Diggle
Diggle, in Oldham. What stands out most here is deprivation decile: at 6 it is in the fifth least deprived tenth of England, measured across this neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people).
Planning designations: Flood risk zone — the centre postcode. These cover the centre point, not necessarily the whole area.
Rivers and sea flood risk: Low — the centre postcode. The worst band present at the postcode. England only, indicative, by 50 m cell, rivers and sea only.
GP practices used by this neighbourhood: 34 — this neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people). Most use Saddleworth Medical Practice (87%). Where neighbours are registered — not a catchment, and not a guarantee of a place.
Miles to the nearest acute hospital: 5 — straight-line distance from the centre. Royal Oldham Hospital, run by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. Straight-line, not a journey time, and the nearest site is not always the one you would be taken to.
We could not show these: census, crime. They either did not answer or are not published for this area — a gap in our data, not a finding about this place.
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The figures
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| Measure | Here | England | What it covers, and who publishes it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deprivation decile (1 = England's most deprived tenth) | 6in the fifth least deprived tenth of England | 5.5 | this neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG 1 = the most deprived tenth of England, 10 = the least. It describes the neighbourhood, never the people in it. |
| Planning designations | Flood risk zone | — | the centre postcode planning.data.gov.uk these cover the centre point, not necessarily the whole area. |
| Rivers and sea flood risk | Low | — | the centre postcode Environment Agency NaFRA2 the worst band present at the postcode. England only, indicative, by 50 m cell, rivers and sea only. |
| GP practices used by this neighbourhood | 34 | — | this neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) NHS England, patients registered at a GP practice Most use Saddleworth Medical Practice (87%). Where neighbours are registered — not a catchment, and not a guarantee of a place. |
| Miles to the nearest acute hospital | 5 | — | straight-line distance from the centre NHS England, with NHS ODS site locations Royal Oldham Hospital, run by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. Straight-line, not a journey time, and the nearest site is not always the one you would be taken to. |
| Major infrastructure projects nearby | 1 | — | centred within 9 miles of the centre Planning Inspectorate NSIP register Airports, power stations, reservoirs, major roads and the like. Each project is recorded at a single point, so one counted here may be centred some way off. |
| Planning applications nearby | 4 | — | within 600 m of the centre Council planning registers via PlanIt recently listed on the council's own register. A count of applications, not of approvals. |
| Median sold price, last 12 months | £371,000 | — | 22 homes sold in Diggle HM Land Registry Price Paid Data Houses, flats and bungalows only — shops and land are excluded. A median of what happened to sell, which a year heavy on large houses will lift. Not a valuation. |
| Renewable energy schemes nearby | 1 | — | within 1.9 miles of the centre DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database 2.9 MW of it already operating. Wind, solar, hydro and battery schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Counts schemes refused or withdrawn too, so it is what has been proposed here, not what is running. |
| Schools within 3 miles | 11 | — | within 3 miles of the centre DfE Get Information About Schools 10 primary, 1 secondary. Open schools only. DfE no longer publishes an Ofsted grade in this register, so each school listed below links to its own Ofsted report. |
Schools nearest the centre
Ofsted stopped publishing an overall grade in the register we hold, so each school below links to its own Ofsted report page, where the current judgement is.
| School | Phase | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Saddleworth School | Secondary | 0.2 miles |
| Diggle School | Primary | 0.4 miles |
| St Chad's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 0.9 miles |
| Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School | Primary | 1.0 miles |
| Delph Primary School | Primary | 1.1 miles |
| Greenfield Primary School | Primary | 1.9 miles |
| Greenfield St Mary's CofE School | Primary | 2.3 miles |
| St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School | Primary | 2.4 miles |
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