Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West

Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West is covered by postcode district HD8. It is in the Kirklees council area, England.

Typical price £262,500 Homes sold in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 197 of 228 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 43 of 256 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 230 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 6 4 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in this place, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in this place, by flood risk Of the 256 postcodes in this place that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 15 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 213 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 3 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 17 postcodes at high or medium risk; 9 postcodes at high or medium risk; 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. HD8 1DY: not on the flood risk listHD8 8NB: not on the flood risk listHD8 8ND: not on the flood risk listHD8 8NE: not on the flood risk listHD8 8NL: not on the flood risk listHD8 8PU: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AA: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AB: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AD: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AE: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AG: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AH: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AL: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AN: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AP: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AQ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AR: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AS: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AT: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AU: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AX: not on the flood risk listHD8 9AY: not on the flood risk listHD8 9BA: not on the flood risk listHD8 9BD: not on the flood risk listHD8 9BE: not on the flood risk listHD8 9BF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9BG: not on the 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9DU: not on the flood risk listHD8 9DW: not on the flood risk listHD8 9DX: not on the flood risk listHD8 9DY: not on the flood risk listHD8 9DZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EA: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EB: not on the flood risk listHD8 9ED: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EG: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EH: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EL: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EN: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EP: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EQ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9ES: not on the flood risk listHD8 9ET: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EU: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EW: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EX: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EY: not on the flood risk listHD8 9EZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9FG: not on the flood risk listHD8 9GA: not on the flood risk listHD8 9GJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9GL: not on the flood risk listHD8 9GP: not on the flood risk listHD8 9GR: not on the flood risk listHD8 9GU: not on the flood risk listHD8 9GW: not on the flood risk listHD8 9GX: not on the flood risk listHD8 9GY: not on the flood risk listHD8 9HB: not on the flood risk listHD8 9HE: not on the flood risk listHD8 9HF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9HG: not on the flood risk listHD8 9HJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9HL: not on the flood risk listHD8 9HN: not on the flood risk listHD8 9HZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JA: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JD: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JE: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JT: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JU: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JW: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JX: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JY: not on the flood risk listHD8 9JZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9LD: not on the flood risk listHD8 9LP: not on the flood risk listHD8 9LR: not on the flood risk listHD8 9LW: not on the flood risk listHD8 9LY: not on the flood risk listHD8 9LZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9ND: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NE: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NG: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NL: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NP: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NQ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NR: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NS: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NT: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NU: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NW: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NX: not on the flood risk listHD8 9NZ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PA: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PD: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PE: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PL: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PN: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PP: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PR: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PS: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PT: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PU: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PW: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PX: not on the flood risk listHD8 9PY: not on the flood risk listHD8 9QG: not on the flood risk listHD8 9QH: not on the flood risk listHD8 9QJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9TP: not on the flood risk listHD8 9TS: not on the flood risk listHD8 9TT: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UD: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UG: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UH: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UN: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UP: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UR: not on the flood risk listHD8 9US: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UT: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UU: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UW: not on the flood risk listHD8 9UX: not on the flood risk listHD8 9WD: not on the flood risk listHD8 9WE: not on the flood risk listHD8 9WF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9WG: not on the flood risk listHD8 9WH: not on the flood risk listHD8 9WJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9WN: not on the flood risk listHD8 9WP: not on the flood risk listHD8 9XD: not on the flood risk listHD8 9XH: not on the flood risk listHD8 9XJ: not on the flood risk listHD8 9XT: not on the flood risk listHD8 9ZB: not on the flood risk listHD8 9ZE: not on the flood risk listHD8 9ZF: not on the flood risk listHD8 9ZH: not on the flood risk listHD8 9HU: low flood risk at worstHD8 9JB: low flood risk at worstHD8 9JP: low flood risk at worstHD8 9LB: low flood risk at worstHD8 9LS: low flood risk at worstHD8 9LU: low flood risk at worstHD8 9UA: low flood risk at worstHD8 9UY: low flood risk at worstHD8 9XA: low flood risk at worstHD8 9HA: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9HH: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9HS: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9HT: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9JJ: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9LF: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9LX: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9NB: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9NH: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9QA: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9QN: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9QW: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9UZ: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9XB: medium flood risk at worstHD8 9BB: high flood riskHD8 9FB: high flood riskHD8 9GT: high flood riskHD8 9HP: high flood riskHD8 9HR: high flood riskHD8 9JG: high flood riskHD8 9JQ: high flood riskHD8 9JL: high flood riskHD8 9JN: high flood riskHD8 9JS: high flood riskHD8 9NN: high flood riskHD8 9PZ: high flood riskHD8 9QB: high flood riskHD8 9QD: high flood riskHD8 9QQ: high flood riskHD8 9TR: high flood riskHD8 9WL: high flood risk Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West 17 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HD8 9LA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk17 postcodes at high or medium risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HD8 9GT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HD8 9PZ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in this place, by flood risk Of the 256 postcodes in this place that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 15 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 213 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 3 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 17 postcodes at high or medium risk; 9 postcodes at high or medium risk; 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Denby Dale. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Denby Dale
  • A home or business at high risk: 19
  • At medium risk at worst: 15
  • At low risk at worst: 9
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 213
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 256 postcodes in this place that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 15 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 213 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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5917, longitude -1.6337. 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

19 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

HD8 9LA63 at high riskHD8 9BB9 at high riskHD8 9PZ9 at high riskHD8 9WL7 at high riskHD8 9GT4 at high riskHD8 9FB4 at high riskHD8 9HW4 at high riskHD8 9QB4 at high riskHD8 9JL3 at high riskHD8 9HR3 at high riskHD8 9QD3 at high riskHD8 9JN2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 17 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HD8 9LA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HD8 9GT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HD8 9PZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in this place?

Homes sold for a typical £262,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 197 of the 228 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 230 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 43 of its 256 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Denby Dale, 2.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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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 this place?

Homes in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West sold for a typical £262,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 138 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £259,975 from 176 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£262,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£259,975 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £369,750 50 sales
  • Semi-detached £250,000 47 sales
  • Terraced £190,000 40 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole HD8 district, Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in this place: 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 this place?

31 of the 256 postcodes now in use in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 8 of the 176 homes sold in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD8 district, 13%.

The newest postcodes

HD8 1GEsince April 2026HD8 1GFsince April 2026HD8 1GDsince March 2026HD8 1GAsince January 2026HD8 1GBsince January 2026HD8 9DTsince September 2025

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 this placeAcross the HD8 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 138 (0%) 6 of 439 (1%)
The 12 months to September 2025 8 of 176 (5%) 90 of 691 (13%)

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 Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West?

Ofcom reports on 228 of the 256 postcodes in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West. At 197 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit197 of 228
Postcodes where every home can get superfast220 of 228

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 Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West at risk of flooding?

43 of the 256 postcodes in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West 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 230 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 43 of 256 postcodes High: 125Medium: 105Low: 152

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 this place?

The open schools at the postcodes in this place. 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

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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 this place?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in this place is Denby Dale Rail Station, 2.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Denby Dale Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle
  • Shepley Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
  • Stocksmoor Rail Station Railway station 5.9 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in this place?

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

Police.uk records 461 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in this place 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. 43 September 2025
  2. 58 October 2025
  3. 41 November 2025
  4. 33 December 2025
  5. 25 January 2026
  6. 28 February 2026
  7. 36 March 2026
  8. 36 April 2026
  9. 37 May 2026
  10. 38 June 2026
  11. 41 July 2026
  12. 45 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences196 reports
Anti-social behaviour55 reports
Public order46 reports
Burglary45 reports
Other theft44 reports
Other crime21 reports
Criminal damage and arson18 reports
Shoplifting15 reports

Also: vehicle crime 13, drugs 6, 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 each way 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 this place?

Council
Kirklees
Parliamentary constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Jade Botterill (Labour)

All 256 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 here

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Postcodes here

256 postcodes in use in this place, by district:

HD8 postcode district,256 postcodes

That district is in the HD postcode area.

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Places nearby

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside this place's £262,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Denby Dale2.4 km, £300,000Shepley and Shelley4.6 km, £287,500Kirkburton5.4 km, £273,500Middlestown and Overton6.7 km, £200,000Silkstone6.7 km, £240,750Lepton6.9 km, £251,250Netherton, Wakefield6.9 km, £227,500Penistone7.6 km, £227,500 All places A to Z

Quick answers about this place

What is the postcode for Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West?
Postcode district HD8, with 256 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West in?
Kirklees. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West?
Jade Botterill (Labour), for Ossett and Denby Dale. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West?
A typical £262,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 138 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Scissett Church of England Academy, Skelmanthorpe Academy and St Aidan's Church of England Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Scissett Middle School and Shelley College, A Share Academy. Source: Department for Education.
Does Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West have a railway station?
The nearest is Denby Dale station, 2.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West?
Ofcom reports on 228 of the 256 postcodes in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West. At 197 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West at risk of flooding?
43 of the 256 postcodes in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West 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 230 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 Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West?
31 of the 256 postcodes now in use in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 8 of the 176 homes sold in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HD8 district, 13%. 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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