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, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the OL16 3 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 243 postcodes in the OL16 3 sector that ONS places, 4 are new since 2020 and 239 were in use before 2020. 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. 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Places named: Milnrow, Newhey. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. MilnrowNewhey
  • New since 2020: 4
  • In use before 2020: 239

Of the 243 postcodes in the OL16 3 sector that ONS places, 4 are new since 2020 and 239 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.

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 4 newest postcodes

OL16 3FWSeptember 2025OL16 3FUAugust 2025OL16 3FXSeptember 2024OL16 3PZJuly 2020

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

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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