Swillington

Swillington is covered by postcode district LS26. It is in the Leeds council area, England.

Typical price £222,000 Homes sold in Swillington, last 12 months. ▼ 1.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 57 of 66 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 1 of 66 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Swillington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Swillington, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Swillington that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 65 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Swillington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A642 LS26 8BS: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DH: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DJ: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DL: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DN: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DP: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DR: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DS: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DT: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DU: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DW: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DX: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DY: not on the flood risk listLS26 8DZ: not on the flood risk listLS26 8EA: not on the flood risk listLS26 8EB: not on the flood risk listLS26 8ED: not on the flood risk listLS26 8EE: not on the flood risk listLS26 8EF: not on the flood risk listLS26 8EG: not on the flood risk listLS26 8EQ: not on the flood risk listLS26 8GY: not on the flood risk listLS26 8HF: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QD: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QE: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QF: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QG: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QH: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QJ: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QL: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QN: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QP: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QQ: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QR: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QS: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QT: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QU: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QW: not on the flood risk listLS26 8QX: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UA: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UB: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UE: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UF: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UG: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UH: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UJ: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UN: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UP: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UQ: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UR: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UT: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UU: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UW: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UX: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UY: not on the flood risk listLS26 8XH: not on the flood risk listLS26 8XJ: not on the flood risk listLS26 8XL: not on the flood risk listLS26 8XN: not on the flood risk listLS26 8XP: not on the flood risk listLS26 8XQ: not on the flood risk listLS26 8XT: not on the flood risk listLS26 8XW: not on the flood risk listLS26 8ZD: not on the flood risk listLS26 8ZE: not on the flood risk listLS26 8UD: high flood risk Swillington Map of every postcode in Swillington, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Swillington that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 65 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Swillington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Swillington
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 65

Of the 66 postcodes in Swillington that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 65 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7678, longitude -1.4192. 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.

LS26 8UD1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Swillington?

Homes sold for a typical £222,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 66 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Oulton Medical Centre, 2.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Woodlesford, 2.0 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 Swillington?

Homes in Swillington sold for a typical £222,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£222,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£225,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £295,000 7 sales
  • Semi-detached £230,000 19 sales
  • Terraced £185,000 10 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 LS26 district, Swillington's main postcode district: a typical £245,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Swillington: 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 Swillington?

None of the 66 postcodes now in use in Swillington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 49 homes sold in Swillington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LS26 district, 4%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn SwillingtonAcross the LS26 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 37 (0%) 2 of 378 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 49 (0%) 23 of 519 (4%)

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 Swillington?

Ofcom reports on 66 of the 66 postcodes in Swillington. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit57 of 66
Postcodes where every home can get superfast66 of 66

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 Swillington at risk of flooding?

1 of the 66 postcodes in Swillington has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 66 postcodes High: 1

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 Swillington?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Swillington. 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 Swillington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Swillington is Woodlesford Rail Station, 2.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Woodlesford Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
  • Garforth Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
  • East Garforth Rail Station Railway station 4.2 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 Swillington?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Swillington. 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.

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 Swillington safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 310 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Swillington 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. 26 October 2025
  3. 26 November 2025
  4. 30 December 2025
  5. 28 January 2026
  6. 17 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 13 April 2026
  9. 57 May 2026
  10. 29 June 2026
  11. 26 July 2026
  12. 27 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences142 reports
Criminal damage and arson31 reports
Anti-social behaviour27 reports
Public order22 reports
Other theft20 reports
Other crime12 reports
Shoplifting11 reports
Theft from the person11 reports

Also: burglary 10, vehicle crime 10, drugs 7, possession of weapons 4, robbery 3.

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 Swillington?

Council
Leeds
Parliamentary constituency
Leeds East
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Richard Burgon (Labour)

All 66 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 Swillington

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Swillington postcodes

66 postcodes in use in Swillington, by district:

LS26 postcode district,66 postcodes

That district is in the LS postcode area.

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Places near Swillington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Swillington's £222,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Woodend2.9 km, £197,500Kippax3.1 km, £235,750Mickletown3.4 km, £286,500Garforth3.5 km, £275,000Rothwell3.8 km, £245,000Allerton Bywater4.5 km, £207,500Lofthouse and Robin Hood6.6 km, £215,000Micklefield6.6 km, £264,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Swillington

What is it like to live in Swillington?
Homes sold for a typical £222,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 66 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Oulton Medical Centre, 2.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Woodlesford, 2.0 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 Swillington?
Swillington is covered by postcode district LS26, across 66 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Swillington in?
Swillington is in the Leeds council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Swillington?
Swillington is in the Leeds East parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Richard Burgon (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Swillington?
Homes in Swillington sold for a typical £222,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 1.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Swillington?
In Swillington, primary schools at its postcodes include Swillington Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Brigshaw High School, 2.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Swillington have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Swillington is Woodlesford, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Swillington?
Ofcom reports on 66 of the 66 postcodes in Swillington. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Swillington at risk of flooding?
1 of the 66 postcodes in Swillington has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business 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 Swillington?
None of the 66 postcodes now in use in Swillington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 49 homes sold in Swillington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LS26 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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