Scholes

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

ONS publishes this built-up area as Scholes (near Holmfirth).

Typical price £340,000 Homes sold in Scholes, last 12 months. ▲ 46.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 63 of 84 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 8 of 84 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 27 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Scholes, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Scholes, by flood risk Of the 84 postcodes in Scholes that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst and 76 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: Scholes. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A616 HD9 1AU: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HR: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HT: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HU: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HW: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HX: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1JA: not on the flood risk listHD9 1JD: not on the flood risk listHD9 1JG: not on the flood risk listHD9 1LY: not on the flood risk listHD9 1LZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1PR: not on the flood risk listHD9 1QT: not on the flood risk listHD9 1QU: not on the flood risk listHD9 1RB: not on the flood risk listHD9 1RJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1RQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1RR: not on the flood risk listHD9 1RT: not on the flood risk listHD9 1RY: not on the flood risk listHD9 1RZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SA: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SB: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SD: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SE: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SF: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SH: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SL: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SN: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SP: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SR: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SS: not on the flood risk listHD9 1ST: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SW: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SX: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SY: not on the flood risk listHD9 1SZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TA: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TB: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TD: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TE: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TF: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TG: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TH: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TL: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TR: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TT: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TU: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TW: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TX: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TY: not on the flood risk listHD9 1TZ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UA: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UB: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UE: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UF: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UG: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UH: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UJ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UL: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UN: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UW: not on the flood risk listHD9 1UX: not on the flood risk listHD9 1WA: not on the flood risk listHD9 1WB: not on the flood risk listHD9 1XF: not on the flood risk listHD9 1XG: not on the flood risk listHD9 1XH: not on the flood risk listHD9 1XQ: not on the flood risk listHD9 7HB: not on the flood risk listHD9 7HD: not on the flood risk listHD9 1HY: medium flood risk at worstHD9 1LX: medium flood risk at worstHD9 1TJ: medium flood risk at worstHD9 7HT: medium flood risk at worstHD9 1ET: high flood riskHD9 1HP: high flood riskHD9 1JB: high flood riskHD9 7HX: high flood risk Scholes 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HD9 7HX, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Scholes, by flood risk Of the 84 postcodes in Scholes that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst and 76 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: Scholes. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Scholes
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 76
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 84 postcodes in Scholes that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst and 76 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 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5618, longitude -1.7608. 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 1JB13 at high riskHD9 7HX4 at high riskHD9 1ET1 at high riskHD9 1HP1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HD9 7HX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Scholes?

Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 46.2% on the 12 months before. At 63 of the 84 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 27 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 84 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Elmwood Family Doctors, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Brockholes, 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 Scholes?

Homes in Scholes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, up 46.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£340,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£232,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 46.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £480,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £287,500 10 sales
  • Terraced £215,000 6 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

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

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Scholes: 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 Scholes?

None of the 84 postcodes now in use in Scholes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 54 homes sold in Scholes were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD9 district, 5%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn ScholesAcross the HD9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 37 (0%) 8 of 494 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 54 (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 Scholes?

Ofcom reports on 84 of the 84 postcodes in Scholes. At 63 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit63 of 84
Postcodes where every home can get superfast80 of 84

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Scholes at risk of flooding?

8 of the 84 postcodes in Scholes 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 27 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 8 of 84 postcodes High: 19Medium: 8Low: 13

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 Scholes?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Scholes. 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

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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 Scholes?

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

  • Brockholes Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
  • Stocksmoor Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Shepley 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Scholes?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Scholes. 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 Scholes 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 Scholes 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. 20 September 2025
  2. 19 October 2025
  3. 23 November 2025
  4. 21 December 2025
  5. 15 January 2026
  6. 22 February 2026
  7. 21 March 2026
  8. 13 April 2026
  9. 19 May 2026
  10. 13 June 2026
  11. 19 July 2026
  12. 35 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences129 reports
Criminal damage and arson28 reports
Public order23 reports
Anti-social behaviour15 reports
Other theft13 reports
Burglary9 reports
Vehicle crime9 reports
Other crime9 reports

Also: drugs 4, 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 Scholes?

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

All 84 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

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Scholes postcodes

84 postcodes in use in Scholes, by district:

HD9 postcode district,84 postcodes

That district is in the HD postcode area.

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Places near Scholes

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Scholes's £340,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Holmfirth2.0 km, £255,000Honley3.6 km, £265,000Shepley and Shelley4.9 km, £275,000Netherton6.6 km, £240,000Kirkburton6.8 km, £267,000Meltham6.9 km, £258,000Denby Dale7.2 km, £305,000Lepton8.5 km, £246,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Scholes

What is it like to live in Scholes?
Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 46.2% on the 12 months before. At 63 of the 84 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 27 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 84 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Elmwood Family Doctors, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Brockholes, 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 Scholes?
Scholes is covered by postcode district HD9, across 84 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Scholes in?
Scholes is in the Kirklees council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Scholes?
Scholes 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 Scholes?
Homes in Scholes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, up 46.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Scholes?
In Scholes, primary schools at its postcodes include Scholes (Holmfirth) Junior & Infant School and Hepworth Junior and Infant School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Holmfirth High School, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Scholes have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Scholes is Brockholes, 4.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Scholes?
Ofcom reports on 84 of the 84 postcodes in Scholes. At 63 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Scholes at risk of flooding?
8 of the 84 postcodes in Scholes 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 27 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 Scholes?
None of the 84 postcodes now in use in Scholes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 54 homes sold in Scholes 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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