OL8 — Oldham
Oldham's OL8 postcode sits in Oldham. The board behind it is assembled from 15,042 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical OL8 sale went from £29,500 in 1995 to £158,000 in 2026 — 5.4× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +37.8% that year. The one to avoid was 2011: the median moved -12.8%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in OL8
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £29,500 | 385 |
| 2000 | £30,000 | 676 |
| 2005 | £63,775 | 660 |
| 2010 | £86,000 | 255 |
| 2015 | £75,000 | 362 |
| 2020 | £103,000 | 365 |
| 2025 | £172,750 | 384 |
| 2026 | £158,000 | 62 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Oldham (OL8 3) (29% of local sales) — busiest streets: Hollins Road, Ashton Road, Copster Hill Road
- Oldham (OL8 2) (26% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ashton Road, Honeywell Lane, Belgrave Road
- Oldham (OL8 4) (23% of local sales) — busiest streets: Heron Street, Frederick Street, Chapel Road
- Oldham (OL8 1) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Gainsborough Avenue, Belgrave Road, Villa Road
- Bardsley (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Victoria Street
- Hollinwood (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Hawksley Street
- Platting Road (0% of local sales)
- Overbury Road (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Land At The Back Of
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 2011 is the game. Play the OL8 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.