Kirkburton

Kirkburton is covered by postcode district HD8. It is in the Kirklees council area, England.

Typical price £267,000 Homes sold in Kirkburton, last 12 months. ▲ 4.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 93 of 101 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 16 of 101 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 27 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Kirkburton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Kirkburton, by flood risk Of the 101 postcodes in Kirkburton that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 85 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Kirkburton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A629 HD8 0GR: not on the flood risk listHD8 0GS: not on the flood risk listHD8 0GT: not on the flood risk listHD8 0NX: not on the flood risk listHD8 0NY: not on the flood risk listHD8 0PA: not on the flood risk listHD8 0PF: not on the flood risk listHD8 0PG: not on the flood risk listHD8 0PH: not on the flood risk listHD8 0PL: not on the flood risk listHD8 0PN: not on the flood risk listHD8 0PY: not on the flood risk listHD8 0PZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QA: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QD: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QE: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QF: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QG: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QH: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QL: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QN: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QP: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QQ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QR: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QS: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QT: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QU: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QW: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QX: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QY: not on the flood risk listHD8 0QZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RA: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RB: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RD: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RE: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RF: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RG: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RN: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RQ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RR: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RT: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RU: not on the flood risk listHD8 0RZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SA: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SE: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SF: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SG: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SP: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SQ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SR: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SS: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SU: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SW: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SX: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SY: not on the flood risk listHD8 0SZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TB: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TD: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TF: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TG: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TH: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TL: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TN: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TP: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TQ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TR: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TS: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TT: not on the flood risk listHD8 0TW: not on the flood risk listHD8 0UL: not on the flood risk listHD8 0UR: not on the flood risk listHD8 0US: not on the flood risk listHD8 0XA: not on the flood risk listHD8 0XB: not on the flood risk listHD8 0XD: not on the flood risk listHD8 0XE: not on the flood risk listHD8 0XF: not on the flood risk listHD8 0XH: not on the flood risk listHD8 0XJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0XQ: not on the flood risk listHD8 0ZF: not on the flood risk listHD8 0ZG: not on the flood risk listHD8 0ZH: not on the flood risk listHD8 0NZ: very low flood risk onlyHD8 0NP: low flood risk at worstHD8 0PP: low flood risk at worstHD8 0SH: low flood risk at worstHD8 0TE: low flood risk at worstHD8 0RH: medium flood risk at worstHD8 0RY: medium flood risk at worstHD8 0PE: high flood riskHD8 0PQ: high flood riskHD8 0PW: high flood riskHD8 0RL: high flood riskHD8 0RS: high flood riskHD8 0RW: high flood riskHD8 0RX: high flood riskHD8 0SB: high flood riskHD8 0SD: high flood risk Kirkburton 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HD8 0SD, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Kirkburton, by flood risk Of the 101 postcodes in Kirkburton that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 85 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Kirkburton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Kirkburton 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HD8 0SD, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 85
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 101 postcodes in Kirkburton that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 85 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 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.6136, longitude -1.7061. 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.

HD8 0PW6 at high riskHD8 0PQ3 at high riskHD8 0SD2 at high riskHD8 0RS2 at high riskHD8 0RW2 at high riskHD8 0RX1 at high riskHD8 0PE1 at high riskHD8 0RL1 at high riskHD8 0SB1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HD8 0SD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Kirkburton?

Homes sold for a typical £267,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.9% on the 12 months before. At 93 of the 101 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 27 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 101 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stocksmoor, 2.4 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 Kirkburton?

Homes in Kirkburton sold for a typical £267,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 72 sales, up 4.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£267,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£254,500
12 months to August 2026
£267,000

▲ up 4.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£440,000 25 sales
Semi-detached£262,000 25 sales
Terraced£175,000 21 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole HD8 district, Kirkburton's main postcode district: a typical £278,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kirkburton: 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 Kirkburton?

None of the 101 postcodes now in use in Kirkburton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 78 homes sold in Kirkburton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD8 district, 13%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn KirkburtonAcross the HD8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 72 (0%) 8 of 441 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 78 (0%) 93 of 689 (13%)

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 Kirkburton?

Ofcom reports on 101 of the 101 postcodes in Kirkburton. At 93 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit93 of 101
Postcodes where every home can get superfast96 of 101

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 Kirkburton at risk of flooding?

16 of the 101 postcodes in Kirkburton 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 27 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 16 of 101 postcodes High: 19Medium: 8Low: 37Very low: 29

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 Kirkburton?

The open schools at the postcodes in Kirkburton. 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

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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 Kirkburton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkburton is Stocksmoor Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Stocksmoor Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Shepley Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
  • Brockholes Rail Station Railway station 4.6 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 Kirkburton?

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

Police.uk records 224 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kirkburton 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. 14 September 2025
  2. 12 October 2025
  3. 16 November 2025
  4. 14 December 2025
  5. 29 January 2026
  6. 19 February 2026
  7. 7 March 2026
  8. 17 April 2026
  9. 26 May 2026
  10. 32 June 2026
  11. 16 July 2026
  12. 22 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences97 reports
Anti-social behaviour45 reports
Burglary22 reports
Public order18 reports
Other theft11 reports
Criminal damage and arson9 reports
Other crime9 reports
Vehicle crime5 reports

Also: drugs 3, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 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 Kirkburton?

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

All 101 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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Kirkburton postcodes

101 postcodes in use in Kirkburton, by district:

HD8 postcode district,101 postcodes

That district is in the HD postcode area.

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Places near Kirkburton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kirkburton's £267,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Lepton2.2 km, £246,250Shepley and Shelley2.6 km, £275,000Kirkheaton5.2 km, £213,750Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West5.4 km, £268,000Honley5.5 km, £265,000Denby Dale5.6 km, £305,000Scholes6.8 km, £340,000Huddersfield6.9 km, £182,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Kirkburton

What is it like to live in Kirkburton?
Homes sold for a typical £267,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.9% on the 12 months before. At 93 of the 101 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 27 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 101 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stocksmoor, 2.4 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 Kirkburton?
Kirkburton is covered by postcode district HD8, across 101 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Kirkburton in?
Kirkburton is in the Kirklees council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Kirkburton?
Kirkburton 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 Kirkburton?
Homes in Kirkburton sold for a typical £267,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 72 sales, up 4.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Kirkburton?
In Kirkburton, primary schools at its postcodes include Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School and Highburton CofE First Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Kirkburton Middle School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Kirkburton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkburton is Stocksmoor, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Kirkburton?
Ofcom reports on 101 of the 101 postcodes in Kirkburton. At 93 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Kirkburton at risk of flooding?
16 of the 101 postcodes in Kirkburton 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 27 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 Kirkburton?
None of the 101 postcodes now in use in Kirkburton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 78 homes sold in Kirkburton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD8 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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