BD16 4AL Bradford
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Bingley East. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Woodvale Crescent, Bingley: 21 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 E (33% of about 670 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
- Former Bingley Auction Mart, Keighley Road, pending decision (700 m)
- Whitley Street, Bingley: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (860 m)
- Former Priestthorpe Annex, Mornington Rd, permissioned (860 m)
- Whitley Street, Bingley: up to 64 homes, not permissioned (930 m)
- 110 Main Street, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 21 addresses are between 134 m and 146 m above sea level (139 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 | Crossflatts 442,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 800 m |
| Bingley 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km | |
| Saltaire 749,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 16 within 800 m; nearest Priestthorpe Close | 380 m |
| Bus or coach station | Keighley Bus Station | 5.0 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest Wellington Road, Bingley GeniePoint | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 11.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Oak Glen Surgery | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Crossflatts Pharmacy | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Oasis Dental Care LTD | 750 m |
| Hospital | Bingley Hospital | 920 m |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police - Shipley Police Station | 4.6 km |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Bingley Mornington Road Cashzone | 930 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Prince of Wales Park 7.4 ha | 310 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Jerr Wood Natural Play Area 2,900 m² | 720 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.8 ha | 1.0 km |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Beck Lane Allotment Gardens 8,590 m² | 280 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 7.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Gawthorpe Hall Including South Wing Gawthorpe Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 150 m west. 36 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Gawthorpe Hall Including South Wing Gawthorpe Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 150 m west |
| Leeds and Liverpool Canal Five Rise Locks With Overflow Channel | Listed building, Grade I | 380 m south-west |
| Prince of Wales Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 440 m east |
| Leeds and Liverpool Canal Three Rise Locks With Overflow Channel | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m south-west |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m south-west |
| Late prehistoric enclosed settlement in Crosley Wood, Bingley, 185m north of Scourer Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south-east |
| Cup-marked rock west of confluence of Lodepit Beck and Glovershaw Beck | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km east |
| Roadblock, Bracken Hall Green, Baildon Moor | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km east |
| St Ives Estate | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km south-west |
| Saltaire | World Heritage Site | 3.5 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Green Hill Wood | Wood | 650 m north-west |
| Jer Wood | Wood | 800 m south |
| Kettlewell Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km south-west |
| Drake Hill | Hill | 1.9 km north |
| Shipley Glen | Valley | 2.5 km south-east |
| Yellow Bog | Wetland | 3.8 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 20 | 21 |
1 of the postcode's 21 addresses is 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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 39% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 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) | 51% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 10 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 Woodvale Crescent.