Latitude: 53.5139 / 53°30'50"N
Longitude: -2.1248 / 2°7'29"W
OS Eastings: 391819
OS Northings: 401921
OS Grid: SD918019
Mapcode National: GBR FWLT.S2
Mapcode Global: WHB9B.BYD1
Plus Code: 9C5VGV7G+H3
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83wm53
What Three Birds: osprey.pipit.swallow
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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OL8 3JQ is a large user postcode in Limeside, Oldham. It was first introduced in December 1996.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Limehurst School, Whitebank Road, Oldham OL8 3JQ.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Oldham is a town, which had a population of 96,555 in the 2011 census.
OL8 3JQ is in the Manchester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Oldham Primary Care Trust.
OL8 3JQ is approximately 124m (407ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing OL8 3JQ
7a3: Constrained City Dwellers - Challenged Diversity - Multi-Ethnic Hardship
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for OL8 3JQ
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
3/10 (Low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
2/10 (Very low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near OL8 3JQ include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Nisa, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of OL8 3JQ 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.
Metropolitan District
Oldham Borough Council
Ward
Hollinwood
Councillors
Kamran Ghafoor (Conservative)
Abdul Wahid (Conservative)
Muhammad Irfan (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Oldham West and Royton
MP
Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op))
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for OL8 3JQ.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near OL8 3JQ.
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