BD10 9BJ Bradford
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Idle & Thackley. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Parkland Drive, Bradford: 37 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Bradford in 2026-27: Band D £2,361 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,574 | £1,836 | £2,098 | £2,361 | £2,885 | £3,410 | £3,935 | £4,721 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (66% of about 790 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Croft Street, Idle: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (490 m)
- Arthur Street, Idle: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (490 m)
- Stockhill Road, Idle, permissioned (590 m)
- Haigh Hall Rd, Greengates: up to 6 homes, not permissioned (640 m)
- Blakehill Works, Idle, permissioned (720 m)
- Romanby Shaw, Ravenscliffe, permissioned (830 m)
- Former Fire Station, Highfield Road, Idle, permissioned (920 m)
- Eccleshill Methodist Church, Norman Lane, Undercliffe, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 37 addresses are between 92 m and 119 m above sea level (111 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Apperley Bridge 456,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km |
| Baildon 211,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Frizinghall 433,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 21 stops within 400 m, 73 within 800 m; nearest Bracken Edge Thorpe Edge | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bradford Interchange Bus Station Bradford City Centre | 4.7 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Osprey Charging Station | 490 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 5.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Idle Medical Centre | 900 m |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Rockwell Pharmacy | 400 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest A-List Dentistry | 410 m |
| Hospital | Optegra Yorkshire Hospital | 890 m |
| Police station | Javelin House Police Station | 1.0 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 630 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 40 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 530 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 320 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,980 m² | 290 m |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 2.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Old Bell Chapel, a listed building (Grade II*), 940 m north-west. 63 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Old Bell Chapel | Listed building, Grade II* | 940 m north-west |
| Cup marked rock in Calverley Wood, 200m north east of junction of Calverley Cutting and Thornhill Drive | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km east |
| Peel Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.8 km south-west |
| Saltaire | World Heritage Site | 4.5 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Hill | Hill | 740 m west |
| Bill Wood | Wood | 1.4 km south-east |
| West Wood | Wood | 1.4 km east |
| Birk Hill | Hill | 1.7 km north |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km south-east |
| Farsley Beck Bottom | Valley | 4.4 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 34 | 37 |
3 of the postcode's 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 29% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 62% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 13% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 13% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 18% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 83% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Parkland Drive.