Milnrow

Milnrow is covered by postcode district OL16. It is in the Rochdale council area, England.

Typical price £225,500 Homes sold in Milnrow, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 222 of 258 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 41 of 259 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 107 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Milnrow, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Milnrow, by flood risk Of the 259 postcodes in Milnrow that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 23 are at low risk at worst and 218 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 12 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Milnrow. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A640M62 OL16 3AS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BD: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BF: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BP: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DD: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DP: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DR: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DT: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DX: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3ED: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EF: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EP: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3ER: not on the flood risk listOL16 3ES: not on the flood risk listOL16 3ET: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EX: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3EZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3FS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HD: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HT: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HX: not on the flood risk listOL16 3HY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JP: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JR: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JT: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JX: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LD: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LF: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LP: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LX: not on the flood risk listOL16 3LY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3NA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3NB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3NJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3NL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3NS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3NT: not on the flood risk listOL16 3NU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3NW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3NY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PP: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PR: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PX: not on the flood risk listOL16 3PY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TX: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UD: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UF: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UP: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UT: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UX: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3UZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3XA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3XB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3XE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3XG: not on the flood risk listOL16 4AJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4AR: not on the flood risk listOL16 4AS: not on the flood risk listOL16 4AU: not on the flood risk listOL16 4AX: not on the flood risk listOL16 4AY: not on the flood risk listOL16 4AZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BA: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BB: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BD: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BE: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BF: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BG: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BH: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BL: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BN: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BP: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BS: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BT: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BU: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BW: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BX: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BY: not on the flood risk listOL16 4BZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DA: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DB: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DD: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DE: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DF: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DG: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DH: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DL: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DN: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DP: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DR: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DS: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DT: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DU: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DW: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DX: not on the flood risk listOL16 4DZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EA: not on the flood risk listOL16 4ED: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EE: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EF: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EG: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EN: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EP: not on the flood risk listOL16 4ER: not on the flood risk listOL16 4ES: not on the flood risk listOL16 4ET: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EU: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EX: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EY: not on the flood risk listOL16 4EZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4GJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4GQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4HA: not on the flood risk listOL16 4HB: not on the flood risk listOL16 4HF: not on the flood risk listOL16 4HH: not on the flood risk listOL16 4HJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4HL: not on the flood risk listOL16 4HY: not on the flood risk listOL16 4JB: not on the flood risk listOL16 4JE: not on the flood risk listOL16 4JH: not on the flood risk listOL16 4JJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 4JL: not on the flood risk listOL16 4JN: not on the flood risk listOL16 4JW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3JF: low flood risk at worstOL16 3LS: low flood risk at worstOL16 3NE: low flood risk at worstOL16 3NP: low flood risk at worstOL16 3PE: low flood risk at worstOL16 3PJ: low flood risk at worstOL16 4EB: low flood risk at worstOL16 4EH: low flood risk at worstOL16 4EJ: low flood risk at worstOL16 4EL: low flood risk at worstOL16 4EQ: low flood risk at worstOL16 4EW: low flood risk at worstOL16 4GH: low flood risk at worstOL16 4HD: low flood risk at worstOL16 4HQ: low flood risk at worstOL16 4HU: low flood risk at worstOL16 4HX: low flood risk at worstOL16 4HZ: low flood risk at worstOL16 4JA: low flood risk at worstOL16 4YA: low flood risk at worstOL16 4YB: low flood risk at worstOL16 4YD: low flood risk at worstOL16 4YE: low flood risk at worstOL16 4DY: medium flood risk at worstOL16 4HN: medium flood risk at worstOL16 4JD: medium flood risk at worstOL16 3LH: high flood riskOL16 3LQ: high flood riskOL16 3LZ: high flood riskOL16 3ND: high flood riskOL16 3NF: high flood riskOL16 3NQ: high flood riskOL16 3NX: high flood riskOL16 3PA: high flood riskOL16 3PD: high flood riskOL16 3PT: high flood riskOL16 3XD: high flood riskOL16 4HG: high flood riskOL16 4HP: high flood riskOL16 4HR: high flood riskOL16 4HS: high flood risk Milnrow 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OL16 3NQ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk12 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OL16 3PT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Milnrow, by flood risk Of the 259 postcodes in Milnrow that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 23 are at low risk at worst and 218 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 12 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Milnrow. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Milnrow
  • A home or business at high risk: 15
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 23
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 218
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 259 postcodes in Milnrow that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 23 are at low risk at worst and 218 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. 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.6110, longitude -2.1119. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 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.

The postcodes at high risk

15 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

OL16 3NQ19 at high riskOL16 4HP15 at high riskOL16 3PT9 at high riskOL16 4HS8 at high riskOL16 4HR8 at high riskOL16 3NX5 at high riskOL16 3ND3 at high riskOL16 3NF3 at high riskOL16 3LH2 at high riskOL16 3PA1 at high riskOL16 3PD1 at high riskOL16 3LQ1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. OL16 3NQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. OL16 3PT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Milnrow?

Homes sold for a typical £225,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 222 of the 258 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 107 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 41 of its 259 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Milnrow Village Practice, 1.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Smithy Bridge, 2.5 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 Milnrow?

Homes in Milnrow sold for a typical £225,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 128 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £205,000 from 126 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£225,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£205,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £324,000 28 sales
  • Semi-detached £225,000 53 sales
  • Terraced £176,000 42 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £125,000 5 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole OL16 district, Milnrow's main postcode district: a typical £205,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Milnrow: 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 Milnrow?

2 of the 259 postcodes now in use in Milnrow came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 126 homes sold in Milnrow were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL16 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

OL16 4EJsince August 2023OL16 3PZsince July 2020

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

PeriodIn MilnrowAcross the OL16 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 128 (0%) 0 of 337 (0%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 126 (0%) 2 of 371 (Under 1%)

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 Milnrow?

Ofcom reports on 258 of the 259 postcodes in Milnrow. At 222 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit222 of 258
Postcodes where every home can get superfast252 of 258

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 checker

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Milnrow at risk of flooding?

41 of the 259 postcodes in Milnrow 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 107 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 41 of 259 postcodes High: 78Medium: 29Low: 171

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 Milnrow?

The open schools at the postcodes in Milnrow. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Milnrow?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Milnrow is Smithy Bridge Rail Station, 2.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Smithy Bridge Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
  • Rochdale Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
  • Littleborough Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Milnrow (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 300 mWalk
  • Kingsway Business Park (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 800 mWalk

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 Milnrow?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Milnrow. 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.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Milnrow 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 Milnrow. 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 postcode

Source: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Milnrow?

Council
Rochdale
Parliamentary constituency
Rochdale
Police force area
Greater Manchester
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Paul Waugh (Labour (Co-op))

All 259 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 Milnrow

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Milnrow postcodes

259 postcodes in use in Milnrow, by district:

OL16 postcode district,259 postcodes

That district is in the OL postcode area.

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Places near Milnrow

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Milnrow's £225,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Newhey1.6 km, £193,750Rochdale3.4 km, £204,500Shaw3.5 km, £210,000Littleborough3.6 km, £232,500Royton4.9 km, £235,000Summit5.9 km, £187,500Whitworth6.9 km, £184,000Delph7.7 km, £257,500 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Milnrow

What is the postcode for Milnrow?
Postcode district OL16, with 259 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Milnrow in?
Rochdale. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Milnrow?
Paul Waugh (Labour (Co-op)), for Rochdale. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Milnrow?
A typical £225,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 128 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Milnrow?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary School, Moorhouse Academy and Crossgates Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Hollingworth Academy. Source: Department for Education.
Does Milnrow have a railway station?
The nearest is Smithy Bridge station, 2.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Milnrow?
Ofcom reports on 258 of the 259 postcodes in Milnrow. At 222 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Milnrow at risk of flooding?
41 of the 259 postcodes in Milnrow 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 107 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 Milnrow?
2 of the 259 postcodes now in use in Milnrow came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 126 homes sold in Milnrow were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL16 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

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