Ashton-under-Lyne postal code

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Ashton-under-Lyne information


Postcode district: OL6, OL7
Post town: Oldham
Dialling code: 0161
Population: 46345
Elevation: 110m (361ft)
County: Greater Manchester
Country: England


Postcode areas of Ashton-under-Lyne are OL6, OL7.

Post town of postcode area 'OL' is Oldham. Dialling code of Ashton-under-Lyne is 0161. Ashton-under-Lyne has 110m (361ft) altitude.

The coordinates of Ashton-under-Lyne are: 53.4876815 lat, -2.0961077 lng.

Ashton-under-Lyne belongs to Greater Manchester County. Ashton-under-Lyne belongs to England. England is constituent country of United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom (UK) comprises four countries: England, Scotland and Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland.

Every UK postcode format consists of two halves, an "Outward" and an "Inward".

These two halves allow anyone at the sorting office to quickly route any item going through any sorting office. First off the Outward and Inward halves of any postcode format are separated by a space. The Outward half of a Postcode consists of one or two alpha characters (Postcode Areas) followed by one of two numeric characters (Postcode Districts).


Example: SO15 2GB

The Inward half of the postcode format (easily identified as appearing after the space in any postcode) consists of just one numeric followed by two alpha characters.


Example: SO15 2GB


*sources: wikipedia.org