OL8 2AY
The median sold price for the postcode OL8 2AY is around £329,995, from 3 sales over the last 12 months. No significant flood risk has been identified for this area. Figures are area-level and indicative only, and are not a substitute for professional assessments.
Flood risk
Rivers & sea: None identified. Surface water: None identified.
House prices
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, based on sales in this exact postcode, last 12 months.
Range £85,000 – £245,000
Based on a small number of transactions in this sector — monthly medians swing widely, so treat the shape of this line with caution.
By property type
Median sold price by type across OL8 2, last 24 months.
- Terraced£150,000(92 sales)
- Semi-detached£190,500(70 sales)
- Detached£306,870(54 sales)
- FlatToo few sales(4 sales)
Types shown greyed have few recent sales, and under 5 sales we show no median at all — the count is shown so you can judge it yourself.
OL8 2AY median £329,995 (12 months) vs the wider district £196,800 · England & Wales £283,000 (24 months).
Recorded crime
Greater Manchester Police doesn't currently publish street-level crime data, so we can't show crime here.
Broadband coverage
Full fibre reaches 93.3% of premises across Oldham (England: 77.9%).
No broadband data for this postcode. The figures below are for the council area and the country.
| Type of broadband | Oldham | England | UK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibrefibre all the way to the premises | 93.3% | 77.9% | 77.5% |
| Gigabit-capable1,000 Mbit/s available | 97% | 86.7% | 85.9% |
| Superfast30 Mbit/s or more available | 99.5% | 97.7% | 97.5% |
| Below the USOno decent connection available | 0.01% | 0.1% | 0.14% |
Deprivation
This neighbourhood is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025: more deprived than 94% of neighbourhoods in England.
Compared with Oldham: more deprived than 78% of its 142 neighbourhoods.
Selected measures
Decile for each measure, where 1 is the most deprived 10% in England.
- Income1of 10
- Employment1of 10
- Crime2of 10
- Living environment10of 10
Council tax
Most homes here are Band A (83%). Average Band D in Oldham is £2,602.23 for 2026/27.
That is 9% above the England average Band D of £2,391.52.
Average Band A in Oldham: £1,734.82 for 2026/27.
Homes by band in this neighbourhood
Share of the 750 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026.
- Band A83%
- Band B12%
- Band C3%
- Band D1%
- Band E1%
- Band F0%
- Band G0%
- Band H–
Nearest schools
The three closest state-funded primary and secondary schools in a straight line from the centre of this postcode, with what Ofsted published at each school's latest inspection. Special schools may appear in the list. Independent schools are not included.
Nearest primary schools
- St Martin's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School0.1 miles (180 m)Ofsted, October 2024: no overall grade given
- Quality of education Good
- Behaviour and attitudes Good
- Personal development Outstanding
- Leadership and management Good
- Medlock Valley Primary School0.2 miles (400 m)Ofsted, February 2024: GoodOfsted reports for Medlock Valley Primary School (opens in a new tab) ↗
- Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.3 miles (560 m)Ofsted, November 2022: Good (inspection of the school it replaced)Ofsted reports for Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (opens in a new tab) ↗
Nearest secondary schools
- The Hathershaw College0.6 miles (910 m)Ofsted report card, April 2026
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Needs attention
- Safeguarding Met
- St Damian's RC Science College1.1 miles (1.8 km)Ofsted ungraded inspection, June 2023: School remains OutstandingOfsted reports for St Damian's RC Science College (opens in a new tab) ↗
- Dixons Ashton Academy1.2 miles (1.9 km)Ofsted, March 2025: no overall grade given
- Quality of education Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes Good
- Personal development Good
- Leadership and management Good
Public transport
The nearest station to OL8 2AY is Oldham Central (Manchester Metrolink), 1.6 miles (2.5 km) away in a straight line. There are 15 bus stops within 500 m.
Nearest stations
- 1.6 miles (2.5 km)Oldham Central (Manchester Metrolink)
- 1.6 miles (2.6 km)Oldham King Street (Manchester Metrolink)
- 1.6 miles (2.6 km)Oldham Mumps (Manchester Metrolink)
How this area has changed
PostcodeLens combines saved monthly snapshots with views reconstructed from official source data, so you can compare today's figures with earlier months.
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Saved snapshots are the monthly figures PostcodeLens has recorded since July 2026. Reconstructed views are assembled from official source data (HM Land Registry price paid, Police UK crime) to show earlier months; they carry no flood history.
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