Garforth
Garforth is covered by postcode districts LS25 and LS26. It is in the Leeds council area, England.
Every postcode in Garforth, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 20
- Some can get gigabit: 37
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 297
- Ofcom gives no figure: 18
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 372 postcodes in Garforth that ONS places, 20 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 37 have some that can, 297 can all get it and 18 have no Ofcom figure.
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. 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 53.7914, longitude -1.3829. 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; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 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
Postcodes without gigabit
20 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 11 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. LS25 2GA, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What is it like to live in Garforth?
Homes sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.8% on the 12 months before. At 297 of the 354 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 372 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Garforth, 550 metres 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 Garforth?
Homes in Garforth sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 170 sales, up 3.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £427,500 36 sales
- Semi-detached £265,000 103 sales
- Terraced £210,000 27 sales
- Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LS25 district, Garforth's main postcode district: a typical £268,975.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Garforth: 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 Garforth?
18 of the 372 postcodes now in use in Garforth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 266 homes sold in Garforth were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LS25 district, 14%.
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 Garforth | Across the LS25 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 170 (0%) | 14 of 572 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 20 of 266 (8%) | 118 of 837 (14%) |
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 Garforth?
Ofcom reports on 354 of the 372 postcodes in Garforth. At 297 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 Garforth at risk of flooding?
2 of the 372 postcodes in Garforth 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 1 home or business 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 Garforth?
The open schools at the postcodes in Garforth. 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 Garforth?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Garforth is Garforth Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.
- Garforth Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
- East Garforth Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
- Micklefield Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
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 Garforth?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Garforth. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Garforth Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2025 · Phone 0113 287 7321 300 mWalk
- Moorfield House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 0113 286 2214 700 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Garforth safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 912 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Garforth 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
- 90 September 2025
- 86 October 2025
- 82 November 2025
- 91 December 2025
- 58 January 2026
- 81 February 2026
- 76 March 2026
- 61 April 2026
- 91 May 2026
- 70 June 2026
- 80 July 2026
- 46 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 39, drugs 22, robbery 10, theft from the person 6, bicycle theft 6, possession of weapons 5.
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 Garforth?
- Council
- Leeds
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Leeds East (371) and Wetherby and Easingwold (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 Garforth
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Leeds about council tax Council tax, on leeds.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Garforth
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Garforth postcodes
372 postcodes in use in Garforth, by district:
Those districts are all in the LS postcode area.
Check a Garforth postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Garforth
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Garforth's £275,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Garforth
- What is it like to live in Garforth?
- Homes sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.8% on the 12 months before. At 297 of the 354 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 372 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Garforth, 550 metres 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 Garforth?
- Garforth is covered by postcode districts LS25 and LS26, across 372 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Garforth in?
- Garforth is in the Leeds council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Garforth?
- Homes in Garforth sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 170 sales, up 3.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Garforth?
- In Garforth, primary schools at its postcodes include Ninelands Primary School, St Benedict's Catholic Primary School and Strawberry Fields Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Garforth Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Garforth have a railway station?
- Yes: Garforth is 550 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Garforth, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Garforth?
- Ofcom reports on 354 of the 372 postcodes in Garforth. At 297 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Garforth at risk of flooding?
- 2 of the 372 postcodes in Garforth 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 1 home or business 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 Garforth?
- 18 of the 372 postcodes now in use in Garforth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 266 homes sold in Garforth were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LS25 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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