Drighlington

Drighlington is covered by postcode districts BD11 and WF17. It is mostly in the Leeds council area: 141 of its 142 postcodes. The other is in Kirklees.

Typical price £256,500 Homes sold in Drighlington, last 12 months. ▼ 3.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 133 of 141 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Drighlington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Drighlington, by flood risk Of the 142 postcodes in Drighlington that ONS places, 142 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Drighlington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A650M62A58 BD11 1AA: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AB: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AD: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AE: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AG: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AH: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AJ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AL: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AN: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AP: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AQ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AR: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AS: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AT: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AU: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AW: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AX: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AY: not on the flood risk listBD11 1AZ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1BB: not on the flood risk listBD11 1BD: not on the flood risk listBD11 1BE: not on the flood risk listBD11 1BG: not on the flood risk listBD11 1BH: not on the flood risk listBD11 1BJ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1BL: not on the flood risk listBD11 1BN: not on the flood risk listBD11 1BP: not on 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not on the flood risk listBD11 1EJ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1EL: not on the flood risk listBD11 1EN: not on the flood risk listBD11 1EP: not on the flood risk listBD11 1EQ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1ER: not on the flood risk listBD11 1ES: not on the flood risk listBD11 1ET: not on the flood risk listBD11 1EU: not on the flood risk listBD11 1EW: not on the flood risk listBD11 1EX: not on the flood risk listBD11 1EY: not on the flood risk listBD11 1EZ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FA: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FD: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FE: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FF: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FG: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FH: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FJ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FL: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FN: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FR: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FU: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FX: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FY: not on the flood risk listBD11 1FZ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1GA: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HA: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HB: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HD: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HE: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HG: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HH: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HJ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HL: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HN: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HP: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HQ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HR: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HS: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HT: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HU: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HW: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HX: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HY: not on the flood risk listBD11 1HZ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JA: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JB: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JD: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JE: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JF: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JG: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JH: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JJ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JL: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JN: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JP: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JQ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JS: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JT: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JU: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JW: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JX: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JY: not on the flood risk listBD11 1JZ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LA: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LB: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LD: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LE: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LH: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LJ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LL: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LN: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LQ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LR: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LS: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LU: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LW: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LX: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LY: not on the flood risk listBD11 1LZ: not on the flood risk listBD11 1NA: not on the flood risk listBD11 1NF: not on the flood risk listBD11 1NP: not on the flood risk listWF17 9LJ: not on the flood risk list Drighlington Map of every postcode in Drighlington, by flood risk Of the 142 postcodes in Drighlington that ONS places, 142 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Drighlington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A650 Drighlington
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 142

Of the 142 postcodes in Drighlington that ONS places, 142 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7540, longitude -1.6602. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What is it like to live in Drighlington?

Homes sold for a typical £256,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 133 of the 141 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 142 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Morley, 4.6 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 Drighlington?

Homes in Drighlington sold for a typical £256,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 76 sales, down 3.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£256,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£265,000
12 months to August 2026
£256,500

▼ down 3.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£349,000 15 sales
Semi-detached£264,000 37 sales
Terraced£189,950 17 sales
Flat or maisonette£132,500 7 sales

Across the whole BD11 district, Drighlington's main postcode district: a typical £238,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Drighlington: 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 Drighlington?

18 of the 142 postcodes now in use in Drighlington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 109 homes sold in Drighlington were newly built (12%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD11 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

BD11 1FYsince October 2023BD11 1FNsince September 2023BD11 1FHsince April 2023BD11 1FZsince April 2023BD11 1GAsince December 2022BD11 1FGsince October 2022

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

PeriodIn DrighlingtonAcross the BD11 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 76 (0%) 4 of 184 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 13 of 109 (12%) 56 of 271 (21%)

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 Drighlington?

Ofcom reports on 141 of the 142 postcodes in Drighlington. At 133 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit133 of 141
Postcodes where every home can get superfast137 of 141

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Drighlington at risk of flooding?

None of the 142 postcodes in Drighlington is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Drighlington?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Drighlington. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Drighlington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Drighlington is Morley Rail Station, 4.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Morley Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
  • Cottingley Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmDrive
  • Batley Rail Station Railway station 5.5 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 Drighlington?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Drighlington. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Drighlington safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 823 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Drighlington 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

  1. 75 September 2025
  2. 60 October 2025
  3. 68 November 2025
  4. 51 December 2025
  5. 55 January 2026
  6. 60 February 2026
  7. 65 March 2026
  8. 87 April 2026
  9. 70 May 2026
  10. 87 June 2026
  11. 78 July 2026
  12. 67 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences249 reports
Anti-social behaviour146 reports
Shoplifting114 reports
Public order70 reports
Criminal damage and arson64 reports
Burglary47 reports
Other theft41 reports
Vehicle crime35 reports

Also: other crime 30, drugs 13, robbery 9, possession of weapons 3, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Drighlington?

Councils
Leeds (141) and Kirklees (1)
Parliamentary constituencies
Leeds South West and Morley (141) and Spen 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 Drighlington

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Drighlington postcodes

142 postcodes in use in Drighlington, by district:

BD11 postcode district,141 postcodesWF17 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are in the BD postcode area and WF postcode area.

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Places near Drighlington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Drighlington's £256,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Gildersome2.0 km, £238,000Gomersal and Birkenshaw2.4 km, £229,000Batley4.1 km, £184,650Morley4.1 km, £212,000Heckmondwike4.9 km, £179,000Cleckheaton5.0 km, £198,500Pudsey5.1 km, £240,000Oakenshaw5.5 km, £183,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Drighlington

What is it like to live in Drighlington?
Homes sold for a typical £256,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 133 of the 141 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 142 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Morley, 4.6 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 Drighlington?
Drighlington is covered by postcode districts BD11 and WF17, across 142 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Drighlington?
Homes in Drighlington sold for a typical £256,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 76 sales, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Drighlington?
In Drighlington, primary schools at its postcodes include Drighlington Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is BBG Academy, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Drighlington have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Drighlington is Morley, 4.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Drighlington?
Ofcom reports on 141 of the 142 postcodes in Drighlington. At 133 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Drighlington at risk of flooding?
None of the 142 postcodes in Drighlington is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Drighlington?
18 of the 142 postcodes now in use in Drighlington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 109 homes sold in Drighlington were newly built (12%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD11 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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