0%
OL1 1SE100%100%100%0%
OL1 1SN100%100%100%0%
OL1 1SR100%100%100%0%
OL1 1ST100%100%100%0%
OL1 3RZ100%100%100%0%
OL1 3SL100%100%100%0%
OL1 3ST100%100%100%0%
OL1 3SY100%86%86%0%
OL1 3TH100%100%100%0%
OL1 3TQ100%100%100%0%
OL8 4NZ100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsMills Hill (Manchester) 304,000 journeys in 2024–254.3 km (2.7 miles)
Moston 106,000 journeys in 2024–254.7 km (2.9 miles)
Mossley (Manchester) 260,000 journeys in 2024–255.3 km (3.3 miles)
Underground, metro or tramOldham Mumps (Manchester Metrolink)290 m
Oldham Central (Manchester Metrolink)360 m
Oldham King Street (Manchester Metrolink)710 m (0.4 miles)
Bus stops22 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 68 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Fairbottom Street Oldham Mumps50 m
Bus or coach stationOldham Mumps Interchange360 m
Car parks3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Southgate Street Car Park240 m
EV charging points8 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV210 m
Airport with scheduled flightsManchester Airport MAN24.3 km (15 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries11 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest St Mary's Medical Centre Good Sep 2017170 m
Pharmacies22 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well190 m
NHS dentists12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Tooth Place Limited80 m
HospitalThe Royal Oldham Hospital1.6 km (1 mile)
Care homes11 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hadfield House Requires improvement Sep 2026750 m (0.5 miles)
Police stationGreater Manchester Police530 m (0.3 miles)
Cash machines8 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cash machine 17 Curzon Street Halifax430 m (0.3 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.7 ha680 m (0.4 miles)
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Alexandra Park 22 ha740 m (0.5 miles)
Play area3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 430 m²600 m (0.4 miles)
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5.8 ha630 m (0.4 miles)
AllotmentsUnnamed 3,830 m²1 km (0.6 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 26 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary and St Peter, a listed building (Grade II*), 240 m west. 36 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Church of St Mary and St PeterListed building, Grade II*240 m 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*240 m west
Independent Methodist ChapelListed building, Grade II*610 m (0.4 miles) west
Alexandra ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II*1 km (0.6 miles) south
Greenacres CemeteryRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.8 km (1.1 miles) east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Greenacres HillHill1.6 km (1 mile) north-east
Snipe CloughValley1.6 km (1 mile) south
The OrchardWood2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-east
Deanshut CloughValley2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-east
Plumpton CloughValley2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-west
Lower Strinesdale ReservoirLake or reservoir3 km (1.9 miles) north-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)14.54010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.7205
Particles (PM10)11.74015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
70 to 7410
65 to 69190
60 to 641320
55 to 59359
Under 554182

187 of the street's 191 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 9 from railways, 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

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 5 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
The Blue Coat CofE School Church of EnglandSecondary11–18430 m (0.3 miles) Outstanding (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 57.0 (59.1 in 2025 and 56.1 in 2024); 68.3% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B-; 17.2% AAB or better; progress below average
Holy Cross Ceva Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary3–11490 m (0.3 miles) No published inspection 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 52% in 2023)
Greenhill AcademyPrimary2–11580 m (0.4 miles) Good (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) 48% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 48% in 2023)
Horton Mill Community Primary SchoolPrimary3–11590 m (0.4 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 47% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 38% in 2024 and 35% in 2023)
Beever Primary SchoolPrimary3–11610 m (0.4 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 54% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 25% in 2024 and 48% in 2023)
The Oldham College16 plus14–99810 m (0.5 miles) No published inspection None published
Oldham Sixth Form College16 plus16–19830 m (0.5 miles) No published inspection A level 2025: average grade C; 10.5% AAB or better; progress above average
The Brian Clarke Church of England AcademySecondary11–16930 m (0.6 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 GCSE figures withheld (2026, provisional)
Northmoor AcademyPrimary2–11940 m (0.6 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 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 44% in 2024 and 45% in 2023)
St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Requires improvement (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) None published
Glodwick Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary3–71.1 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection None published
Richmond AcademyPrimary2–111.1 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 61% in 2023)

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 810 m (0.5 miles); the nearest is 130 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Giggle and Grow Oldham OL1 3XE Full day care Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 130 m
Harper Learning Ltd OL1 1QH Full day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 220 m
Appledore Private Day Nursery Ltd OL1 3US Full day care 72 Outstanding (Jan 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 240 m
Adorable steps childcare limited OL4 1EG Full day care 28 Good (Mar 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 430 m (0.3 miles)
Zenith Academy OL1 1LP Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 610 m (0.4 miles)
Learnaid Nursery OL4 1JZ Full day care 48 Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 680 m (0.4 miles)
Learnaid Childcare Club Limited OL4 1JZ Full day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 680 m (0.4 miles)
A-Star Kids OL4 1JW Full day care 68 Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 810 m (0.5 miles)
A-Star Tuition OL4 1JW Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 810 m (0.5 miles)
Butterflies OL9 6AA Full day care 62 Nov 2025: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 810 m (0.5 miles)

Ofsted also registers 114 childminders and 59 home childcarers (nannies) in Oldham. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 5 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Yorkshire Fish and Chips OL1 3STTakeaway/sandwich shop20 m5 Very good20 Jul 2026
Aros Crunchy Fried Chicken & Pizza OL1 3STTakeaway/sandwich shop30 m3 Generally satisfactory20 Aug 2025
Fire Birdz Pizza and Grill OL1 1SRTakeaway/sandwich shop30 m5 Very good16 Feb 2026
Max Bozen Afro Express Limited OL1 3STRetailers - other30 m2 Improvement necessary3 Apr 2026
Eurocity Mini Market OL1 3STRetailers - other30 m5 Very good29 Dec 2021
Pepes Piri Piri OL1 3STTakeaway/sandwich shop30 m5 Very good29 Jun 2026
California Crispy OL1 1SRTakeaway/sandwich shop40 m3 Generally satisfactory24 Aug 2026
Poleski Skelp Ltd OL1 3SYRetailers - other60 m5 Very good16 Mar 2026
Old Bank OL1 1SNPub/bar/nightclub60 m5 Very good9 Nov 2025
Lahori Grill & Tawa OL1 1SRTakeaway/sandwich shop60 mUnknown29 Jun 2026
Florida Fried Chicken OL1 3SYTakeaway/sandwich shop60 m5 Very good19 Dec 2025
Oldham Shawarma OL1 3SYTakeaway/sandwich shop60 m3 Generally satisfactory25 Aug 2025
The Dark Kitchen OL1 3SWRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen80 mUnknown13 Apr 2026
Bravo 99 OL1 1STTakeaway/sandwich shop80 m3 Generally satisfactory24 Aug 2026
The Bees Knees OL1 3SWPub/bar/nightclub80 m5 Very good9 Sep 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (metropolitan).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

15 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 4 serious and 11 slight, in which 4 people were seriously hurt. 6 involved a pedestrian; 2 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a motorcyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. 40% happened in the dark, and 13% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202120
202230
202321
202411
202572
The most recent 10 of 15
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
23 Dec 2025 17:15 Slight 1 person: 1 motorcyclist Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
17 Dec 2025 07:35 Serious 1 person: 1 cyclist B6477, 20 mph Dark, street lights on, wet road
22 Oct 2025 16:36 Slight 2 people: 1 child Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
13 Sep 2025 23:29 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian B6477, 20 mph Dark, street lights on, wet road
12 Sep 2025 08:32 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
8 Aug 2025 14:50 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian B6477, 20 mph Daylight
31 Jan 2025 21:40 Serious 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on
5 Dec 2024 18:10 Serious 2 people B6477, 30 mph Dark, street lights on
23 Jun 2023 08:27 Serious 1 person: 1 pedestrian B6477, 30 mph Daylight
26 May 2023 21:37 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A62 between A627 and A669 roundabout, with 51,078 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 190 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A62 A627 to A669 roundabout 51,078 estimated; counted 2024 2% -5% since 2015 190 m
A627 A62 to Union St West 8,612 estimated; counted 2019 1% -26% since 2015 410 m (0.3 miles)
Minor road Not recorded 895 counted 2025 0% 430 m (0.3 miles)
A627 Union St to Middleton Rd 10,777 counted 2025 1% -20% since 2015 500 m (0.3 miles)

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 4 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 1,315 residents in 533 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age3040
Children under 1525%17%
Aged 65 and over8%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)18%61%
Owned outright11%33%
Shared ownershipunder 1%1%
Social rented53%17%
Private rented28%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work43%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)14%6%
Retired (of adults)9%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)10%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)15%32%
Travel to work by car or van47%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram7%4%
By any public transport, including bus19%8%
On foot or by bicycle12%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)71%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away9%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)22%34%
No qualifications34%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification5%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)77%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all7%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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Roadworks Street works permit: United Utilities Water Ltd: Utility repair and maintenance works, 11 October 2026 to 14 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Bartlam Place · Bow Street · Hardcastle Street · Fairbottom Street · Reed Street · Gregson Street · Theatre Street · Roscoe Street · Bailey Street · Old Church Street · Bradshaw Street · Cardinal Street

All the streets in OL1, OL8 and across Oldham.

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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • 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.