Delph
Delph is covered by postcode district OL3. It is in the Oldham council area, England.
Every postcode in Delph, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 10
- Some can get gigabit: 17
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 59
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 86 postcodes in Delph that ONS places, 10 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 17 have some that can and 59 can all get it.
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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5671, longitude -2.0226. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. OL3 5EQ, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What is it like to live in Delph?
Homes sold for a typical £257,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 59 of the 86 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 128 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 25 of its 86 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Saddleworth Medical Practice, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Greenfield, 3.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
What do homes cost in Delph?
Homes in Delph sold for a typical £257,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 20 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £292,500 from 29 sales. With fewer than 30 sales a year, a change can come from which homes happened to sell, so we do not give one.
- Detached 3 sales, too few to price
- Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
- Terraced £222,500 13 sales
Across the whole OL3 district, Delph's main postcode district: a typical £330,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Delph: 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 October 2026.
Are new homes being built in Delph?
None of the 86 postcodes now in use in Delph came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 29 homes sold in Delph were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL3 district, 2%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Delph | Across the OL3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 20 (0%) | 4 of 189 (2%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 29 (0%) | 6 of 283 (2%) |
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.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Delph?
Ofcom reports on 86 of the 86 postcodes in Delph. At 59 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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is Delph at risk of flooding?
25 of the 86 postcodes in Delph 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 128 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
Which schools are in Delph?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Delph. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
How far is the station from Delph?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Delph is Greenfield Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.
- Greenfield Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
- Mossley (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
- Marsden Rail Station Railway station 7.3 kmDrive
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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Which GP surgeries are in Delph?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Delph. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Saddleworth Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 01457 872228 2.4 kmCycle
- Moorside Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 0161 344 8150 3.6 kmCycle
- Springfield House Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 0161 667 2480 4.5 kmCycle
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Delph 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 Delph. 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, from its download of 30 September 2026.
Who runs Delph?
- Council
- Oldham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
All 86 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.
Moving to Delph
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Oldham about council tax Council tax, on oldham.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Delph postcodes
86 postcodes in use in Delph, by district:
That district is in the OL postcode area.
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Places near Delph
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Delph's £257,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Delph
- What is the postcode for Delph?
- Postcode district OL3, with 86 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Delph in?
- Oldham. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Delph?
- Debbie Abrahams (Labour), for Oldham East and Saddleworth. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Delph?
- A typical £257,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 20 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Delph?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Delph Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Saddleworth School, 1.5 km away. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Delph have a railway station?
- The nearest is Greenfield station, 3.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Delph?
- Ofcom reports on 86 of the 86 postcodes in Delph. At 59 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Delph at risk of flooding?
- 25 of the 86 postcodes in Delph 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 128 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Delph?
- None of the 86 postcodes now in use in Delph came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 29 homes sold in Delph were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL3 district, 2%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Environment Agency flood risk
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- Care Quality Commission
- data.police.uk: police.uk
- UK Parliament
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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