Holmfirth

Holmfirth is covered by postcode district HD9. It is in the Kirklees council area, England.

Typical price £255,000 Homes sold in Holmfirth, last 12 months. ▼ 3.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 71 of 152 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 25 of 163 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 65 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Holmfirth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Holmfirth, by flood risk Of the 163 postcodes in Holmfirth that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 138 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Holmfirth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A6024A635 HD9 1AA: not on the flood risk listHD9 1AB: not on the flood risk listHD9 1AE: not on the flood risk listHD9 1AJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1AQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1AS: not on the flood risk listHD9 1AY: not on the flood risk listHD9 1DZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EA: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EB: not on the flood risk listHD9 1ED: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EE: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EF: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EG: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EH: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EL: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EN: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EP: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1ES: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EU: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EW: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EX: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EY: not on the flood risk listHD9 1EZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HB: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HD: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HE: 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risk listHD9 2DU: not on the flood risk listHD9 2JJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 2JL: not on the flood risk listHD9 2JR: not on the flood risk listHD9 2JT: not on the flood risk listHD9 2JX: not on the flood risk listHD9 2JY: not on the flood risk listHD9 2JZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LA: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LB: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LE: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LF: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LG: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LL: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LN: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LP: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LR: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LW: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LY: not on the flood risk listHD9 2LZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 2NB: not on the flood risk listHD9 2PP: not on the flood risk listHD9 2PT: not on the flood risk listHD9 2PU: not on the flood risk listHD9 2PX: not on the flood risk listHD9 2PY: not on the flood risk listHD9 2PZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 2QZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 2RA: not on the flood risk listHD9 2RB: not on the flood risk listHD9 2RG: not on the flood risk listHD9 2RH: not on the flood risk listHD9 2RQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 2RR: not on the flood risk listHD9 2SG: not on the flood risk listHD9 2SJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 2ST: not on the flood risk listHD9 2SU: not on the flood risk listHD9 2TP: not on the flood risk listHD9 3AD: not on the flood risk listHD9 3AR: not on the flood risk listHD9 3AS: not on the flood risk listHD9 3AX: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BB: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BD: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BE: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BL: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BN: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BP: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BT: not on the flood risk listHD9 3BW: not on the flood risk listHD9 3ER: not on the flood risk listHD9 3HU: not on the flood risk listHD9 3HX: not on the flood risk listHD9 3HY: not on the flood risk listHD9 3HZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 3JA: not on the flood risk listHD9 3JB: not on the flood risk listHD9 3JU: not on the flood risk listHD9 3XJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 7AG: not on the flood risk listHD9 7AN: not on the flood risk listHD9 7AW: not on the flood risk listHD9 7AX: not on the flood risk listHD9 7EQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 2DQ: low flood risk at worstHD9 2JN: low flood risk at worstHD9 2JS: low flood risk at worstHD9 2JW: low flood risk at worstHD9 2TY: low flood risk at worstHD9 3AY: low flood risk at worstHD9 7DE: low flood risk at worstHD9 1HA: medium flood risk at worstHD9 2DJ: medium flood risk at worstHD9 2DR: medium flood risk at worstHD9 2PR: medium flood risk at worstHD9 2PS: medium flood risk at worstHD9 2TT: medium flood risk at worstHD9 7DA: medium flood risk at worstHD9 7DF: medium flood risk at worstHD9 2DG: high flood riskHD9 2DN: high flood riskHD9 2DP: high flood riskHD9 2JB: high flood riskHD9 2JU: high flood riskHD9 2TW: high flood riskHD9 2TX: high flood riskHD9 3AZ: high flood riskHD9 3JH: high flood riskHD9 7BB: high flood risk Holmfirth 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HD9 2DN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk10 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Holmfirth, by flood risk Of the 163 postcodes in Holmfirth that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 138 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Holmfirth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Holmfirth
  • A home or business at high risk: 10
  • At medium risk at worst: 8
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 138
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 163 postcodes in Holmfirth that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 138 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. 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 53.5683, longitude -1.7893. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

HD9 2DN8 at high riskHD9 2TW8 at high riskHD9 2DG6 at high riskHD9 2DP5 at high riskHD9 3AZ5 at high riskHD9 7BB4 at high riskHD9 2TX2 at high riskHD9 2JB2 at high riskHD9 2JU2 at high riskHD9 3JH2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HD9 2DN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Holmfirth?

Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.8% on the 12 months before. At 71 of the 152 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 65 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 25 of its 163 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Oaklands Health Centre, 1.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Brockholes, 3.4 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 Holmfirth?

Homes in Holmfirth sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 51 sales, down 3.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£255,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£265,000
12 months to August 2026
£255,000

▼ down 3.8% on the 12 months before

Detached£412,500 12 sales
Semi-detached£305,000 13 sales
Terraced£229,000 22 sales
Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole HD9 district, Holmfirth's main postcode district: a typical £276,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Holmfirth: 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 Holmfirth?

11 of the 163 postcodes now in use in Holmfirth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 83 homes sold in Holmfirth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD9 district, 5%.

The newest postcodes

HD9 9GAsince January 2026HD9 9FZsince November 2025HD9 9FYsince December 2024HD9 9FUsince August 2024HD9 2BDsince July 2024HD9 1YHsince March 2024

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 HolmfirthAcross the HD9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 51 (0%) 8 of 494 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 83 (0%) 37 of 674 (5%)

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 Holmfirth?

Ofcom reports on 152 of the 163 postcodes in Holmfirth. At 71 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit71 of 152
Postcodes where every home can get superfast132 of 152

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 checker

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

Is Holmfirth at risk of flooding?

25 of the 163 postcodes in Holmfirth 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 65 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 25 of 163 postcodes High: 44Medium: 21Low: 160

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 Holmfirth?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Holmfirth. 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 Holmfirth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Holmfirth is Brockholes Rail Station, 3.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Brockholes Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
  • Honley Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • Stocksmoor Rail Station Railway station 5.2 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 Holmfirth?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Holmfirth. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Holmfirth safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 489 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Holmfirth 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. 45 September 2025
  2. 46 October 2025
  3. 52 November 2025
  4. 41 December 2025
  5. 26 January 2026
  6. 41 February 2026
  7. 45 March 2026
  8. 41 April 2026
  9. 39 May 2026
  10. 24 June 2026
  11. 43 July 2026
  12. 46 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences202 reports
Anti-social behaviour61 reports
Public order49 reports
Criminal damage and arson42 reports
Shoplifting36 reports
Other theft34 reports
Vehicle crime18 reports
Drugs14 reports

Also: other crime 13, burglary 11, possession of weapons 4, theft from the person 3, robbery 2.

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 Holmfirth?

Council
Kirklees
Parliamentary constituency
Colne Valley
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Paul Davies (Labour)

All 163 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Holmfirth postcodes

163 postcodes in use in Holmfirth, by district:

HD9 postcode district,163 postcodes

That district is in the HD postcode area.

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Places near Holmfirth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Holmfirth's £255,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Scholes2.0 km, £340,000Honley2.6 km, £265,000Meltham4.9 km, £258,000Netherton5.2 km, £240,000Shepley and Shelley6.1 km, £275,000Kirkburton7.5 km, £267,000Linthwaite and Slaithwaite8.1 km, £222,500Lepton8.8 km, £246,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Holmfirth

What is it like to live in Holmfirth?
Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.8% on the 12 months before. At 71 of the 152 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 65 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 25 of its 163 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Oaklands Health Centre, 1.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Brockholes, 3.4 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 Holmfirth?
Holmfirth is covered by postcode district HD9, across 163 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Holmfirth in?
Holmfirth is in the Kirklees council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Holmfirth?
Holmfirth is in the Colne Valley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Paul Davies (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Holmfirth?
Homes in Holmfirth sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 51 sales, down 3.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Holmfirth?
In Holmfirth, primary schools at its postcodes include Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School and Upperthong Junior and Infant School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Holmfirth High School, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Holmfirth have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Holmfirth is Brockholes, 3.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Holmfirth?
Ofcom reports on 152 of the 163 postcodes in Holmfirth. At 71 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Holmfirth at risk of flooding?
25 of the 163 postcodes in Holmfirth 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 65 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 Holmfirth?
11 of the 163 postcodes now in use in Holmfirth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 83 homes sold in Holmfirth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD9 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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