OL12 8 postcode sector in the OL12 district

OL12 8 is a sector of the OL12 district: every postcode that starts OL12 8. It has 241 postcodes in use, 3 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the OL12 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the OL12 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 241 postcodes in the OL12 8 sector that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 36 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 179 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whitworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. OL12 8AB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8DF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8EA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ED: not on the flood risk listOL12 8EN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8EQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ER: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ES: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ET: not on the flood risk listOL12 8EU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ND: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ST: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8US: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8WA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8WB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8WU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BA: very low flood risk onlyOL12 8DY: very low flood risk onlyOL12 8TN: very low flood risk onlyOL12 8AA: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AD: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AJ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AT: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AW: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AZ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DB: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DE: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DH: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DJ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DL: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DP: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DR: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DS: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DW: low flood risk at worstOL12 8EJ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8EL: low flood risk at worstOL12 8HJ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8JW: low flood risk at worstOL12 8JY: low flood risk at worstOL12 8LF: low flood risk at worstOL12 8LG: low flood risk at worstOL12 8NG: low flood risk at worstOL12 8NU: low flood risk at worstOL12 8NX: low flood risk at worstOL12 8QW: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RA: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RE: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RG: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RH: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RN: low flood risk at worstOL12 8TP: low flood risk at worstOL12 8EH: medium flood risk at worstOL12 8EP: medium flood risk at worstOL12 8HA: medium flood risk at worstOL12 8AY: high flood riskOL12 8BB: high flood riskOL12 8BE: high flood riskOL12 8BG: high flood riskOL12 8BT: high flood riskOL12 8BX: high flood riskOL12 8DA: high flood riskOL12 8DN: high flood riskOL12 8EG: high flood riskOL12 8HF: high flood riskOL12 8HG: high flood riskOL12 8LJ: high flood riskOL12 8LW: high flood riskOL12 8QS: high flood riskOL12 8RB: high flood riskOL12 8RF: high flood riskOL12 8TR: high flood risk Whitworth 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OL12 8HF, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OL12 8BE, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in the OL12 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 241 postcodes in the OL12 8 sector that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 36 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 179 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whitworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A6066 Whitworth
  • A home or business at high risk: 20
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 36
  • At very low risk only: 3
  • Not on the at-risk list: 179
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 241 postcodes in the OL12 8 sector that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 36 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 179 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.

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

20 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.

OL12 8BE53 at high riskOL12 8BX30 at high riskOL12 8QS18 at high riskOL12 8BU15 at high riskOL12 8TR8 at high riskOL12 8BB7 at high riskOL12 8HF7 at high riskOL12 8HQ4 at high riskOL12 8DN3 at high riskOL12 8HG3 at high riskOL12 8HH3 at high riskOL12 8EG2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. OL12 8HF, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. OL12 8BE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What do homes sell for in OL12 8?

Homes in OL12 8 sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 91 sales, down 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£185,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£192,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 3.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £287,500 16 sales
  • Semi-detached £185,000 29 sales
  • Terraced £166,500 44 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start OL12 8. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Postcodes in OL12 8

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OL12 8AAOL12 8ABOL12 8ADOL12 8AEOL12 8AGOL12 8AHOL12 8AJOL12 8ALOL12 8ANOL12 8APOL12 8AQOL12 8AROL12 8ASOL12 8ATOL12 8AWOL12 8AXOL12 8AYOL12 8AZOL12 8BAOL12 8BBOL12 8BDOL12 8BEOL12 8BFOL12 8BGOL12 8BHOL12 8BJOL12 8BLOL12 8BNOL12 8BPOL12 8BQOL12 8BSOL12 8BTOL12 8BUOL12 8BWOL12 8BXOL12 8DAOL12 8DBOL12 8DEOL12 8DFOL12 8DGOL12 8DHOL12 8DJOL12 8DLOL12 8DNOL12 8DPOL12 8DROL12 8DSOL12 8DTOL12 8DUOL12 8DWOL12 8DYOL12 8EAOL12 8EDOL12 8EGOL12 8EHOL12 8EJOL12 8ELOL12 8ENOL12 8EPOL12 8EQOL12 8EROL12 8ESOL12 8ETOL12 8EUOL12 8HAOL12 8HBOL12 8HDOL12 8HEOL12 8HFOL12 8HGOL12 8HHOL12 8HJOL12 8HLOL12 8HNOL12 8HPOL12 8HQOL12 8HROL12 8HSOL12 8HWOL12 8JAOL12 8JBOL12 8JDOL12 8JHOL12 8JLOL12 8JNOL12 8JPOL12 8JROL12 8JSOL12 8JTOL12 8JWOL12 8JXOL12 8JYOL12 8LAOL12 8LBOL12 8LDOL12 8LEOL12 8LFOL12 8LGOL12 8LHOL12 8LJOL12 8LPOL12 8LROL12 8LSOL12 8LTOL12 8LUOL12 8LWOL12 8NAOL12 8NBOL12 8NDOL12 8NFOL12 8NGOL12 8NHOL12 8NJOL12 8NPOL12 8NQOL12 8NROL12 8NSOL12 8NTOL12 8NUOL12 8NWOL12 8NXOL12 8NZOL12 8PAOL12 8PEOL12 8PHOL12 8PJOL12 8PLOL12 8PNOL12 8PPOL12 8PQOL12 8PROL12 8PSOL12 8PTOL12 8PUOL12 8PWOL12 8PXOL12 8PYOL12 8PZOL12 8QAOL12 8QBOL12 8QDOL12 8QEOL12 8QFOL12 8QGOL12 8QHOL12 8QJOL12 8QLOL12 8QNOL12 8QPOL12 8QQOL12 8QSOL12 8QTOL12 8QUOL12 8QWOL12 8QXOL12 8QYOL12 8RAOL12 8RBOL12 8REOL12 8RFOL12 8RGOL12 8RHOL12 8RLOL12 8RNOL12 8RPOL12 8RQOL12 8RSOL12 8RTOL12 8RUOL12 8RWOL12 8RXOL12 8RYOL12 8RZOL12 8SAOL12 8SBOL12 8SEOL12 8SFOL12 8SGOL12 8SHOL12 8SJOL12 8SLOL12 8SNOL12 8SPOL12 8SQOL12 8SROL12 8SSOL12 8STOL12 8SUOL12 8SWOL12 8SXOL12 8SYOL12 8SZOL12 8TBOL12 8TDOL12 8TEOL12 8TFOL12 8TGOL12 8THOL12 8TJOL12 8TLOL12 8TNOL12 8TPOL12 8TROL12 8TSOL12 8TTOL12 8TUOL12 8TXOL12 8TYOL12 8TZOL12 8UBOL12 8UDOL12 8UEOL12 8UFOL12 8UGOL12 8UHOL12 8UJOL12 8ULOL12 8UNOL12 8UPOL12 8UQOL12 8UROL12 8USOL12 8UTOL12 8UUOL12 8UWOL12 8UXOL12 8UYOL12 8UZOL12 8WAOL12 8WBOL12 8WUOL12 8XAOL12 8XDOL12 8XEOL12 8XFOL12 8XGOL12 8XHOL12 8XJOL12 8XLOL12 8XNOL12 8XQ

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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