# OL6 8AZ

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.500566, -2.079121
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VGW2C+69
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83xm
- **Qibla:** 118.6°
- **Grid reference:** SD 94849 00431
- **UTM:** 30U 561082 5928351
- **Elevation:** 156m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Tameside (E08000008)
- **Ward:** Ashton Hurst (E05014519)
- **Constituency:** Ashton-under-Lyne (E14001070)
- **Parish code:** E43000162
- **Travel to work area:** E30000239
- **Police force area:** E23000005
- **Built-up area:** E63008370
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 2021-08

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01005935
- **2021 MSOA:** Smallshaw (E02001234)
- **2021 output area:** E00030075
- **2011 LSOA:** E01005935
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001234
- **2011 output area:** E00030075
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33005739
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Constrained City Dwellers (7A2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 537
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000014
- **ICB location:** E38000263
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000057
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000032

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Ashton-Under-Lyne | 1401 |
| Hospital | Tameside General Hospital | 1125 |
| GP | Stamford House Medical Centre | 768 |
| School | St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 445 |
| Airport | Manchester Airport | 21423 |
| Bus stop | Rowley Street | 10 |
| Food bank | Tameside East | 1628 |
| Defibrillator | St Christopher's Rc Primary & Nursery School | 401 |
| Pharmacy | Adams | 860 |
| Post office | Higher Hurst Post Office | 52 |
| Library | Library | 1696 |
| Coast | — | 44325 |
| Central London | — | 257980 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Electricity North West (region G, MPAN 16)
- **Water:** United Utilities
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [OL6 8HD](https://openpostcodes.uk/OL6%208HD)
- [OL6 8DY](https://openpostcodes.uk/OL6%208DY)
- [OL6 9HN](https://openpostcodes.uk/OL6%209HN)
- [OL6 9EQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/OL6%209EQ)
- [OL6 8DZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/OL6%208DZ)
- [OL6 8HE](https://openpostcodes.uk/OL6%208HE)

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