The UK Postcode Database

OL8 3WA

a postcode in Oldham

Introduced in June 2002
OL8 3WA Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with OL8 3WA

Howgill Crescent - 47 properties, USRN 29408029

Berwyn Close - 1 property, USRN 29408030

Howardian Close - 1 property, USRN 29408032

Quantock Drive - 1 property, USRN 29408035

Bredon Way - 1 property, USRN 29408036

Blackdown Grove - 1 property, USRN 29408034

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.5243 / 53°31'27"N

Longitude: -2.1158 / 2°6'56"W

UTM Reference: 30U 558615 5930958

OS Easting: 392418

OS Northing: 403071

OS Grid: SD924030

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR FWNP.QC

Mapcode Global: WHB9B.GPP2

Open Location Code: 9C5VGVFM+PM

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83wm65

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

  • major urban conurbation
  • a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 5b2

  • Ethnically Diverse Suburb-an Professionals
  • Suburban Professionals
  • Established Multi-Ethnic Suburbs

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 4552 / 32844

  • 2nd decile
  • much more deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for OL8 3WA on Friday 3 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:24
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:53
Sunrise 04:45
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:12
Sunset 21:39
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:31
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 00:01
Hours of daylight today04:15 to 22:09
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:09 to 04:16
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 07:12
Moon Rises 22:28

For a full sun and moon calendar for OL8 3WA, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in OL8 3WA

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
20 May 2024 32 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £260,000
16 December 2022 52 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Leasehold £282,600
24 August 2022 19 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £255,000
25 May 2022 31 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £123,000
14 April 2022 37 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £217,000
23 November 2021 22 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £285,000
5 March 2021 33 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £105,000
2 March 2021 35 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £210,000
9 April 2020 34 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £200,000
21 October 2019 44 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Leasehold £200,000
26 October 2018 50 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Leasehold £159,000
5 October 2017 2 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £225,000
1 December 2016 36 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £205,000
22 July 2016 33 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £115,000
27 May 2016 21 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £192,000
24 June 2013 27 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £155,000
8 May 2013 50 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Leasehold £122,000
19 September 2012 44 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Leasehold £160,000
3 October 2011 23 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £141,000
3 October 2011 23 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £141,000
12 October 2010 33 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £125,000
11 April 2008 7 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £167,500
20 December 2007 29 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £165,000
2 November 2007 28 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £176,000
20 August 2007 9 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £177,000
21 June 2007 40 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £180,000
1 March 2007 17 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
22 January 2007 11 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £195,000
22 December 2006 44 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Leasehold £175,000
12 December 2006 31 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £135,000
13 October 2006 1 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £185,000
21 July 2006 21 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £177,000
31 March 2006 32 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £177,500
20 January 2006 8 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £145,000
3 December 2004 32 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £153,250
26 November 2004 34 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £162,950
29 July 2004 8 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £111,950
21 July 2004 17 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £139,000
16 July 2004 3 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £139,500
12 July 2004 28 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £139,950
25 June 2004 1 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £138,750
28 May 2004 7 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £132,500
21 May 2004 5 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £136,500
23 April 2004 37 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £110,000
12 March 2004 6 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £115,000
22 December 2003 4 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £145,000
31 October 2003 18 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £138,000
31 October 2003 35 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £126,000
8 August 2003 21 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £139,950
26 June 2003 2 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £141,650
15 November 2002 46 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £79,950
15 November 2002 44 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Leasehold £109,950
15 November 2002 46 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £79,950
14 November 2002 48 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Leasehold £79,500
14 November 2002 48 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Leasehold £79,500
1 November 2002 36 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £126,950
1 November 2002 40 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £112,950
25 October 2002 42 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £92,950
25 October 2002 38 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £97,750
19 October 2002 39 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £78,750
17 October 2002 58 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Leasehold £86,450
17 October 2002 58 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Leasehold £250,000
4 October 2002 50 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Leasehold £86,450
28 September 2002 56 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Leasehold £92,495
27 September 2002 54 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £99,750
12 September 2002 37 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £78,750
10 September 2002 23 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £82,250
10 September 2002 23 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Leasehold £82,250
30 August 2002 31 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £82,250
30 August 2002 27 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £108,950
30 August 2002 33 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £76,950
23 August 2002 29 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £99,750
22 August 2002 35 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £89,950
19 July 2002 18 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £103,450
27 June 2002 22 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £99,750
24 June 2002 21 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £105,950
21 June 2002 17 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £79,950
12 June 2002 19 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £84,500
24 May 2002 26 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £111,950
24 May 2002 24 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £117,500
24 May 2002 7 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £83,500
24 May 2002 15 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £88,950
23 May 2002 11 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £112,950
23 May 2002 9 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £103,450
17 May 2002 20 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £117,500
3 May 2002 3 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £82,950
24 April 2002 16 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £82,950
8 March 2002 14 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £83,450
22 February 2002 5 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Semi-detached Freehold £84,950
22 February 2002 12 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £83,450
22 February 2002 10 Howgill Crescent, Oldham OL8 3WA Detached Freehold £82,950

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 3WA

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

MP

Jim McMahon Labour/Co-operative

Oldham Borough Council
Metropolitan district ward

Hollinwood

Councillors

Kamran Ghafoor Independent

Abdul Wahid Independent

Naseem Aslam Labour

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for OL8 3WA

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00027511 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E00181771 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 21 March 2021 ONS
E01005438 Oldham 029E Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02001126 Oldham 029 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05014654 Hollinwood 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
E33005243 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

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

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