OL6
Outer Postcode Area • 1,357 PostcodesWorking on listings or site checks?
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Commercial location facts for OL6
Local facts for retail and business operators: residents, deprivation, nearby food businesses, noise and planning constraints.
English IoD 2025, 10 = least deprived
Food Standards Agency register
Not on the Defra noise map
Use class rights depend on the premises: check with the council
Local facts for businesses
Official figures for OL6. Footfall, spending and rents are not measured here.
- Fastest broadband available
- Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)
- Ofcom
Food and drink businesses within 1 km
- Restaurants and cafés52
- Takeaways56
- Pubs and bars21
- Food shops and supermarkets64
Food Standards Agency register of inspected premises.
Planning constraints
planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC) & Historic England
- Article 4 direction
- Not published
- Conservation area
- Not published
- Tree preservation zone
- Not published
- Tameside has not published Article 4 direction areas to planning.data.gov.uk, so they could not be checked.
- Tameside has not published conservation areas to planning.data.gov.uk, so they could not be checked.
Spatial screening uses the postcode centroid. Properties on boundaries must be checked against the council’s own maps.
Noise Pollution & Airport Flight Paths
Defra Strategic Noise Mapping (Agglomerations & Major Transport)
Data quality: Aggregated across 1,357 constituent postcodes
1357 official/live sections, 0 fallback sections, 0 missing or limited sections. Generated 26 Oct 2026, 03:38.
Frequently Asked Questions
Official open-data answers about safety, schools, connectivity, and living in OL6.
Is OL6 a good place to live?
OL6 in Tameside scores 57.6/100 overall in the Postcodewise area report, which combines safety, schools, transport, housing, demographics, environment and connectivity from official open data.
What is the crime rate in OL6?
The OL6 report shows recent police-recorded crime levels and trends in Tameside, sourced from Police.uk street-level data.
What schools are near OL6?
The OL6 schools report lists nearby primary and secondary schools with Ofsted-linked ratings and distances.
How well connected is OL6?
The OL6 report covers nearby transport links, broadband speeds and mobile coverage for the area.
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