Cleckheaton
Cleckheaton is covered by postcode districts BD19 and HD6. It is mostly in the Kirklees council area: 422 of its 423 postcodes. The other is in Calderdale.
Every postcode in Cleckheaton, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 13
- In use before 2020: 410
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 423 postcodes in Cleckheaton that ONS places, 13 are new since 2020 and 410 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7257, longitude -1.7183. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BD19 9DR, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Cleckheaton?
Homes sold for a typical £198,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.5% on the 12 months before. At 339 of the 410 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 246 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 60 of its 423 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Low Moor, 3.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Cleckheaton?
Homes in Cleckheaton sold for a typical £198,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 172 sales, up 4.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £325,000 35 sales
- Semi-detached £210,000 54 sales
- Terraced £163,275 70 sales
- Flat or maisonette £115,200 13 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BD19 district, Cleckheaton's main postcode district: a typical £212,250.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cleckheaton: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Cleckheaton?
13 of the 423 postcodes now in use in Cleckheaton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 212 homes sold in Cleckheaton were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD19 district, 9%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Cleckheaton | Across the BD19 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 172 (0%) | 10 of 290 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 7 of 212 (3%) | 33 of 385 (9%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Cleckheaton?
Ofcom reports on 410 of the 423 postcodes in Cleckheaton. At 339 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Cleckheaton at risk of flooding?
60 of the 423 postcodes in Cleckheaton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 246 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Cleckheaton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Cleckheaton. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Cleckheaton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cleckheaton is Low Moor Rail Station, 3.5 km away in a straight line.
- Low Moor Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
- Brighouse Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
- Mirfield Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Cleckheaton?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Cleckheaton. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Parkview Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01274 872200 500 mWalk
- The Greenway Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01274 399505 500 mWalk
- Cleckheaton Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2025 · Phone 01274 957846 550 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Cleckheaton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,805 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cleckheaton over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 169 September 2025
- 144 October 2025
- 151 November 2025
- 146 December 2025
- 118 January 2026
- 134 February 2026
- 153 March 2026
- 150 April 2026
- 148 May 2026
- 154 June 2026
- 171 July 2026
- 167 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 63, drugs 56, robbery 25, possession of weapons 21, theft from the person 9, bicycle theft 6.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Cleckheaton?
- Councils
- Kirklees (422) and Calderdale (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Spen Valley (422) and Calder Valley (1)
- Police force area
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Cleckheaton
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Cleckheaton is in Kirklees; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Kirklees about council tax Council tax, on kirklees.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Cleckheaton
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Cleckheaton postcodes
423 postcodes in use in Cleckheaton, by district:
Those districts are in the BD postcode area and HD postcode area.
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Places near Cleckheaton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cleckheaton's £198,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Cleckheaton
- What is it like to live in Cleckheaton?
- Homes sold for a typical £198,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.5% on the 12 months before. At 339 of the 410 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 246 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 60 of its 423 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Low Moor, 3.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Cleckheaton?
- Cleckheaton is covered by postcode districts BD19 and HD6, across 423 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Cleckheaton?
- Homes in Cleckheaton sold for a typical £198,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 172 sales, up 4.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Cleckheaton?
- In Cleckheaton, primary schools at its postcodes include Howard Park Community School and Whitechapel Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Cleckheaton have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cleckheaton is Low Moor, 3.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Cleckheaton?
- Ofcom reports on 410 of the 423 postcodes in Cleckheaton. At 339 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Cleckheaton at risk of flooding?
- 60 of the 423 postcodes in Cleckheaton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 246 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Cleckheaton?
- 13 of the 423 postcodes now in use in Cleckheaton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 212 homes sold in Cleckheaton were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD19 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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