Linthwaite and Slaithwaite

Linthwaite and Slaithwaite is covered by postcode districts HD4 and HD7. It is in the Kirklees council area, England.

Typical price £217,500 Homes sold in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 189 of 247 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 26 of 255 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 82 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 6 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite, by flood risk Of the 255 postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 11 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 229 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Linthwaite and Slaithwaite. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. HD4 5XA: not on the flood risk listHD7 4EN: not on the flood risk listHD7 4ER: not on the flood risk listHD7 4ES: not on the flood risk listHD7 4ET: not on the flood risk listHD7 4EU: not on the flood risk listHD7 4EW: not on the flood risk listHD7 4EX: not on the flood risk listHD7 4EY: not on the flood risk listHD7 4EZ: not on the flood risk listHD7 4HB: not on the flood risk listHD7 4HQ: not on the flood risk listHD7 4WQ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AF: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AH: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AL: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AN: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AQ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AW: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AY: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AZ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5BH: not on the flood risk listHD7 5BJ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5BP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5BU: not on the flood risk listHD7 5BW: not on the flood risk listHD7 5BX: not on the flood risk listHD7 5BY: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DA: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DB: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DD: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DF: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DJ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DL: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DN: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DQ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DR: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DS: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DU: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DW: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DX: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DY: not on the flood risk listHD7 5DZ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EA: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EB: not on the flood risk listHD7 5ED: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EE: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EF: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EG: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EH: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EJ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EL: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EN: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5EQ: not on the flood risk listHD7 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flood risk listHD7 5HW: not on the flood risk listHD7 5HX: not on the flood risk listHD7 5HY: not on the flood risk listHD7 5HZ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5JA: not on the flood risk listHD7 5JB: not on the flood risk listHD7 5JD: not on the flood risk listHD7 5JF: not on the flood risk listHD7 5JG: not on the flood risk listHD7 5JP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5JS: not on the flood risk listHD7 5JX: not on the flood risk listHD7 5JZ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LA: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LB: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LD: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LE: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LF: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LG: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LH: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LJ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LL: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LN: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LQ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LR: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LS: not on the flood risk listHD7 5LT: not on the flood risk listHD7 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flood risk listHD7 5PQ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5PR: not on the flood risk listHD7 5PS: not on the flood risk listHD7 5PU: not on the flood risk listHD7 5PX: not on the flood risk listHD7 5PZ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QA: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QB: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QH: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QS: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QT: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QU: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QW: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QX: not on the flood risk listHD7 5QZ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RB: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RD: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RF: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RG: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RH: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RJ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RQ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RS: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RT: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RW: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RX: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RY: not on the flood risk listHD7 5RZ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SA: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SB: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SD: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SE: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SF: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SG: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SH: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SJ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SN: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SR: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SS: not on the flood risk listHD7 5ST: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SU: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SX: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SY: not on the flood risk listHD7 5SZ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TA: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TB: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TD: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TE: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TG: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TJ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TL: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TN: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TP: not on the flood risk listHD7 5TR: not on the flood risk listHD7 5UA: not on the flood risk listHD7 5UE: not on the flood risk listHD7 5UF: not on the flood risk listHD7 5UG: not on the flood risk listHD7 5UH: not on the flood risk listHD7 5UJ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5UN: not on the flood risk listHD7 5UQ: not on the flood risk listHD7 5WE: not on the flood risk listHD7 5WF: not on the flood risk listHD7 5XE: not on the flood risk listHD7 5ZA: not on the flood risk listHD7 5ZB: not on the flood risk listHD7 5ZD: not on the flood risk listHD7 5ZE: not on the flood risk listHD7 5AG: very low flood risk onlyHD7 5FB: very low flood risk onlyHD7 5BA: low flood risk at worstHD7 5BD: low flood risk at worstHD7 5BL: low flood risk at worstHD7 5BS: low flood risk at worstHD7 5JN: low flood risk at worstHD7 5QE: low flood risk at worstHD7 5QG: low flood risk at worstHD7 5QQ: low flood risk at worstHD7 5QL: low flood risk at worstHD7 5QN: low flood risk at worstHD7 5RR: low flood risk at worstHD7 5AB: medium flood risk at worstHD7 5AR: medium flood risk at worstHD7 5AS: medium flood risk at worstHD7 5AU: medium flood risk at worstHD7 5BB: high flood riskHD7 5BE: high flood riskHD7 5BG: high flood riskHD7 5BN: high flood riskHD7 5BQ: high flood riskHD7 5BR: high flood riskHD7 5BZ: high flood riskHD7 5FE: high flood riskHD7 5QY: high flood risk Linthwaite and Slaithwaite 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HD7 5BG, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite, by flood risk Of the 255 postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 11 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 229 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Linthwaite and Slaithwaite. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Linthwaite and Slaithwaite
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 11
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 229
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 255 postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 11 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 229 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 53.6239, longitude -1.8682. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The postcodes at high risk

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

HD7 5BG13 at high riskHD7 5FE12 at high riskHD7 5BQ8 at high riskHD7 5BR7 at high riskHD7 5BB5 at high riskHD7 5BN4 at high riskHD7 5BE3 at high riskHD7 5BZ3 at high riskHD7 5QY1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HD7 5BG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?

Homes sold for a typical £217,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 189 of the 247 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 82 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 26 of its 255 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 Slaithwaite, 900 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?

Homes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite sold for a typical £217,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 148 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £220,000 from 165 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£217,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£220,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £380,000 23 sales
  • Semi-detached £295,000 29 sales
  • Terraced £206,250 78 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £106,500 18 sales

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

Across the whole HD7 district, Linthwaite and Slaithwaite's main postcode district: a typical £228,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?

8 of the 255 postcodes now in use in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 1 of the 165 homes sold in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD7 district, 3%.

The newest postcodes

HD7 5FTsince June 2025HD7 9AWsince June 2025HD7 5FLsince January 2024HD7 5FQsince December 2023HD7 5FNsince August 2023HD7 5FHsince June 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 Linthwaite and SlaithwaiteAcross the HD7 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 148 (0%) 4 of 326 (1%)
The 12 months to September 2025 1 of 165 (Under 1%) 12 of 372 (3%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?

Ofcom reports on 247 of the 255 postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite. At 189 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit189 of 247
Postcodes where every home can get superfast221 of 247

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Linthwaite and Slaithwaite at risk of flooding?

26 of the 255 postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite 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 82 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 26 of 255 postcodes High: 56Medium: 26Low: 128Very low: 6

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?

The open schools at the postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite is Slaithwaite Rail Station, 900 m away in a straight line.

  • Slaithwaite Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
  • Lockwood Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
  • Marsden Rail Station Railway station 4.7 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Linthwaite and Slaithwaite safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 647 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite 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. 56 September 2025
  2. 52 October 2025
  3. 56 November 2025
  4. 52 December 2025
  5. 60 January 2026
  6. 49 February 2026
  7. 53 March 2026
  8. 56 April 2026
  9. 51 May 2026
  10. 63 June 2026
  11. 52 July 2026
  12. 47 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences288 reports
Shoplifting56 reports
Anti-social behaviour49 reports
Vehicle crime49 reports
Public order47 reports
Criminal damage and arson42 reports
Burglary31 reports
Other theft30 reports

Also: other crime 26, drugs 10, possession of weapons 8, bicycle theft 6, robbery 3, theft from the person 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 to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?

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

All 255 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Linthwaite and Slaithwaite

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Linthwaite and Slaithwaite postcodes

255 postcodes in use in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite, by district:

HD7 postcode district,254 postcodesHD4 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the HD postcode area.

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Places near Linthwaite and Slaithwaite

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Linthwaite and Slaithwaite's £217,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Meltham3.6 km, £262,500Netherton4.0 km, £249,500Marsden4.6 km, £235,000Holywell Green and Stainland5.5 km, £190,500Huddersfield5.7 km, £182,375Honley6.8 km, £265,000Elland7.0 km, £200,000Ripponden7.3 km, £232,500 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Linthwaite and Slaithwaite

What is the postcode for Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?
Postcode districts HD4 and HD7, with 255 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Linthwaite and Slaithwaite in?
Kirklees. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?
Paul Davies (Labour), for Colne Valley. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?
A typical £217,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 148 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Linthwaite Clough Primary School, Wellhouse Junior and Infant School and Nields Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Colne Valley High School. Source: Department for Education.
Does Linthwaite and Slaithwaite have a railway station?
Yes: Slaithwaite station, 900 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?
Ofcom reports on 247 of the 255 postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite. At 189 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Linthwaite and Slaithwaite at risk of flooding?
26 of the 255 postcodes in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite 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 82 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite?
8 of the 255 postcodes now in use in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 1 of the 165 homes sold in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD7 district, 3%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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