OL6 8 postcode sector in the OL6 district

OL6 8 is a sector of the OL6 district: every postcode that starts OL6 8. It has 257 postcodes in use, 2 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 OL6 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the OL6 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 257 postcodes in the OL6 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 253 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ashton-under-Lyne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. OL6 8AA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8BZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8DZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8ED: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8ER: not on the flood risk listOL6 8ES: not on the flood risk listOL6 8ET: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8EZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8FB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8FW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8GD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8HZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8JY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8LT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8NZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8PZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8QW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8RZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8ST: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8SZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8TZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UT: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8UZ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XA: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XH: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XJ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XL: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XN: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XP: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XR: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XS: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XU: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XW: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XX: not on the flood risk listOL6 8XY: not on the flood risk listOL6 8YB: not on the flood risk listOL6 8YD: not on the flood risk listOL6 8YE: not on the flood risk listOL6 8YF: not on the flood risk listOL6 8YG: not on the flood risk listOL6 8YQ: not on the flood risk listOL6 8AW: low flood risk at worstOL6 8TJ: low flood risk at worstOL6 8TW: low flood risk at worstOL6 8AQ: medium flood risk at worst Ashton-under-Lyne Map of every postcode in the OL6 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 257 postcodes in the OL6 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 253 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ashton-under-Lyne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ashton-under-Lyne
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 253

Of the 257 postcodes in the OL6 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 253 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. 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 medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

OL6 8AQ1 at medium risk

What do homes sell for in OL6 8?

Homes in OL6 8 sold for a typical £231,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 75 sales, up 3.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£231,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£222,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £302,500 18 sales
  • Semi-detached £215,000 43 sales
  • Terraced £160,000 13 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, 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 OL6 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 OL6 8

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

OL6 8AAOL6 8ABOL6 8ADOL6 8AEOL6 8AFOL6 8AGOL6 8AHOL6 8AJOL6 8ALOL6 8ANOL6 8APOL6 8AQOL6 8AROL6 8AUOL6 8AWOL6 8AXOL6 8AYOL6 8AZOL6 8BAOL6 8BBOL6 8BDOL6 8BEOL6 8BGOL6 8BHOL6 8BJOL6 8BLOL6 8BNOL6 8BPOL6 8BQOL6 8BSOL6 8BTOL6 8BUOL6 8BWOL6 8BXOL6 8BYOL6 8BZOL6 8DAOL6 8DBOL6 8DDOL6 8DEOL6 8DFOL6 8DGOL6 8DLOL6 8DPOL6 8DROL6 8DSOL6 8DTOL6 8DUOL6 8DWOL6 8DXOL6 8DYOL6 8DZOL6 8EBOL6 8EDOL6 8EFOL6 8EGOL6 8EHOL6 8EJOL6 8ELOL6 8ENOL6 8EPOL6 8EQOL6 8EROL6 8ESOL6 8ETOL6 8EUOL6 8EWOL6 8EXOL6 8EYOL6 8EZOL6 8FBOL6 8FWOL6 8GDOL6 8HAOL6 8HBOL6 8HDOL6 8HEOL6 8HGOL6 8HHOL6 8HJOL6 8HLOL6 8HNOL6 8HPOL6 8HQOL6 8HROL6 8HSOL6 8HTOL6 8HWOL6 8HXOL6 8HZOL6 8JDOL6 8JEOL6 8JFOL6 8JLOL6 8JNOL6 8JQOL6 8JROL6 8JSOL6 8JTOL6 8JWOL6 8JXOL6 8JYOL6 8LAOL6 8LBOL6 8LEOL6 8LFOL6 8LGOL6 8LHOL6 8LJOL6 8LNOL6 8LPOL6 8LQOL6 8LSOL6 8LTOL6 8LWOL6 8NEOL6 8NFOL6 8NLOL6 8NROL6 8NSOL6 8NTOL6 8NUOL6 8NWOL6 8NXOL6 8NYOL6 8NZOL6 8PAOL6 8PBOL6 8PDOL6 8PEOL6 8PFOL6 8PHOL6 8PJOL6 8PLOL6 8PNOL6 8PPOL6 8PQOL6 8PROL6 8PSOL6 8PTOL6 8PUOL6 8PWOL6 8PXOL6 8PYOL6 8PZOL6 8QAOL6 8QBOL6 8QDOL6 8QEOL6 8QFOL6 8QGOL6 8QHOL6 8QJOL6 8QLOL6 8QNOL6 8QPOL6 8QROL6 8QSOL6 8QWOL6 8RAOL6 8RBOL6 8RDOL6 8REOL6 8RFOL6 8RGOL6 8RHOL6 8RJOL6 8RLOL6 8RNOL6 8RPOL6 8RQOL6 8RROL6 8RSOL6 8RTOL6 8RUOL6 8RWOL6 8RXOL6 8RYOL6 8RZOL6 8SAOL6 8SBOL6 8SDOL6 8SEOL6 8SFOL6 8SGOL6 8SHOL6 8SJOL6 8SLOL6 8SQOL6 8SROL6 8SSOL6 8STOL6 8SUOL6 8SXOL6 8SZOL6 8TAOL6 8TBOL6 8TDOL6 8TEOL6 8TFOL6 8TGOL6 8THOL6 8TJOL6 8TLOL6 8TNOL6 8TPOL6 8TQOL6 8TROL6 8TSOL6 8TTOL6 8TUOL6 8TWOL6 8TXOL6 8TYOL6 8TZOL6 8UAOL6 8UBOL6 8UEOL6 8UFOL6 8UGOL6 8UHOL6 8UJOL6 8ULOL6 8UNOL6 8UPOL6 8UQOL6 8UROL6 8UTOL6 8UUOL6 8UWOL6 8UXOL6 8UYOL6 8UZOL6 8XAOL6 8XBOL6 8XDOL6 8XEOL6 8XFOL6 8XGOL6 8XHOL6 8XJOL6 8XLOL6 8XNOL6 8XPOL6 8XQOL6 8XROL6 8XSOL6 8XUOL6 8XWOL6 8XXOL6 8XYOL6 8YBOL6 8YDOL6 8YEOL6 8YFOL6 8YGOL6 8YQ

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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