Ordnance Survey Explorer OL 4 The Lake District: North-Western Area

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In terms of transport links, the OL4 postcode area is situated centrally located on the Oldham transport interchange which is connected by regular bus routes. The area is served by three local train lines, the Caldervale, the Central and the Northern line, for access to Manchester and surrounding areas, as well as four motorway networks: M60, M62, M66 and A640. The OL4 postcode area is located in the Oldham postcode town region, within the county of Greater Manchester, and contains a total of 1254 individual postcodes. There is a Historical Map and Guide at the scale of two and a half inches to the mile of ‘Hadrian’s Wall’.

The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about Ripponden Road, Oldham, OL4 2RX is based on the last census performed in the UK in 2021. The area of OL4 is known for its vibrant local culture and beauty spots, with high levels of ancient woodlands in addition to a host of historic market towns and villages. Popular tourist attractions in the area include the Pennine Way walking route and several local museums which provide insight into the area's rich history.OpenStreetMap is an opensource global crowd sourced map. It is better at showing footpaths than the OS in some places. The area of the OL4 postcode district is 6.73 square miles which is 17.43 square kilometres or 4,307.10 acres. The Ordnance Survey Landranger series of 1:50000 scale (approx one inch to the mile) maps (purple) cover the whole country, and the following cover the county of Cumbria. The primary settlement in the OL4 postcode district is Oldham, located in the Greater Manchester county in England. Other significant settlements in the district include Austerlands, Lees, Scouthead, Waterhead, Grasscroft, Grotton, Lydgate, and Springhead.

There are 38 electoral wards in the OL4 postcode area, including Ashton-Under-Lyne, Bacup, Heywood, Littleborough, Oldham, Rochdale, Todmorden which come under the local authority of the Oldham Council. OL4's retail offerings are limited and are mainly focused around the smaller surrounding towns, however, Royton Town Centre is the area's main shopping area, offering a range of high street and independent shops, as well as a farmers' market. There are also several locations which offer educational and medical facilities, as well as other public services. The green areas represent the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. A small part of the Yorkshire Dales National park is now in Cumbria – Dentdale and Garsdale, and the towns/villages – Sedbergh, Dent and Garsdale. Given that each sector allows for 400 unique postcode combinations, the district has a capacity of 2,000 postcodes. With 1043 postcodes already in use, this leaves 957 units available.Switch to: OpenStreetMap - global, free, volunteer created maps. We use the OpenTopo map tile server. OL4 is a postcode in the United Kingdom, covering the Oldham district located in the North West of the country. The postcode begins with ‘OL' which is an abbreviation of ‘Oldham', and the 4 indicates the area within the district it covers. The area is predominantly residential and suburban in makeup, with the primary geographical area being Saddleworth and other local villages. For Scotland, 2011 data is shown (update coming soon, the Scottish census was delayed by a year unlike the rest of the UK). The census collection is designed so that each group of postcodes should contain at least 100 people (50 in Scotland). This is done to preserve the anonymity of the people in that area, as some postcodes cover a very small area, sometimes a single building.

Grid references are used for the locations of many places other than within towns. Each grid reference consists of a two letter code representing a 100 km square area, and two sets of 3 figure numbers. The first 3 figures relate to numbers across the top and bottom of the map, and the second set to numbers down the sides, which show one kilometre squares. The three figure numbers give a position to an accuracy of one tenth of a kilometre. This does not mean that the people of OL4 are poorer than other areas, but it may give an indication that there are areas of deprivation.On Windows) To copy a map to the clipboard : use CRTL PRINT-SCREEN (thats press and hold the CTRL key, then press PRINT SCREEN). You can then paste it into MS Word.