Liversedge
Liversedge is covered by postcode districts BD19, WF15 and WF16. It is in the Kirklees council area, England.
Every postcode in Liversedge, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 493
Of the 498 postcodes in Liversedge that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 493 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 53.7085, longitude -1.7005. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Liversedge?
Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 442 of the 498 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 453 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 52 of its 498 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Mirfield, 4.2 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 Liversedge?
Homes in Liversedge sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 195 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £357,500 51 sales
- Semi-detached £202,500 62 sales
- Terraced £160,500 74 sales
- Flat or maisonette £137,500 8 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Liversedge: 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 Liversedge?
5 of the 498 postcodes now in use in Liversedge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 246 homes sold in Liversedge were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF15 district, 1%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Liversedge | Across the WF15 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 195 (0%) | 0 of 195 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 1 of 246 (Under 1%) | 3 of 248 (1%) |
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 Liversedge?
Ofcom reports on 498 of the 498 postcodes in Liversedge. At 442 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Liversedge at risk of flooding?
52 of the 498 postcodes in Liversedge 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 453 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Liversedge?
The open schools at the postcodes in Liversedge (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School300 m 313 pupils, 462 places
- Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School900 m 165 pupils, 175 places
- Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy1.1 km 279 pupils, 329 places
- Roberttown CofE Primary School1.2 km
- Norristhorpe Junior and Infant School1.4 km 417 pupils, 419 places
- Hightown Primary School1.5 km
- Hartshead Junior and Infant School1.7 km 86 pupils, 84 places
- High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School2.2 km 128 pupils, 142 places
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 Liversedge?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Liversedge is Mirfield Rail Station, 4.2 km away in a straight line.
- Mirfield Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle
- Ravensthorpe Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
- Dewsbury Rail Station Railway station 4.8 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 Liversedge?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Liversedge. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Liversedge Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01924 407771 800 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Liversedge safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,572 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Liversedge 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
- 133 September 2025
- 121 October 2025
- 130 November 2025
- 143 December 2025
- 113 January 2026
- 112 February 2026
- 133 March 2026
- 125 April 2026
- 136 May 2026
- 164 June 2026
- 143 July 2026
- 119 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 51, drugs 36, robbery 18, possession of weapons 18, bicycle theft 8, theft from the person 6.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Liversedge?
- Council
- Kirklees
- Parliamentary constituency
- Spen Valley
- Police force area
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
- MP
- Kim Leadbeater (Labour)
All 498 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 Liversedge
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Kirklees about council tax Council tax, on kirklees.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Liversedge
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Liversedge postcodes
498 postcodes in use in Liversedge, by district:
Those districts are in the WF postcode area and BD postcode area.
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Places near Liversedge
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Liversedge's £200,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Liversedge
- What is it like to live in Liversedge?
- Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 442 of the 498 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 453 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 52 of its 498 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Mirfield, 4.2 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 Liversedge?
- Liversedge is covered by postcode districts BD19, WF15 and WF16, across 498 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Liversedge in?
- Liversedge is in the Kirklees council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Liversedge?
- Liversedge is in the Spen Valley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Kim Leadbeater (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Liversedge?
- Homes in Liversedge sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 195 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Liversedge?
- In Liversedge, primary schools at its postcodes include Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School, Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School and Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Spen Valley High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Liversedge have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Liversedge is Mirfield, 4.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Liversedge?
- Ofcom reports on 498 of the 498 postcodes in Liversedge. At 442 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Liversedge at risk of flooding?
- 52 of the 498 postcodes in Liversedge 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 453 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 Liversedge?
- 5 of the 498 postcodes now in use in Liversedge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 246 homes sold in Liversedge were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF15 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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