Latitude: 53.6768 / 53°40'36"N
Longitude: -2.1673 / 2°10'2"W
OS Eastings: 389048
OS Northings: 420051
OS Grid: SD890200
Mapcode National: GBR FT9X.LP
Mapcode Global: WHB8J.PV55
Plus Code: 9C5VMRGM+P3
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83vq92
What Three Birds: puffin.stone-curlew.thrush
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
OL12 8PA is a primarily residential postcode in Shawforth, Lancashire. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are B and C.
Residential buildings are primarily semi-detached. Domestic properties are primarily houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £90,220 to £221,122 with an average of £145,151.
Residential buildings were typically constructed before 1900.
None of the residential properties sold since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are predominantly owner occupied.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating is E.
The average commercial rateable value is £480. The most common recorded business type is Advertising Right.
Whitworth is a town, which had a population of 7,500 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 15 people resident in OL12 8PA, of which 6 were male and 9 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
OL12 8PA is in the Manchester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the East Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust.
OL12 8PA is approximately 268m (879ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in OL12 8PA
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing OL12 8PA
8c1: Hard-Pressed Living - Hard-Pressed Ageing Workers - Ageing Industrious Workers
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for OL12 8PA
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
3/10 (Low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
0/10 (Nonexistent)
Area Retail Diversity Index
3/10 (Low)
Supermarkets near OL12 8PA include Co-Operative Food and Morrisons. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of OL12 8PA are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
District Council
Rossendale Borough Council
Ward
Facit and Shawforth
Councillors
Janet Whitehead (Independent)
Scott Smith (Conservative)
County Council
Lancashire
Electoral Division
Whitworth and Bacup
County Councillor
Scott Smith (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
MP
Jake Berry (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for OL12 8PA.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near OL12 8PA.
St John with St Michael Church of England Primary School, Shawforth
Moss Side Street, Shawforth, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 8EP
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth
John Street, Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 8DB
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 4 - 11
Outstanding
Britannia Community Primary School
Rochdale Road, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 9TS
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Needs improvement
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School
Hallfold, Hall Street, Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 8TL
Voluntary Controlled School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School
Lane End Road, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 9RR
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Whitworth Community High School
Hall Fold, Whitworth, Rossendale, Lancashire, OL12 8TS
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Wardle Academy
Birch Road, Wardle, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, OL12 9RD
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Needs improvement
Fearns Community Sports College
Fearns Moss, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 0TG
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Inadequate
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Glen Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 7BJ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Falinge Park High School
Falinge Road, Shawclough, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 6LD
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Todmorden High School
Ewood Lane, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, OL14 7DG
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Oulder Hill Community School and Language College
Hudsons Walk, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 5EF
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Kingsway Park High School
Turf Hill Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 4XA
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Alder Grange School
Calder Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 8HW
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Matthew Moss High School
Matthew Moss Lane, Marland, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 3LU
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Needs improvement
The overall school grade in this area is high.