Milnrow
Milnrow is covered by postcode district OL16. It is in the Rochdale council area, England.
Every postcode in Milnrow, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 17
- Some can get gigabit: 19
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 222
- Ofcom gives no figure: 1
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 259 postcodes in Milnrow that ONS places, 17 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 19 have some that can, 222 can all get it and 1 have no Ofcom figure.
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; 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.
Postcodes without gigabit
17 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 11 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. OL16 4JH, is the one nearest the middle of them.
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.
- 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
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 Milnrow | Across 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.
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 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.
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
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.
- Milnrow Village Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report March 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01706 641409 1.0 kmWalk
- Stonefield Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01706 646234 1.0 kmWalk
- The Kingsway Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01706 261866 1.6 kmCycle
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 postcodeSource: 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.
- 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 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
Milnrow postcodes
259 postcodes in use in Milnrow, by district:
That district is in the OL postcode area.
Check a Milnrow postcode
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 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.
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
- 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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