Buying a home in OL11 (Rochdale)
OL11 covers the Balderstone & Kirkholt, Bamford, Castleton, Central Rochdale, Kingsway, Milkstone & Deeplish, Norden, North Heywood and Spotland & Falinge wards, in Rochdale.
What the records show in OL11 (Rochdale): the British Geological Survey rates landslides as significant near all 8 postcodes we checked; and old landfill lies within 500 m of 7 of the 8 postcodes we checked.
Land Registry recorded 18 sales there in the last 3 years, with a median price of £168,500.
From official records at 8 postcodes. Conditions change from street to street, so check the home you're buying.
Check a home in OL11
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At a glance
- Rivers and seaOutside mapped flood areas at all 8 postcodes we checked
- Surface waterLow or very low at all 7 postcodes we checked
- RadonUp to 1–3% of homes above the action level
- GroundLandslides and clay shrink-swell recorded nearby
- Median sale£168,500 across 18 sales in the last 3 years
Facts from official records at sample postcodes, not a rating of OL11 or of any home.
Flooding from rivers and the sea
We checked each postcode centre against the Environment Agency's flood zones.
All 8 postcodes we checked are outside mapped river and sea flood areas. Homes nearer a river or the coast can still be in one.
Surface water flooding
Flooding from heavy rain that can't drain away.
- Very low: 7 of 7 postcodes
We couldn't check 1 postcode when this guide was built, so they aren't counted above.
Radon
From the UK Health Security Agency's map of each 1 km square.
At all 8 postcodes we checked, parts of the surrounding square are a radon Affected Area. The highest is up to 1–3% of homes above the action level.
The map shows the highest value in each square, not a measurement for any home. A three-month test tells you about a particular house.
Ground stability
British Geological Survey ratings for the surrounding area, not a particular plot.
- Landslides: significant near all 8 postcodes we checked
- Clay shrink-swell: moderate near all 8 postcodes we checked
Non-coal mining hazard is low or none at every postcode we checked.
Ask your surveyor to look for cracking and movement, and the seller about subsidence claims.
Old landfill sites
Historic landfill sites within 500 m of each postcode centre.
- OL11 4QL: 4 sites within 500 m, nearest 350 m
- OL11 3DW: 2 sites within 500 m, nearest 320 m
- OL11 4DB: 2 sites within 500 m, nearest 20 m
- OL11 3PW: 4 sites within 500 m, nearest 190 m
- OL11 4PB: 1 site within 500 m, nearest 380 m
- OL11 3QL: 4 sites within 500 m, nearest 20 m
- OL11 4LT: 4 sites within 500 m, nearest 100 m
Most old landfill causes no problems, but a home on or next to one can be harder to mortgage.
Conservation areas and listed buildings
Whether each postcode centre falls in a conservation area, on a listed building's site, or under similar protections.
None of the 8 postcode centres we checked falls in a conservation area or on a listed building's site.
Broadband and mobile
Ofcom's predictions for every address at the 8 postcodes we checked.
We couldn't get Ofcom's figures when this guide was built.
House prices
The average price in Rochdale was £211,022 in August 2026, up 3.3% on a year earlier, across every home in the council area.
At the postcodes we checked, Land Registry has 18 sales in the last 3 years, with a median of £168,500 and a range of £70,000 to £1,000,000, including 1 new build.
| Type | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 7 | £121,000 |
| Detached | 5 | £325,000 |
| Semi-detached | 5 | £167,000 |
| Other | 1 | £1,000,000 |
Crime
Measured around OL11 4QL, near the centre of OL11.
1 crimes were reported within about a mile of the centre in August 2026. Town centres usually have more, because of shops and nightlife.
- Other theft1
Schools near the centre
The nearest schools by distance. Distance doesn't decide a place: each council's admissions rules do.
- Marland Hill Community Primary School
Primary · ages 3–11 · Community school · 100 m
- Brimrod Community Primary School
Primary · ages 3–11 · Community school · 290 m
- Beech House School
Primary and secondary · ages 2–16 · Other independent school · 770 m
- Ashfield Valley Primary School
Primary · ages 2–11 · Community school · 910 m
- Nuqtah Primary School
Primary · ages 4–11 · Other independent school · 1.0 km
- Matthew Moss High School
Secondary · ages 11–16 · Academy converter · 1.0 km
- Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
Secondary · ages 11–16 · Academy sponsor led · 1.5 km
- Redwood
Secondary · ages 11–19 · Community special school · 1.5 km
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council: Primary admissions ↗ · Secondary admissions ↗
Postcode by postcode
Each row is one postcode centre we checked. Open a postcode for the full free area check.
| Postcode | Rivers and sea | Surface water | Radon | Ground | Landfill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OL11 4QL | Outside | Very low | 1–3% | Significant: landslides | 4 within 500 m |
| OL11 3LP | Outside | Very low | 1–3% | Significant: landslides | None within 500 m |
| OL11 3DW | Outside | Not checked | 1–3% | Significant: landslides | 2 within 500 m |
| OL11 4DB | Outside | Very low | 1–3% | Significant: landslides | 2 within 500 m |
| OL11 3PW | Outside | Very low | 1–3% | Significant: landslides | 4 within 500 m |
| OL11 4PB | Outside | Very low | 1–3% | Significant: landslides | 1 within 500 m |
| OL11 3QL | Outside | Very low | 1–3% | Significant: landslides | 4 within 500 m |
| OL11 4LT | Outside | Very low | 1–3% | Significant: landslides | 4 within 500 m |
What this guide can't tell you
- It covers 8 postcodes, not every street, and leaves out planning applications: check the postcode you're buying in.
- It isn't a survey, a search or advice, and doesn't rate OL11 or any home.
Sources
Checked 30 October 2026. We refresh these guides every month.
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. BGS/UKHSA Indicative Atlas of Radon
- Environment Agency, Historic Landfill Sites (Environment Agency Conditional Licence). Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database right.
- British Geological Survey, GeoSure 5 km and mining hazard 1 km hex grids (Open Government Licence). Contains NERC materials ©NERC 2026.
- Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water (Open Government Licence)
- UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry and Registers of Scotland), Open Government Licence. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. Contains Registers of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right.
- data.police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence)
- Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (Open Government Licence)
- Planning Data England (planning.data.gov.uk)