OL8 2TH

a postcode in Oldham

Introduced in June 1997

OL8 2TH	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with OL8 2TH

Simkin Way - 42 properties, USRN 29407855

Selbourne Street - 1 property, USRN 29405540

Saint Cuthberts Fold - 1 property, USRN 29407813

Weatherly Close - 1 property, USRN 29407964

Unnamed road - 1 property, USRN 29409392

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.5166 / 53°30'59"N

Longitude: -2.1053 / 2°6'19"W

UTM Reference: 30U 559324 5930113

OS Easting: 393115

OS Northing: 402217

OS Grid: SD931022

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR FWRS.03

Mapcode Global: WHB9B.MVPZ

Open Location Code: 9C5VGV8V+JV

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83wm73

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

major urban conurbation
a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 5b1

Ethnically Diverse Suburb-an Professionals
Suburban Professionals
Families in Multi-Ethnic Terraces

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 8620 / 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 OL8 2TH on Wednesday 1 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:20
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:51
Sunrise	04:43
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 today	04:13 to 22:10
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	22:10 to 04:14
Moon Phase	Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets	04:35
Moon Rises	22:00

For a full sun and moon calendar for OL8 2TH, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in OL8 2TH

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
9 February 2024	55 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£280,000
1 August 2022	1 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£275,000
23 March 2021	63 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£230,000
28 February 2020	24 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£255,000
23 August 2019	30 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£165,000
14 December 2018	22 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£150,000
13 April 2017	43 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£236,500
14 October 2016	61 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£178,000
16 August 2016	19 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£172,500
29 January 2016	57 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£165,000
30 May 2014	32 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£180,000
14 May 2013	11 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£120,000
2 August 2010	49 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£185,000
1 December 2009	45, , Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Freehold	£200,000
29 May 2009	1 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£150,000
31 March 2008	21 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£185,000
15 September 2006	20 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£143,500
9 June 2006	63 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£187,500
7 December 2005	53 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£144,000
28 February 2005	1 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£157,000
26 July 2004	11 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£124,950
30 April 2004	30 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£121,950
30 April 2004	49 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£180,000
8 April 2004	37 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£149,000
16 February 2004	15 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£105,000
5 September 2003	53 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£107,500
30 May 2003	11 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£95,000
14 October 2002	21 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£115,000
11 July 2001	22 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£69,995
1 May 2001	31 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£95,000
28 February 2001	11 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£68,000
15 December 2000	28 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£72,500
15 September 2000	43 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£100,000
31 July 2000	1 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£86,500
26 May 2000	17 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£86,500
14 April 2000	15 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£62,000
10 December 1999	11 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£59,995
25 June 1999	59 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£92,950
27 January 1999	28 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£63,950
11 December 1998	1 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£78,950
26 November 1998	55 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£78,950
9 October 1998	57 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£79,950
30 June 1998	53 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£59,950
26 June 1998	34 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£89,500
26 June 1998	51 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£63,950
19 June 1998	65 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£89,950
10 June 1998	63 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£76,950
5 June 1998	61 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£83,950
5 June 1998	32 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£89,500
5 June 1998	45 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£89,500
30 April 1998	47 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£76,500
30 April 1998	35 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£76,500
30 April 1998	24 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£88,950
28 April 1998	49 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£89,500
9 April 1998	43 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£89,500
9 April 1998	30 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£59,950
27 February 1998	41 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£76,500
15 December 1997	37 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£83,950
12 December 1997	33 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£83,950
28 November 1997	20 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£59,950
21 November 1997	19 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£83,950
31 October 1997	26 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£88,950
31 October 1997	31 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£83,950
31 October 1997	39 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£83,950
30 October 1997	22 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£59,950
28 August 1997	27 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£76,500
4 July 1997	29 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£83,950
27 June 1997	25 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£88,950
25 June 1997	21 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£82,950
25 June 1997	23 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£88,950
20 June 1997	11 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£59,950
13 June 1997	17 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£81,950
21 March 1997	3 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£81,950
28 February 1997	5 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£86,500
28 February 1997	15 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£59,950
14 February 1997	9 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£77,500
31 January 1997	7 Simkin Way, Oldham OL8 2TH	Detached	Leasehold	£81,500

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 OL8 2TH

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

MP

Jim McMahon Labour/Co-operative

Oldham Borough Council

Metropolitan district ward

Medlock Vale

Councillors

Sajed Hussain Labour

Junaid Hussain Labour

Umar Nasheen Labour

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for OL8 2TH

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00027518		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01005440	Oldham 033D	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02001130	Oldham 033	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E05014655	Medlock Vale	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
E14001416	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	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
E33005258		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
E43000158	Oldham, unparished area	Non-Civil Parished Areas	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
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
E63008292	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

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