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OL6 7BQ lies on Margaret Street in Ashton-under-lyne. OL6 7BQ is located in the St Peter's electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Tameside and the English Parliamentary constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Greater Manchester ICB - 01Y and the police force is Greater Manchester. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is OL6 7BQ?

Street	Margaret Street
Town/City	Ashton-under-lyne
Country	England
Postcode District	OL6

OL6 7BQ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of OL6 7BQ as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	110m	361ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	St Peter's
Constituency	Ashton-under-lyne

Transport

Nearest bus stops to OL6 7BQ

Richmond St/Kenyon St (Richmond Street)	Ashton Under Lyne	101m
Katherine St/Margaret St (Katherine St)	Chester Square	113m
Richmond St/Kenyon St (Richmond St)	Ashton Under Lyne	124m
Katherine St/Welbeck St Nth (Katherine St)	Chester Square	155m
Margaret Street	Chester Square	238m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to OL6 7BQ

Ashton West (Manchester Metrolink) (Lord Sheldon Way)	Ashton Moss	413m
Ashton-under-lyne (Manchester Metrolink) (Wellington Rd)	Ashton Under Lyne	601m
Ashton Moss (Manchester Metrolink) (Lord Sheldon Way)	Ashton Moss	1,164m

Nearest railway stations to OL6 7BQ

Ashton-under-Lyne Station	0.9km
Guide Bridge Station	1.5km
Hyde North Station	2.9km

Broadband

Broadband access in OL6 7BQ (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in OL6 7BQ (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	13.3Mbps
Average download speed	27.4Mbps
Maximum download speed	100.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.1Mbps
Average upload speed	4.6Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.53Mbps

Broadband limitations in OL6 7BQ (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

OL6 7BQ gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in OL6 7BQ by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	216,955
Meter count	25
Mean (kWh/meter)	8,678
Median (kWh/meter)	7,241

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	43,296
Meter count	21
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,062
Median (kWh/meter)	1,743

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in OL6 7BQ, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in OL6 7BQ.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

87.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than OL6 7BQ:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to OL6 7BQ (metres)

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Nearest post box to OL6 7BQ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Ashton Delivery Office	19:00		734m
Christchurch	17:25	11:50	789m
King Street	17:30	12:00	1,257m

OL6 7BQ ITL and OL6 7BQ LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for OL6 7BQ:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLD	North West (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLD3	Greater Manchester
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLD35	Greater Manchester South East
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000008	Tameside

OL6 7BQ census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for OL6 7BQ:

	Code	Name
OA	E00030153
LSOA	E01005950	Tameside 013B
MSOA	E02001241	Tameside 013

Nearest postcodes to OL6 7BQ

OL6 7HL	Wilkinson Street	25m
OL6 7HQ	Blandford Street	52m
OL6 7BG	Burlington Street	55m
OL6 7BE	Margaret Street	67m
OL7 0AS	Richmond Street	68m
OL6 7HJ	Burlington Street	74m
OL6 7DD	Richmond Street	76m
OL6 7GX	Blandford Court	79m
OL6 7BH	Margaret Street	87m
OL6 7ET	Dean Street	89m