OL16 3 postcode sector in the OL16 district

OL16 3 is a sector of the OL16 district: every postcode that starts OL16 3. It has 243 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 OL16 3 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the OL16 3 sector, by flood risk Of the 243 postcodes in the OL16 3 sector that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 214 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. 3 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Milnrow, Newhey. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M62A640 OL16 3AA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AD: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AF: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AP: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AR: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AT: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3AX: 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 3BE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BF: not on the flood risk listOL16 3BG: 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 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 3DG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3DJ: 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 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 3FS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3FT: not on the flood risk listOL16 3FU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3FW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3FX: 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 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 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 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 3QA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QD: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QF: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QR: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QT: not on the flood risk listOL16 3QZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RD: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RF: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RH: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RJ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RR: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RS: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RT: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RU: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RW: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RX: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3RZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3SA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3SB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3SE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3SF: not on the flood risk listOL16 3SY: not on the flood risk listOL16 3SZ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TA: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TB: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TE: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TG: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TL: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TN: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TP: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TQ: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TR: not on the flood risk listOL16 3TS: 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 3UR: 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 3WB: 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 3JF: low flood risk at worstOL16 3LS: low flood risk at worstOL16 3NP: low flood risk at worstOL16 3PE: low flood risk at worstOL16 3PJ: low flood risk at worstOL16 3RA: low flood risk at worstOL16 3RB: low flood risk at worstOL16 3RP: low flood risk at worstOL16 3SG: medium flood risk at worstOL16 3FP: high flood riskOL16 3FQ: high flood riskOL16 3FR: high flood riskOL16 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 3SL: high flood riskOL16 3SR: high flood riskOL16 3SS: high flood riskOL16 3SW: high flood riskOL16 3TD: high flood riskOL16 3XD: high flood risk MilnrowNewhey 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OL16 3FQ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OL16 3NQ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in the OL16 3 sector, by flood risk Of the 243 postcodes in the OL16 3 sector that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 214 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. 3 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Milnrow, Newhey. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. MilnrowNewhey
  • A home or business at high risk: 19
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 9
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 214
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 243 postcodes in the OL16 3 sector that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 214 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

19 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 3FQ37 at high riskOL16 3SR26 at high riskOL16 3FR22 at high riskOL16 3NQ19 at high riskOL16 3SL12 at high riskOL16 3SW10 at high riskOL16 3PT9 at high riskOL16 3NX5 at high riskOL16 3TD3 at high riskOL16 3ND3 at high riskOL16 3NF3 at high riskOL16 3FP2 at high risk

3 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

OL16 3BXOL16 3SZOL16 3TJ

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

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

What do homes sell for in OL16 3?

Homes in OL16 3 sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 106 sales, up 10% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£220,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£200,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 10% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £310,000 18 sales
  • Semi-detached £245,000 41 sales
  • Terraced £180,000 39 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £125,000 8 sales

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 OL16 3. 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 OL16 3

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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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