Kirkheaton

Kirkheaton is covered by postcode district HD5. It is in the Kirklees council area, England.

Typical price £213,750 Homes sold in Kirkheaton, last 12 months. ▲ 0.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 104 of 108 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 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Kirkheaton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Kirkheaton, by flood risk Of the 108 postcodes in Kirkheaton that ONS places, 108 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Kirkheaton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. HD5 0BH: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DA: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DB: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DD: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DF: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DG: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DH: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DJ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DL: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DN: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DP: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DQ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DR: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DS: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DT: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DU: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DW: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DX: not on the flood risk listHD5 0DY: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EA: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EB: not on the flood risk listHD5 0ED: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EE: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EF: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EG: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EH: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EJ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EL: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EN: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EP: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EQ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0ER: not on the flood risk listHD5 0ES: not on the flood risk listHD5 0ET: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EU: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EW: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EX: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EY: not on the flood risk listHD5 0EZ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HF: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HH: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HJ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HL: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HN: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HP: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HQ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HR: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HS: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HT: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HU: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HW: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HX: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HY: not on the flood risk listHD5 0HZ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JA: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JB: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JD: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JE: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JF: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JG: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JH: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JJ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JL: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JN: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JP: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JQ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JR: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JS: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JT: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JU: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JW: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JX: not on the flood risk listHD5 0JY: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LA: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LB: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LD: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LE: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LG: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LH: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LJ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LL: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LN: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LP: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LQ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LR: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LS: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LT: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LU: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LW: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LX: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LY: not on the flood risk listHD5 0LZ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0NB: not on the flood risk listHD5 0ND: not on the flood risk listHD5 0NE: not on the flood risk listHD5 0NF: not on the flood risk listHD5 0NG: not on the flood risk listHD5 0NJ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0NL: not on the flood risk listHD5 0NQ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0NW: not on the flood risk listHD5 0PG: not on the flood risk listHD5 0PH: not on the flood risk listHD5 0PJ: not on the flood risk listHD5 0PL: not on the flood risk listHD5 0QB: not on the flood risk listHD5 0QE: not on the flood risk listHD5 0QT: not on the flood risk list Kirkheaton Map of every postcode in Kirkheaton, by flood risk Of the 108 postcodes in Kirkheaton that ONS places, 108 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Kirkheaton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Kirkheaton
  • 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: 108

Of the 108 postcodes in Kirkheaton that ONS places, 108 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 53.6585, longitude -1.7279. 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 Kirkheaton?

Homes sold for a typical £213,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 104 of the 108 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 108 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 and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Waterloo Practice, 1.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Deighton, 1.9 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 Kirkheaton?

Homes in Kirkheaton sold for a typical £213,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 60 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£213,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£212,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £375,000 14 sales
  • Semi-detached £243,500 22 sales
  • Terraced £165,000 23 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole HD5 district, Kirkheaton's main postcode district: a typical £180,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kirkheaton: 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 Kirkheaton?

None of the 108 postcodes now in use in Kirkheaton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 68 homes sold in Kirkheaton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD5 district, 0%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn KirkheatonAcross the HD5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 60 (0%) 1 of 336 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 68 (0%) 0 of 403 (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 Kirkheaton?

Ofcom reports on 108 of the 108 postcodes in Kirkheaton. At 104 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit104 of 108
Postcodes where every home can get superfast107 of 108

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 Kirkheaton at risk of flooding?

None of the 108 postcodes in Kirkheaton 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 Kirkheaton?

The open schools at the postcodes in Kirkheaton. 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 Kirkheaton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkheaton is Deighton Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Deighton Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
  • Mirfield Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
  • Huddersfield Rail Station Railway station 3.9 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 Kirkheaton?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Kirkheaton. 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.

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

Is Kirkheaton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 635 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kirkheaton 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. 53 September 2025
  2. 77 October 2025
  3. 53 November 2025
  4. 43 December 2025
  5. 41 January 2026
  6. 53 February 2026
  7. 45 March 2026
  8. 49 April 2026
  9. 51 May 2026
  10. 53 June 2026
  11. 64 July 2026
  12. 53 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences255 reports
Shoplifting84 reports
Anti-social behaviour57 reports
Public order56 reports
Other theft39 reports
Criminal damage and arson35 reports
Other crime30 reports
Burglary29 reports

Also: vehicle crime 22, drugs 17, robbery 5, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 2, 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 Kirkheaton?

Council
Kirklees
Parliamentary constituencies
Spen Valley (105) and Huddersfield (3)
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

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Kirkheaton postcodes

108 postcodes in use in Kirkheaton, by district:

HD5 postcode district,108 postcodes

That district is in the HD postcode area.

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Places near Kirkheaton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kirkheaton's £213,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Lepton3.0 km, £246,250Mirfield3.2 km, £240,000Huddersfield4.4 km, £182,500Kirkburton5.2 km, £267,000Liversedge5.8 km, £200,000Brighouse6.8 km, £220,000Heckmondwike6.9 km, £179,000Dewsbury7.1 km, £175,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Kirkheaton

What is it like to live in Kirkheaton?
Homes sold for a typical £213,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 104 of the 108 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 108 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 and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Waterloo Practice, 1.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Deighton, 1.9 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 Kirkheaton?
Kirkheaton is covered by postcode district HD5, across 108 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Kirkheaton in?
Kirkheaton is in the Kirklees council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Kirkheaton?
Homes in Kirkheaton sold for a typical £213,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 60 sales, up 0.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Kirkheaton?
In Kirkheaton, primary schools at its postcodes include Kirkheaton Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Fields Rise School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Kirkheaton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kirkheaton is Deighton, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Kirkheaton?
Ofcom reports on 108 of the 108 postcodes in Kirkheaton. At 104 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Kirkheaton at risk of flooding?
None of the 108 postcodes in Kirkheaton 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 Kirkheaton?
None of the 108 postcodes now in use in Kirkheaton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 68 homes sold in Kirkheaton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD5 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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