Heywood
Heywood is covered by postcode districts BL9 and OL10. It is in the Rochdale council area, England.
Every postcode in Heywood, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 2
- At medium risk at worst: 1
- At low risk at worst: 8
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 797
Of the 808 postcodes in Heywood that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 797 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 53.5907, longitude -2.2245. 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 Heywood?
Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.6% on the 12 months before. At 672 of the 795 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 40 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 808 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Castleton (Manchester), 3.1 km 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 Heywood?
Homes in Heywood sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 296 sales, up 5.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £179,950
- 12 months to August 2026
- £190,000
▲ up 5.6% on the 12 months before
Across the whole OL10 district, Heywood's main postcode district: a typical £200,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Heywood: 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 Heywood?
13 of the 808 postcodes now in use in Heywood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 347 homes sold in Heywood were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL10 district, 16%.
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 Heywood | Across the OL10 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 296 (0%) | 23 of 312 (7%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 1 of 347 (Under 1%) | 67 of 410 (16%) |
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 Heywood?
Ofcom reports on 795 of the 808 postcodes in Heywood. At 672 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 Heywood at risk of flooding?
11 of the 808 postcodes in Heywood 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 40 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 Heywood?
The open schools at the postcodes in Heywood (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 Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy500 m 373 pupils, 420 places
- Woodland Community Primary School500 m 564 pupils, 630 places
- Harwood Park Primary School600 m 291 pupils, 330 places
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School950 m 446 pupils, 446 places
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School1.0 km
- Hopwood Community Primary School1.3 km 421 pupils, 420 places
- All Souls Church of England Primary School1.4 km 234 pupils, 204 places
- Oak Haven School1.5 km 98 pupils, 100 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 Heywood?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Heywood is Castleton (Manchester) Rail Station, 3.1 km away in a straight line.
- Castleton (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
- Rochdale Rail Station Railway station 5.2 kmDrive
- Mills Hill (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
- Heywood (East Lancashire Railway) 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 Heywood?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Heywood, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Birtle View Medical Practice550 m
- Longford Street Medical Centre550 m
- Hopwood Medical Centre900 m
- Heywood Health1.0 km
- Heady Hill Surgery1.2 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Heywood 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 Heywood. 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 Heywood?
- Council
- Rochdale
- Parliamentary constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Mrs Elsie Blundell (Labour)
All 808 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Heywood
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Rochdale about council tax Council tax, on rochdale.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Heywood
- 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
Heywood postcodes
808 postcodes in use in Heywood, by district:
Those districts are in the OL postcode area and BL postcode area.
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Places near Heywood
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Heywood's £190,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Heywood
- What is it like to live in Heywood?
- Homes sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.6% on the 12 months before. At 672 of the 795 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 40 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 808 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Castleton (Manchester), 3.1 km 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 Heywood?
- Heywood is covered by postcode districts BL9 and OL10, across 808 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Heywood in?
- Heywood is in the Rochdale council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Heywood?
- Heywood is in the Heywood and Middleton North parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mrs Elsie Blundell (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Heywood?
- Homes in Heywood sold for a typical £190,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 296 sales, up 5.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Heywood?
- In Heywood, primary schools at its postcodes include St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy, Woodland Community Primary School and Harwood Park Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College, Heywood Academy and Newhouse Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Heywood have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Heywood is Castleton (Manchester), 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Heywood?
- Ofcom reports on 795 of the 808 postcodes in Heywood. At 672 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Heywood at risk of flooding?
- 11 of the 808 postcodes in Heywood 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 40 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 Heywood?
- 13 of the 808 postcodes now in use in Heywood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 347 homes sold in Heywood were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL10 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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