Horbury

Horbury is covered by postcode district WF4. It is in the Wakefield council area, England.

Typical price £220,000 Homes sold in Horbury, last 12 months. ▲ 8.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 281 of 318 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 55 of 321 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 277 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Horbury, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Horbury, by flood risk Of the 321 postcodes in Horbury that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 22 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 266 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 23 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Horbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M1 WF4 5AA: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AB: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AD: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AE: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AF: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AH: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AL: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AN: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AP: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AR: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AS: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AT: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AU: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AW: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AX: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AY: not on the flood risk listWF4 5AZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BA: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BB: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BD: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BE: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BH: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BN: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BP: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BW: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BX: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BY: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DA: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DB: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DD: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DE: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DF: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DH: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DL: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DN: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DR: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DS: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DT: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DU: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DW: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DX: not on the flood risk listWF4 5DZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5ED: not on the flood risk listWF4 5EE: not on the flood risk listWF4 5EF: not on the flood risk listWF4 5EG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5EL: not on the flood risk listWF4 5EN: not on the flood risk listWF4 5EP: not on the flood risk listWF4 5EQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5EX: not on the flood risk listWF4 5FA: not on the flood risk listWF4 5FB: not on the flood risk listWF4 5FE: not on the flood risk listWF4 5FG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5FJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5FL: not on the flood risk listWF4 5FN: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HD: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HE: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HF: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HH: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HL: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HN: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HP: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HT: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HU: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HW: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HY: not on the flood risk listWF4 5HZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JA: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JD: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JE: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JF: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JH: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JL: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JN: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JP: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JR: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JS: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JT: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JU: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JW: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JX: not on the flood risk listWF4 5JY: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LA: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LE: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LH: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LN: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LP: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LR: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LS: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LT: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LU: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LW: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LX: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LY: not on the flood risk listWF4 5LZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5NA: not on the flood risk listWF4 5NB: not on the flood risk listWF4 5ND: not on the flood risk listWF4 5NE: not on the flood risk listWF4 5NG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5NQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5QF: not on the flood risk listWF4 5QG: not on the flood risk listWF4 5QQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 5QS: not on the flood risk listWF4 5QX: not on the flood risk listWF4 5RA: not on the flood risk listWF4 5RE: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AA: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AB: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AD: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AE: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AF: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AG: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AH: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AL: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AN: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AP: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AR: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AS: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AT: not on the flood risk listWF4 6AU: not on 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the flood risk listWF4 6EZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 6FA: not on the flood risk listWF4 6FB: not on the flood risk listWF4 6FD: not on the flood risk listWF4 6FE: not on the flood risk listWF4 6GE: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HA: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HE: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HG: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HH: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HL: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HN: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HP: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HR: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HS: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HT: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HU: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HX: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HY: not on the flood risk listWF4 6HZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JA: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JB: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JD: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JE: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JF: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JG: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JH: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JL: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JN: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JP: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JR: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JS: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JT: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JU: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JW: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JX: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JY: not on the flood risk listWF4 6JZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LA: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LG: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LH: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LL: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LN: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LP: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LS: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LT: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LU: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LW: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LX: not on the flood risk listWF4 6LY: not on the flood risk listWF4 6NA: not on the flood risk listWF4 6NB: not on the flood risk listWF4 6ND: not on the flood risk listWF4 6NE: not on the flood risk listWF4 6NF: not on the flood risk listWF4 6NG: not on the flood risk listWF4 6NJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 6NL: not on the flood risk listWF4 6NN: not on the flood risk listWF4 6PA: not on the flood risk listWF4 5BU: low flood risk at worstWF4 5DY: low flood risk at worstWF4 5EA: low flood risk at worstWF4 5EH: low flood risk at worstWF4 5ER: low flood risk at worstWF4 5EW: low flood risk at worstWF4 5FD: low flood risk at worstWF4 5FF: low flood risk at worstWF4 5FH: low flood risk at worstWF4 5HS: low flood risk at worstWF4 5HX: low flood risk at worstWF4 5LD: low flood risk at worstWF4 5NF: low flood risk at worstWF4 5NP: low flood risk at worstWF4 5PN: low flood risk at worstWF4 5PQ: low flood risk at worstWF4 5QB: low flood risk at worstWF4 5QD: low flood risk at worstWF4 5QP: low flood risk at worstWF4 5QR: low flood risk at worstWF4 5QU: low flood risk at worstWF4 5RD: low flood risk at worstWF4 6AJ: low flood risk at worstWF4 6HB: low flood risk at worstWF4 6HJ: low flood risk at worstWF4 5BL: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5BR: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5BS: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5BT: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5EB: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5NJ: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5NR: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5NS: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5NT: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5NU: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5NX: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PA: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PB: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PE: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PF: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PG: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PH: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PL: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PP: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PR: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PS: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5PX: medium flood risk at worstWF4 5EU: high flood riskWF4 5NH: high flood riskWF4 5NN: high flood riskWF4 5NW: high flood riskWF4 5QT: high flood riskWF4 5QY: high flood riskWF4 5RB: high flood riskWF4 5RW: high flood risk Horbury 23 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to WF4 5NW, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk23 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Horbury, by flood risk Of the 321 postcodes in Horbury that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 22 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 266 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 23 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Horbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Horbury
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 22
  • At low risk at worst: 25
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 266
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 321 postcodes in Horbury that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 22 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 266 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 53.6607, longitude -1.5559. 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.

WF4 5NW56 at high riskWF4 5EU12 at high riskWF4 5QT7 at high riskWF4 5RB7 at high riskWF4 5NH2 at high riskWF4 5RW2 at high riskWF4 5NN1 at high riskWF4 5QY1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 23 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WF4 5NW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Horbury?

Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.9% on the 12 months before. At 281 of the 318 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 277 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 55 of its 321 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wakefield Westgate, 4.1 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 Horbury?

Homes in Horbury sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 113 sales, up 8.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£220,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£202,000
12 months to August 2026
£220,000

▲ up 8.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£415,000 31 sales
Semi-detached£241,000 36 sales
Terraced£170,000 42 sales
Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole WF4 district, Horbury's main postcode district: a typical £230,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Horbury: 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 Horbury?

4 of the 321 postcodes now in use in Horbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 139 homes sold in Horbury were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF4 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

WF4 5FNsince May 2025WF4 5FJsince October 2024WF4 6FEsince September 2023WF4 5FGsince July 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 HorburyAcross the WF4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 113 (0%) 1 of 478 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 139 (0%) 0 of 605 (0%)

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 Horbury?

Ofcom reports on 318 of the 321 postcodes in Horbury. At 281 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit281 of 318
Postcodes where every home can get superfast305 of 318

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 Horbury at risk of flooding?

55 of the 321 postcodes in Horbury 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 277 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 55 of 321 postcodes High: 88Medium: 189Low: 475Very low: 22

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 Horbury?

The open schools at the postcodes in Horbury. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Horbury?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Horbury is Wakefield Westgate Rail Station, 4.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Wakefield Westgate Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
  • Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
  • Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station Railway station 4.9 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 Horbury?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Horbury. 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 Horbury safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,254 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Horbury 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. 86 September 2025
  2. 93 October 2025
  3. 105 November 2025
  4. 100 December 2025
  5. 94 January 2026
  6. 90 February 2026
  7. 123 March 2026
  8. 109 April 2026
  9. 127 May 2026
  10. 109 June 2026
  11. 102 July 2026
  12. 116 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences601 reports
Anti-social behaviour129 reports
Public order109 reports
Criminal damage and arson93 reports
Other theft86 reports
Vehicle crime65 reports
Other crime55 reports
Burglary41 reports

Also: shoplifting 39, drugs 16, possession of weapons 11, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 3, robbery 3.

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 Horbury?

Council
Wakefield
Parliamentary constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Jade Botterill (Labour)

All 321 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

Moving to Horbury

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

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Horbury postcodes

321 postcodes in use in Horbury, by district:

WF4 postcode district,321 postcodes

That district is in the WF postcode area.

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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 Horbury

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Horbury's £220,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Netherton, Wakefield2.3 km, £227,500Crigglestone and Durkar2.5 km, £244,250Ossett2.6 km, £214,500Middlestown and Overton3.3 km, £200,000Hall Green3.9 km, £295,000Wakefield4.3 km, £225,000Dewsbury5.9 km, £175,000Walton6.3 km, £316,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Horbury

What is it like to live in Horbury?
Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.9% on the 12 months before. At 281 of the 318 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 277 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 55 of its 321 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wakefield Westgate, 4.1 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 Horbury?
Horbury is covered by postcode district WF4, across 321 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Horbury in?
Horbury is in the Wakefield council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Horbury?
Horbury is in the Ossett and Denby Dale parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jade Botterill (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Horbury?
Homes in Horbury sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 113 sales, up 8.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Horbury?
In Horbury, primary schools at its postcodes include Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School, Horbury Primary Academy and Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Hall Cliffe School and Horbury Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Horbury have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Horbury is Wakefield Westgate, 4.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Horbury?
Ofcom reports on 318 of the 321 postcodes in Horbury. At 281 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Horbury at risk of flooding?
55 of the 321 postcodes in Horbury 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 277 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 Horbury?
4 of the 321 postcodes now in use in Horbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 139 homes sold in Horbury were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF4 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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