BD19 5DB Kirklees
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Cleckheaton. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Sunfield Terrace, Marsh: 7 addresses
- Ashfield Terrace, Marsh: 1 address
- Fairfield Terrace, Cleckheaton: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Kirklees in 2026-27: Band D £2,441 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,627 | £1,899 | £2,170 | £2,441 | £2,984 | £3,526 | £4,068 | £4,882 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (43% of about 1,150 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
- Land south of Westgate, Cleckheaton: up to 223 homes, permissioned (760 m)
- Land adjacent, South Parade, Cleckheaton: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (880 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 7 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 7 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 7 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 79 m above sea level.
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 | Low Moor 292,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km |
| Brighouse 388,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km | |
| Mirfield 364,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 37 within 800 m; nearest Greenside Cleckheaton | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Cleckheaton Bus Station | 40 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest St Johns Car Park GeniePoint | 280 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 16.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Parkview Surgery | 120 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Advanced Care Pharmacy | 70 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Cleckheaton Health Centre | 120 m |
| Hospital | Dewsbury & District Hospital-Combined Elective Surgical Hub | 4.5 km |
| Police station | Heckmondwike Police Station | 2.8 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 210 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest King Edward VII Memorial Park 7,440 m² | 70 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 5.1 ha | 220 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 420 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 440 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,420 m² | 160 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 7.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Former Providence Place United Reformed Church, gate piers and gates, a listed building (Grade II*), 630 m north. 13 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Former Providence Place United Reformed Church, gate piers and gates | Listed building, Grade II* | 630 m north |
| Anglian high cross fragment known as Walton Cross | Scheduled monument | 2.0 km south-west |
| Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643 | Registered battlefield | 4.5 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Spen Valley Bottoms | Valley | 510 m north-east |
| Fusden Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north-east |
| Lanes Wood | Wood | 1.5 km north-east |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.8 km east |
| Hunsworth Little Wood | Wood | 2.1 km north |
| Kirklees Cut | Lake or reservoir | 4.2 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 9 |
9 of the postcode's 9 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 | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 49% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 46% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 70% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 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 Sunfield Terrace.