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Thinking of living at OL14 8DQ? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the GP is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Hill Primary School | Primary | 250 m | 42% met the expected standard |
| Ferney Lee Primary School | Primary | 350 m | 46% met the expected standard |
| Todmorden CofE J, I & N School | Primary | 750 m | 56% met the expected standard |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy | Primary | 750 m | 56% met the expected standard |
| Todmorden High School, A SHARE Academy | Secondary | 250 m | – |
| Pennine | Independent | 250 m | – |
Every primary near OL14 8DQ, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Centre Vale Park Crown Green Bowls Club | 150 m | 4 |
| Tennis | Centre Vale Park | 260 m | 3 |
| Cricket | Todmorden Cricket Club | 560 m | 2 |
| Swimming | Todmorden Sports Centre | 270 m | 1 |
| Basketball | Tipside Park | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Golf | Todmorden Golf Club | 1.3 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Todmorden, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 718k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Top Park Gates, 100 m away, with a bus about every 46 minutes on weekdays (routes 591, NC5, 7); 35 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
The nearest primary school is Castle Hill Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 42% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Todmorden High School, A SHARE Academy, 250 m away.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (9.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 850 m away, with Mam's Shop closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Todmorden Group Practice (1.2 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Valley Hair Design is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 16 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 56% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 16 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 25 restaurants and cafés and 23 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Pavilion is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Hare And Hounds Inn the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 116 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 30% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Todmorden).
There are 141 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 10% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 57% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Centre Vale Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Todmorden Sports Centre (250 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 34 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 42 km.
27 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.