Thornton, Bradford

Thornton, Bradford is covered by postcode district BD13. It is in the Bradford council area, England.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Thornton (Bradford).

Typical price £193,000 Homes sold in Thornton, Bradford, last 12 months. ▲ 7.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 171 of 191 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Thornton, Bradford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Thornton, Bradford, by flood risk Of the 196 postcodes in Thornton, Bradford that ONS places, 196 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Thornton, Bradford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. BD13 3AA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AB: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AD: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AE: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AG: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AJ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AL: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AN: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AP: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AQ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AR: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AS: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AT: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AU: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AW: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AX: not on the flood risk listBD13 3AZ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3BA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3BB: not on the flood risk listBD13 3BD: not on the flood risk listBD13 3BT: not on the flood risk listBD13 3BU: not on the flood risk listBD13 3BX: not on the flood risk listBD13 3BY: not on the flood risk listBD13 3BZ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3DA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3DB: not on the flood 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the flood risk listBD13 3ES: not on the flood risk listBD13 3ET: not on the flood risk listBD13 3EU: not on the flood risk listBD13 3EX: not on the flood risk listBD13 3EY: not on the flood risk listBD13 3FA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3FL: not on the flood risk listBD13 3FP: not on the flood risk listBD13 3FT: not on the flood risk listBD13 3FY: not on the flood risk listBD13 3GD: not on the flood risk listBD13 3GE: not on the flood risk listBD13 3GH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3GJ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3GL: not on the flood risk listBD13 3GN: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HB: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HD: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HE: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HF: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HG: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HJ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HL: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HN: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HP: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HQ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HR: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HS: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HT: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HU: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HW: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HX: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HY: not on the flood risk listBD13 3HZ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JB: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JD: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JE: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JG: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JJ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JL: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JN: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JQ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JR: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JS: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JT: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JU: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JW: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JX: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JY: not on the flood risk listBD13 3JZ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LB: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LD: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LE: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LF: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LG: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LL: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LN: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LP: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LT: not on the flood risk listBD13 3LU: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3ND: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NE: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NG: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NJ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NN: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NP: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NQ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NR: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NS: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NT: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NW: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NX: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NY: not on the flood risk listBD13 3NZ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PB: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PD: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PE: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PF: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PG: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PJ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PL: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PN: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PP: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PQ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PR: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PS: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PT: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PU: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PX: not on the flood risk listBD13 3PZ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QA: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QB: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QD: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QE: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QG: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QJ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QL: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QN: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QP: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QQ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QR: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QT: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QU: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QW: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QX: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QY: not on the flood risk listBD13 3QZ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3SH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3SJ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3SZ: not on the flood risk listBD13 3TB: not on the flood risk listBD13 3TD: not on the flood risk listBD13 3TG: not on the flood risk listBD13 3TH: not on the flood risk listBD13 3TR: not on the flood risk listBD13 3TS: not on the flood risk listBD13 3TU: not on the flood risk list Thornton, Bradford Map of every postcode in Thornton, Bradford, by flood risk Of the 196 postcodes in Thornton, Bradford that ONS places, 196 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Thornton, Bradford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Thornton, Bradford
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 196

Of the 196 postcodes in Thornton, Bradford that ONS places, 196 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 53.7917, longitude -1.8498. 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

What is it like to live in Thornton, Bradford?

Homes sold for a typical £193,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.2% on the 12 months before. At 171 of the 191 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 196 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Hollyns Health & Wellbeing, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Frizinghall, 6.2 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 Thornton, Bradford?

Homes in Thornton, Bradford sold for a typical £193,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 83 sales, up 7.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£193,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£180,000
12 months to August 2026
£193,000

▲ up 7.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£280,000 12 sales
Semi-detached£212,500 36 sales
Terraced£172,000 35 sales

Across the whole BD13 district, Thornton, Bradford's main postcode district: a typical £205,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Thornton, Bradford: 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 Thornton, Bradford?

5 of the 196 postcodes now in use in Thornton, Bradford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 85 homes sold in Thornton, Bradford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD13 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

BD13 3FLsince June 2026BD13 3FYsince March 2026BD13 3FPsince February 2024BD13 3FTsince January 2024BD13 3FAsince August 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 Thornton, BradfordAcross the BD13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 83 (0%) 16 of 409 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 85 (0%) 43 of 458 (9%)

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 Thornton, Bradford?

Ofcom reports on 191 of the 196 postcodes in Thornton, Bradford. At 171 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit171 of 191
Postcodes where every home can get superfast186 of 191

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 Thornton, Bradford at risk of flooding?

None of the 196 postcodes in Thornton, Bradford is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Thornton, Bradford?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Thornton, Bradford. 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 Thornton, Bradford?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thornton, Bradford is Frizinghall Rail Station, 6.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Frizinghall Rail Station Railway station 6.2 kmDrive
  • Bradford Forster Square Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive
  • Bingley Rail Station Railway station 6.4 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 Thornton, Bradford?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Thornton, Bradford. 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 Thornton, Bradford safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 841 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Thornton, Bradford 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. 71 September 2025
  2. 64 October 2025
  3. 56 November 2025
  4. 63 December 2025
  5. 66 January 2026
  6. 45 February 2026
  7. 69 March 2026
  8. 90 April 2026
  9. 72 May 2026
  10. 79 June 2026
  11. 93 July 2026
  12. 73 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences349 reports
Criminal damage and arson73 reports
Other theft71 reports
Public order65 reports
Vehicle crime65 reports
Anti-social behaviour55 reports
Other crime41 reports
Shoplifting40 reports

Also: burglary 35, drugs 31, possession of weapons 7, robbery 5, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 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 Thornton, Bradford?

Council
Bradford
Parliamentary constituencies
Bradford West (195) and Shipley (1)
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Thornton, Bradford postcodes

196 postcodes in use in Thornton, Bradford, by district:

BD13 postcode district,196 postcodes

That district is in the BD postcode area.

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Places near Thornton, Bradford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Thornton, Bradford's £193,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Queensbury2.8 km, £202,000Denholme3.3 km, £184,250Wilsden3.4 km, £225,000Cullingworth4.9 km, £288,000Shelf and Northowram5.4 km, £250,000Harden5.5 km, £282,500Bradford5.9 km, £165,000Bingley6.5 km, £219,950 All places A to Z

Questions about Thornton, Bradford

What is it like to live in Thornton, Bradford?
Homes sold for a typical £193,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.2% on the 12 months before. At 171 of the 191 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 196 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Hollyns Health & Wellbeing, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Frizinghall, 6.2 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 Thornton, Bradford?
Thornton, Bradford is covered by postcode district BD13, across 196 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Thornton, Bradford in?
Thornton, Bradford is in the Bradford council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Thornton, Bradford?
Homes in Thornton, Bradford sold for a typical £193,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 83 sales, up 7.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Thornton, Bradford?
In Thornton, Bradford, primary schools at its postcodes include Thornton Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Beckfoot Thornton, 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Thornton, Bradford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thornton, Bradford is Frizinghall, 6.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Thornton, Bradford?
Ofcom reports on 191 of the 196 postcodes in Thornton, Bradford. At 171 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Thornton, Bradford at risk of flooding?
None of the 196 postcodes in Thornton, Bradford is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Thornton, Bradford?
5 of the 196 postcodes now in use in Thornton, Bradford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 85 homes sold in Thornton, Bradford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD13 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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