The UK Postcode Database

OL2 8SJ

a postcode in Oldham

Introduced in January 1980
OL2 8SJ Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with OL2 8SJ

Hesketh Avenue - 28 properties, USRN 29402303

Frederick Avenue - 1 property, USRN 29400881

Richmond Close - 1 property, USRN 29401410

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.5726 / 53°34'21"N

Longitude: -2.0996 / 2°5'58"W

UTM Reference: 30U 559622 5936345

OS Easting: 393501

OS Northing: 408445

OS Grid: SD935084

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR FWS4.71

Mapcode Global: WHB94.QGCJ

Open Location Code: 9C5VHWF2+25

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83wn87

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

  • major urban conurbation
  • a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 6b2

  • Baseline UK
  • Legacy Industrial and Coastal Communities
  • Traditional Terraces

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 9715 / 32844

  • 3rd decile
  • more deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for OL2 8SJ on Thursday 2 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:20
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:52
Sunrise 04:44
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:12
Sunset 21:40
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:32
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 00:04
Hours of daylight today04:14 to 22:10
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:10 to 04:15
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 05:52
Moon Rises 22:15

For a full sun and moon calendar for OL2 8SJ, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in OL2 8SJ

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
8 April 2024 40 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £135,000
10 March 2023 13 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £140,000
4 August 2021 40 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £100,000
4 October 2019 48 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £87,500
13 April 2018 36 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £113,500
6 December 2017 16 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £91,500
24 November 2017 26 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £95,000
16 June 2017 44 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £101,000
17 February 2017 7 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £94,000
22 June 2016 34 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £85,000
18 March 2016 42 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £80,000
26 February 2016 7 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £68,000
9 May 2014 26 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £64,000
21 January 2011 16 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £72,000
21 October 2010 22 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £87,300
16 August 2010 15 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £94,000
28 April 2008 28 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £103,000
3 March 2008 26 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £100,000
14 February 2008 42 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £115,000
26 June 2007 20 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £92,250
23 March 2007 12 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £102,500
12 January 2007 11 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £83,500
15 December 2006 40 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £98,000
31 October 2006 13 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £97,750
14 August 2006 26 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £77,500
17 February 2006 13 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £79,000
14 September 2005 11 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £77,000
1 June 2005 19 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £79,000
14 March 2005 15 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £84,000
9 August 2004 24 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £84,750
31 March 2004 40 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £69,250
24 November 2003 28 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £59,000
24 October 2003 44 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £72,000
10 October 2003 11 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £58,000
15 September 2003 24 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £63,000
10 October 2002 13 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £47,000
23 April 2002 15 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £39,950
15 February 2002 46 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £43,950
30 March 2001 15 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £14,000
15 December 2000 44 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £39,000
28 July 2000 42 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £36,000
12 May 2000 46 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £36,000
2 March 2000 24 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £40,000
30 April 1999 13 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £34,250
6 November 1998 9 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £35,500
17 July 1998 24 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £34,500
3 July 1998 19 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £34,000
20 April 1998 26 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £33,000
1 September 1997 22 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £25,500
20 June 1997 40 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £37,500
11 September 1996 46 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £36,000
23 August 1996 26 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Semi-detached Leasehold £29,995
5 July 1996 13 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £32,500
28 June 1996 46 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £36,000
22 December 1995 13 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £19,000
20 October 1995 11 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £33,000
26 May 1995 22 Hesketh Avenue, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8SJ Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £25,000

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for OL2 8SJ

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Oldham East and Saddleworth

MP

Debbie Abrahams Labour

Oldham Borough Council
Metropolitan district ward

Crompton

Councillors

Dave Murphy Liberal Democrats

Louie Hamblett Liberal Democrats

Diane Williamson Liberal Democrats

OL2 8SJ also falls within the Civil Parish of Shaw and Crompton, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for OL2 8SJ

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00027143 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01005355 Oldham 005A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02001102 Oldham 005 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04012153 Shaw and Crompton Civil Parishes Administrative 1 April 2011 DLUHC
E05014651 Crompton Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 4 May 2023 DLUHC
E08000004 Oldham Metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000002 North West Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001415 Oldham East and Saddleworth Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000005 Greater Manchester Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000239 Manchester Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33005156 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000015 Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 28 October 2010 BEIS
E38000135 NHS Greater Manchester ICB - 00Y Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E40000010 North West NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2019 ODS
E54000057 NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2024 ODS
E56000032 Greater Manchester Cancer Alliances Health 1 July 2023 NHS England
E63008223 Shaw (Oldham) Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

All public sector data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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