BD21 1AF Bradford
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Keighley Central. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Halifax Road, Keighley: 39 addresses
- Sunderland Street, Keighley: 1 address
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 (96% of about 890 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
- The Walk, Keighley: up to 55 homes, not permissioned (340 m)
- Beck Street/Bridge Street, Keighley: up to 51 homes, not permissioned (380 m)
- Wyngarth, Parkwood Rise, Keighley, permissioned (420 m)
- James Street East, Keighley: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (440 m)
- Springfield Mills, Oakworth Road, permissioned (440 m)
- 10 Church Street, permissioned (470 m)
- Worthville Farm Keighley: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (500 m)
- Oxford Sreet, Keighley: up to 15 homes, permissioned (540 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 18 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 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.
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 | Keighley 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km |
| Crossflatts 442,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km | |
| Steeton and Silsden 595,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 21 stops within 400 m, 79 within 800 m; nearest King Street Knowle Park | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | Keighley Bus Station | 690 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 310 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 16.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Ling House Medical Centre | 800 m |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest My Pharmacy Direct | 220 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Keighley Health Centre | 370 m |
| Hospital | Airedale General Hospital | 4.9 km |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 1.9 km |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 500 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,190 m² | 280 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Lund Park 5.7 ha | 450 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 180 m² | 520 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5,840 m² | 810 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Knowle Park Allotment Gardens 1.7 ha | 400 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 6.2 hectares in all.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 67 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 5% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 55% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 8% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 6% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 85% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 14% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 13% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 63% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 11% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 0% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 19% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 24% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 12% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 43% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 19% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 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 Halifax Road.