Meltham

Meltham is covered by postcode district HD9. It is in the Kirklees council area, England.

Typical price £258,000 Homes sold in Meltham, last 12 months. ▼ 1.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 182 of 214 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 12 of 214 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Meltham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Meltham, by flood risk Of the 214 postcodes in Meltham that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 202 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Meltham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. HD9 4AA: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AB: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AD: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AE: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AF: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AG: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AL: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AR: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AS: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AT: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AW: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AX: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BA: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BF: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BH: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BL: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BN: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BP: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BS: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BT: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BW: not on the flood risk listHD9 4BX: not on the flood risk listHD9 4DA: not on the flood risk listHD9 4DB: not on the 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flood risk listHD9 5AA: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AB: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AD: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AE: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AF: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AH: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AL: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AN: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AR: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AS: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AT: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AU: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AW: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AX: not on the flood risk listHD9 5AY: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JB: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JD: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JF: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JG: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JH: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JL: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JN: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JP: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5JR: not on the flood risk listHD9 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flood risk listHD9 5NQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5NR: not on the flood risk listHD9 5NS: not on the flood risk listHD9 5NT: not on the flood risk listHD9 5NU: not on the flood risk listHD9 5NW: not on the flood risk listHD9 5NX: not on the flood risk listHD9 5NY: not on the flood risk listHD9 5NZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PA: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PB: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PD: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PE: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PF: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PG: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PH: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PL: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PN: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PP: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PR: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PW: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PX: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PY: not on the flood risk listHD9 5PZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QA: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QB: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QD: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QE: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QF: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QG: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QH: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QL: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QN: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QR: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QS: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QT: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QW: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QX: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QY: not on the flood risk listHD9 5QZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RA: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RB: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RD: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RE: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RF: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RG: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RL: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RT: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RU: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RX: not on the flood risk listHD9 5RY: not on the flood risk listHD9 4AN: low flood risk at worstHD9 4AU: low flood risk at worstHD9 4AY: low flood risk at worstHD9 4DD: low flood risk at worstHD9 4DS: low flood risk at worstHD9 4FA: low flood risk at worstHD9 4HG: low flood risk at worstHD9 5QP: low flood risk at worstHD9 4EP: medium flood risk at worstHD9 4AP: high flood riskHD9 4BU: high flood riskHD9 5LA: high flood risk Meltham Map of every postcode in Meltham, by flood risk Of the 214 postcodes in Meltham that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 202 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Meltham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Meltham
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 8
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 202

Of the 214 postcodes in Meltham that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 202 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5930, longitude -1.8508. 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.

HD9 4AP3 at high riskHD9 4BU1 at high riskHD9 5LA1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Meltham?

Homes sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.5% on the 12 months before. At 182 of the 214 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 214 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Slaithwaite, 4.0 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 Meltham?

Homes in Meltham sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 111 sales, down 1.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£258,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£262,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £400,000 33 sales
  • Semi-detached £247,500 38 sales
  • Terraced £215,000 35 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £220,000 5 sales

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

Across the whole HD9 district, Meltham's main postcode district: a typical £276,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Meltham: 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 Meltham?

5 of the 214 postcodes now in use in Meltham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 139 homes sold in Meltham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD9 district, 5%.

The newest postcodes

HD9 5AYsince May 2022HD9 5AXsince February 2022HD9 4FEsince April 2021HD9 5AUsince January 2021HD9 5AWsince June 2020

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 MelthamAcross the HD9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 111 (0%) 8 of 494 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 139 (0%) 37 of 674 (5%)

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 Meltham?

Ofcom reports on 214 of the 214 postcodes in Meltham. At 182 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit182 of 214
Postcodes where every home can get superfast204 of 214
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 214

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 Meltham at risk of flooding?

12 of the 214 postcodes in Meltham 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 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 12 of 214 postcodes High: 5Medium: 2Low: 50

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 Meltham?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Meltham. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Meltham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Meltham is Slaithwaite Rail Station, 4.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Slaithwaite Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
  • Berry Brow Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
  • Honley 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 Meltham?

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

Police.uk records 574 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Meltham 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. 46 September 2025
  2. 39 October 2025
  3. 44 November 2025
  4. 48 December 2025
  5. 43 January 2026
  6. 51 February 2026
  7. 42 March 2026
  8. 55 April 2026
  9. 48 May 2026
  10. 57 June 2026
  11. 57 July 2026
  12. 44 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences257 reports
Anti-social behaviour91 reports
Criminal damage and arson53 reports
Public order37 reports
Other theft37 reports
Shoplifting30 reports
Vehicle crime23 reports
Burglary14 reports

Also: other crime 13, drugs 12, theft from the person 3, robbery 3, 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 Meltham?

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

All 214 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 Meltham

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

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Meltham postcodes

214 postcodes in use in Meltham, by district:

HD9 postcode district,214 postcodes

That district is in the HD postcode area.

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Places near Meltham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Meltham's £258,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Netherton3.5 km, £240,000Linthwaite and Slaithwaite3.6 km, £222,500Honley4.6 km, £265,000Holmfirth4.9 km, £255,000Marsden5.1 km, £230,000Scholes6.9 km, £340,000Huddersfield7.3 km, £182,500Holywell Green and Stainland9.0 km, £191,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Meltham

What is it like to live in Meltham?
Homes sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.5% on the 12 months before. At 182 of the 214 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 214 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Slaithwaite, 4.0 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 Meltham?
Meltham is covered by postcode district HD9, across 214 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Meltham in?
Meltham is in the Kirklees council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Meltham?
Meltham is in the Colne Valley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Paul Davies (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Meltham?
Homes in Meltham sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 111 sales, down 1.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Meltham?
In Meltham, primary schools at its postcodes include Meltham CofE (VC) Primary School and Meltham Moor Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Colne Valley High School, 3.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Meltham have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Meltham is Slaithwaite, 4.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Meltham?
Ofcom reports on 214 of the 214 postcodes in Meltham. At 182 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Meltham at risk of flooding?
12 of the 214 postcodes in Meltham 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 7 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 Meltham?
5 of the 214 postcodes now in use in Meltham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 139 homes sold in Meltham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD9 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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