Lees
Lees is covered by postcode district OL4. It is in the Oldham council area, England.
Every postcode in Lees, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 8
- In use before 2020: 360
Of the 368 postcodes in Lees that ONS places, 8 are new since 2020 and 360 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 53.5400, longitude -2.0647. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Lees?
Homes sold for a typical £217,498 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.8% on the 12 months before. At 309 of the 362 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 70 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 368 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Mossley (Manchester), 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.
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 Lees?
Homes in Lees sold for a typical £217,498 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 166 sales, down 4.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £400,000 25 sales
- Semi-detached £275,000 47 sales
- Terraced £184,000 90 sales
- Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole OL4 district, Lees's main postcode district: a typical £200,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lees: 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 Lees?
8 of the 368 postcodes now in use in Lees came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 211 homes sold in Lees were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL4 district, 0%.
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 Lees | Across the OL4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 166 (0%) | 0 of 360 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 211 (0%) | 0 of 435 (0%) |
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 Lees?
Ofcom reports on 362 of the 368 postcodes in Lees. At 309 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 Lees at risk of flooding?
13 of the 368 postcodes in Lees 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 70 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 Lees?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Lees. 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.
Primary
- Springhead Infant and Nursery School300 m 150 pupils, 207 places
- Hey-with-Zion Primary School500 m 281 pupils, 320 places
- St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy500 m 244 pupils, 245 places
- St Thomas' Leesfield CofE Primary School700 m 200 pupils, 210 places
- Knowsley Junior School750 m 216 pupils, 270 places
- St Agnes CofE Primary School850 m 107 pupils, 105 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 Lees?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lees is Mossley (Manchester) Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.
- Mossley (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
- Greenfield Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
- Ashton-under-Lyne Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
- Oldham Mumps (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 2.6 kmCycle
- Derker (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 2.7 kmCycle
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 Lees?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Lees. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Leesbrook Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 0161 621 4800 550 mWalk
- Lees Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2025 · Phone 0161 652 1285 700 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lees 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 Lees. 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 Lees?
- Council
- Oldham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
All 368 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 Lees
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 GP practices in Lees
- 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
Lees postcodes
368 postcodes in use in Lees, by district:
That district is in the OL postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Lees
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lees's £217,498. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Lees
- What is it like to live in Lees?
- Homes sold for a typical £217,498 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.8% on the 12 months before. At 309 of the 362 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 70 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 368 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Mossley (Manchester), 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. 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 Lees?
- Lees is covered by postcode district OL4, across 368 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Lees in?
- Lees is in the Oldham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Lees?
- Lees is in the Oldham East and Saddleworth parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Debbie Abrahams (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Lees?
- Homes in Lees sold for a typical £217,498 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 166 sales, down 4.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Lees?
- In Lees, primary schools at its postcodes include Springhead Infant and Nursery School, Hey-with-Zion Primary School and St Edwards Roman Catholic Primary, a Voluntary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Co-op Academy Strinesdale, 1.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Lees have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lees is Mossley (Manchester), 3.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Lees?
- Ofcom reports on 362 of the 368 postcodes in Lees. At 309 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Lees at risk of flooding?
- 13 of the 368 postcodes in Lees 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 70 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 Lees?
- 8 of the 368 postcodes now in use in Lees came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 211 homes sold in Lees were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL4 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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