Ripponden

Ripponden is covered by postcode district HX6. It is in the Calderdale council area, England.

Typical price £240,000 Homes sold in Ripponden, last 12 months. ▼ 2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 91 of 154 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 12 of 157 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ripponden, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ripponden, by flood risk Of the 157 postcodes in Ripponden that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at low risk at worst and 145 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ripponden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A58 HX6 3HF: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HH: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HJ: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HN: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HP: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HR: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HS: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HT: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HU: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HW: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HX: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HY: not on the flood risk listHX6 3HZ: not on the flood risk listHX6 3JA: not on the flood risk listHX6 3JB: not on the flood risk listHX6 3JD: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AB: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AD: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AE: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AF: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AH: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AL: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AN: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AP: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AQ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AR: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AS: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AT: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AU: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AW: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AY: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AZ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BB: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BD: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BE: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BG: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BH: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BJ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BL: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BN: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BQ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BU: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BW: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BX: not on the flood risk listHX6 4BY: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DD: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DE: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DN: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DP: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DQ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DS: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DT: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DU: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DX: not on the flood risk listHX6 4DZ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EB: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EE: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EF: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EG: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EH: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EN: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EP: not on the flood risk listHX6 4ER: not on the flood risk listHX6 4ES: not on the flood risk listHX6 4ET: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EU: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EW: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EY: not on the flood risk listHX6 4EZ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4FB: not on the flood risk listHX6 4FD: not on the flood risk listHX6 4FE: not on the flood risk listHX6 4FF: not on the flood risk listHX6 4FG: not on the flood risk listHX6 4FH: not on the flood risk listHX6 4FJ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4FN: not on the flood risk listHX6 4HA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4HD: not on the flood risk listHX6 4HL: not on the flood risk listHX6 4HP: not on the flood risk listHX6 4HR: not on the flood risk listHX6 4HT: not on the flood risk listHX6 4HW: not on the flood risk listHX6 4HY: not on the flood risk listHX6 4HZ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JE: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JF: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JG: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JH: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JN: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JQ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JR: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JS: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JT: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JU: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JW: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JX: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JY: not on the flood risk listHX6 4JZ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4LA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4LB: not on the flood risk listHX6 4LX: not on the flood risk listHX6 4LY: not on the flood risk listHX6 4LZ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4NA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4NF: not on the flood risk listHX6 4NY: not on the flood risk listHX6 4PA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4PD: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QB: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QD: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QE: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QF: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QG: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QH: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QJ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QL: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QN: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QP: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QQ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QR: not on the flood risk listHX6 4QW: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RB: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RD: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RJ: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RL: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RN: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RP: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RR: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RS: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RT: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RU: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RW: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RX: not on the flood risk listHX6 4RY: not on the flood risk listHX6 4SA: not on the flood risk listHX6 4AG: low flood risk at worstHX6 4DB: low flood risk at worstHX6 4DG: low flood risk at worstHX6 4DR: low flood risk at worstHX6 4EX: low flood risk at worstHX6 4HE: low flood risk at worstHX6 4AJ: high flood riskHX6 4DF: high flood riskHX6 4DH: high flood riskHX6 4DJ: high flood riskHX6 4DL: high flood riskHX6 4HS: high flood risk Ripponden Map of every postcode in Ripponden, by flood risk Of the 157 postcodes in Ripponden that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at low risk at worst and 145 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ripponden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ripponden
  • A home or business at high risk: 6
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 145

Of the 157 postcodes in Ripponden that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at low risk at worst and 145 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 53.6715, longitude -1.9455. 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.

HX6 4DJ11 at high riskHX6 4DH10 at high riskHX6 4DF4 at high riskHX6 4DL3 at high riskHX6 4HS2 at high riskHX6 4AJ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Ripponden?

Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 91 of the 154 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 157 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sowerby Bridge, 4.8 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 Ripponden?

Homes in Ripponden sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 71 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£240,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£245,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £460,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £300,000 10 sales
  • Terraced £215,000 26 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £135,250 16 sales

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

Across the whole HX6 district, Ripponden's main postcode district: a typical £186,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ripponden: 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 Ripponden?

3 of the 157 postcodes now in use in Ripponden came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 87 homes sold in Ripponden were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HX6 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

HX6 4FNsince June 2024HX6 4FHsince September 2022HX6 4FJsince July 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 RippondenAcross the HX6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 71 (0%) 0 of 262 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 87 (1%) 1 of 339 (Under 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 Ripponden?

Ofcom reports on 154 of the 157 postcodes in Ripponden. At 91 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit91 of 154
Postcodes where every home can get superfast143 of 154

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 Ripponden at risk of flooding?

12 of the 157 postcodes in Ripponden 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 36 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 12 of 157 postcodes High: 31Medium: 5Low: 56

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 Ripponden?

The open schools at the postcodes in Ripponden. 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 Ripponden?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ripponden is Sowerby Bridge Rail Station, 4.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Sowerby Bridge Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
  • Slaithwaite Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
  • Mytholmroyd Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive

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 Ripponden?

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

Police.uk records 240 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ripponden 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. 22 September 2025
  2. 23 October 2025
  3. 26 November 2025
  4. 30 December 2025
  5. 15 January 2026
  6. 25 February 2026
  7. 19 March 2026
  8. 18 April 2026
  9. 9 May 2026
  10. 15 June 2026
  11. 24 July 2026
  12. 14 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences96 reports
Criminal damage and arson24 reports
Anti-social behaviour23 reports
Vehicle crime23 reports
Other theft19 reports
Public order18 reports
Burglary17 reports
Other crime7 reports

Also: drugs 5, shoplifting 4, robbery 2, possession of weapons 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.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Ripponden?

Council
Calderdale
Parliamentary constituency
Calder Valley
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour)

All 157 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 Ripponden

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

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Ripponden postcodes

157 postcodes in use in Ripponden, by district:

HX6 postcode district,157 postcodes

That district is in the HX postcode area.

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Places near Ripponden

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ripponden's £240,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Sowerby Bridge4.0 km, £175,000Holywell Green and Stainland4.7 km, £191,000Luddenden6.3 km, £200,000Elland6.7 km, £195,000Mytholmroyd7.0 km, £200,000Linthwaite and Slaithwaite7.3 km, £222,500Halifax7.4 km, £160,000Marsden7.9 km, £230,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Ripponden

What is it like to live in Ripponden?
Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 91 of the 154 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 157 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sowerby Bridge, 4.8 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 Ripponden?
Ripponden is covered by postcode district HX6, across 157 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ripponden in?
Ripponden is in the Calderdale council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ripponden?
Ripponden is in the Calder Valley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ripponden?
Homes in Ripponden sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 71 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ripponden?
In Ripponden, primary schools at its postcodes include Riverbank Primary School, Ripponden Junior and Infant School and St John's Primary School In Rishworth; secondary schools at its postcodes include Rishworth School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ripponden have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ripponden is Sowerby Bridge, 4.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ripponden?
Ofcom reports on 154 of the 157 postcodes in Ripponden. At 91 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ripponden at risk of flooding?
12 of the 157 postcodes in Ripponden 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 36 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 Ripponden?
3 of the 157 postcodes now in use in Ripponden came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 87 homes sold in Ripponden were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HX6 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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