Shaw
Shaw is covered by postcode district OL2. It is in the Oldham council area, England.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Shaw (Oldham).
Every postcode in Shaw, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 7
- In use before 2020: 492
Of the 499 postcodes in Shaw that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 492 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 53.5807, longitude -2.0962. 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 Shaw?
Homes sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 459 of the 494 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 436 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 69 of its 499 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Rochdale, 5.0 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 Shaw?
Homes in Shaw sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 214 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £355,000 26 sales
- Semi-detached £237,000 86 sales
- Terraced £172,000 92 sales
- Flat or maisonette £147,500 10 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole OL2 district, Shaw's main postcode district: a typical £225,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shaw: 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 Shaw?
7 of the 499 postcodes now in use in Shaw came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 260 homes sold in Shaw were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL2 district, 7%.
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 Shaw | Across the OL2 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 214 (0%) | 7 of 472 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 6 of 260 (2%) | 49 of 662 (7%) |
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 Shaw?
Ofcom reports on 494 of the 499 postcodes in Shaw. At 459 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 Shaw at risk of flooding?
69 of the 499 postcodes in Shaw 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 436 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 Shaw?
The open schools at the postcodes in Shaw (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
- Beal Vale Primary School150 m 202 pupils, 210 places
- East Crompton St James CofE Primary School200 m 185 pupils, 210 places
- Farrowdale House School450 m 37 pupils, 146 places
- Rushcroft Primary School600 m 164 pupils, 210 places
- Crompton Primary School650 m 235 pupils, 210 places
- East Crompton St George's CofE School900 m 122 pupils, 210 places
- Buckstones Primary School950 m 207 pupils, 210 places
- St Mary's CofE Primary School High Crompton1.1 km 212 pupils, 210 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 Shaw?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shaw is Rochdale Rail Station, 5.0 km away in a straight line.
- Rochdale Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmDrive
- Castleton (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
- Smithy Bridge Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive
- Shaw and Crompton (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 650 mWalk
- Newhey (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 2.2 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 Shaw?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Shaw. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Oak Gables Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01706 664250 550 mWalk
- Village Medical Practice Phone 01706 881028 550 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Shaw 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 Shaw. 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 Shaw?
- Council
- Oldham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
All 499 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 Shaw
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 Shaw
- 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
Shaw postcodes
499 postcodes in use in Shaw, by district:
That district is in the OL postcode area.
Check a Shaw 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 Shaw
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shaw's £205,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Shaw
- What is it like to live in Shaw?
- Homes sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 459 of the 494 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 436 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 69 of its 499 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Rochdale, 5.0 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 Shaw?
- Shaw is covered by postcode district OL2, across 499 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Shaw in?
- Shaw is in the Oldham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Shaw?
- Shaw 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 Shaw?
- Homes in Shaw sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 214 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Shaw?
- In Shaw, primary schools at its postcodes include Beal Vale Primary School, East Crompton St James CofE Primary School and Farrowdale House School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Crompton House Church of England Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Shaw have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shaw is Rochdale, 5.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Shaw?
- Ofcom reports on 494 of the 499 postcodes in Shaw. At 459 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Shaw at risk of flooding?
- 69 of the 499 postcodes in Shaw 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 436 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 Shaw?
- 7 of the 499 postcodes now in use in Shaw came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 260 homes sold in Shaw were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL2 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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