Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is covered by postcode districts M34, OL6, OL7, SK15 and SK16. It is in the Tameside council area, England.
Every postcode in Ashton-under-Lyne, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 1
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 5
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,287
Of the 1,293 postcodes in Ashton-under-Lyne that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at low risk at worst and 1,287 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.4930, longitude -2.0929. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Ashton-under-Lyne?
Homes sold for a typical £198,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,105 of the 1,267 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 13 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 1,293 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ashton-under-Lyne, 200 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Ashton-under-Lyne?
Homes in Ashton-under-Lyne sold for a typical £198,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 331 sales, down 2.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £320,000 47 sales
- Semi-detached £232,000 115 sales
- Terraced £166,000 153 sales
- Flat or maisonette £120,000 16 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole OL6 district, Ashton-under-Lyne's main postcode district: a typical £198,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ashton-under-Lyne: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Ashton-under-Lyne?
33 of the 1,293 postcodes now in use in Ashton-under-Lyne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 45 of the 502 homes sold in Ashton-under-Lyne were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL6 district, 13%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Ashton-under-Lyne | Across the OL6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 7 of 331 (2%) | 7 of 212 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 45 of 502 (9%) | 44 of 347 (13%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Ashton-under-Lyne?
Ofcom reports on 1,267 of the 1,293 postcodes in Ashton-under-Lyne. At 1,105 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ashton-under-Lyne at risk of flooding?
6 of the 1,293 postcodes in Ashton-under-Lyne have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 13 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Ashton-under-Lyne?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ashton-under-Lyne (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St James' Church of England Primary School350 m 230 pupils, 210 places
- Canon Johnson CofE Primary School450 m 227 pupils, 210 places
- The Heys Primary School550 m 226 pupils, 210 places
- Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School550 m 187 pupils, 210 places
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne600 m 235 pupils, 236 places
- Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne800 m 212 pupils, 210 places
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School850 m
- Oasis Academy Broadoak900 m 420 pupils, 420 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Ashton-under-Lyne?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ashton-under-Lyne is Ashton-under-Lyne Rail Station, 200 m away in a straight line.
- Ashton-under-Lyne Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
- Stalybridge Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
- Guide Bridge Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
- Ashton-under-Lyne (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 450 mWalk
- Ashton West (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 1.2 kmWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Ashton-under-Lyne?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ashton-under-Lyne, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Ashton Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 330 9880 450 mWalk
- Albion Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 214 8710 450 mWalk
- Ashton Gp Service Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 983 0530 900 mWalk
- Stamford House Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 344 0803 950 mWalk
- Waterloo Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Inadequate CQC report August 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 330 7087 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ashton-under-Lyne safe? Crime recorded around it
Greater Manchester's police force has published no crime figures to Police.uk for any month from September 2024 to August 2026, so we have none to show for Ashton-under-Lyne. A count from Police.uk here would take in only the few crimes that neighbouring forces record nearby, so we show none rather than a figure that looks like a quiet area.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Ashton-under-Lyne?
- Council
- Tameside
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Ashton-under-Lyne (1,292) and Stalybridge and Hyde (1)
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Ashton-under-Lyne
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Tameside about council tax Council tax, on tameside.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Ashton-under-Lyne
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Ashton-under-Lyne postcodes
1,293 postcodes in use in Ashton-under-Lyne, by district:
Those districts are in the OL postcode area, M postcode area and SK postcode area.
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Places near Ashton-under-Lyne
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ashton-under-Lyne's £198,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Ashton-under-Lyne
- What is it like to live in Ashton-under-Lyne?
- Homes sold for a typical £198,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,105 of the 1,267 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 13 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 1,293 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ashton-under-Lyne, 200 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Ashton-under-Lyne?
- Ashton-under-Lyne is covered by postcode districts M34, OL6, OL7, SK15 and SK16, across 1,293 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Ashton-under-Lyne in?
- Ashton-under-Lyne is in the Tameside council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Ashton-under-Lyne?
- Homes in Ashton-under-Lyne sold for a typical £198,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 331 sales, down 2.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Ashton-under-Lyne?
- In Ashton-under-Lyne, primary schools at its postcodes include St James' Church of England Primary School, Canon Johnson CofE Primary School and The Heys Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Limes School, Safe Start School and Dixons Ashton Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Ashton-under-Lyne have a railway station?
- Yes: Ashton-under-Lyne is 200 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Ashton-under-Lyne, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Ashton-under-Lyne?
- Ofcom reports on 1,267 of the 1,293 postcodes in Ashton-under-Lyne. At 1,105 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Ashton-under-Lyne at risk of flooding?
- 6 of the 1,293 postcodes in Ashton-under-Lyne have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 13 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Ashton-under-Lyne?
- 33 of the 1,293 postcodes now in use in Ashton-under-Lyne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 45 of the 502 homes sold in Ashton-under-Lyne were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL6 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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