BD21 2PE Bradford
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Keighley Central. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- West Lane, Keighley: 31 addresses
- Cashmere Street, Keighley: 1 address
- Mount 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 (97% of about 1,130 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
- West Lane, Keighley: up to 19 homes, not permissioned (100 m)
- West Lane, Keighley: up to 48 homes, not permissioned (180 m)
- Springfield Mills, Oakworth Road, permissioned (300 m)
- Former Branshaw Special School - Nashville Street: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (320 m)
- Oxford Sreet, Keighley: up to 15 homes, permissioned (330 m)
- Blazefield House, Sureness Rd, Keighley, permissioned (360 m)
- Scrap Yard Castle Mills Becks Road, Keighley Keighley, permissioned (420 m)
- 10 Church Street, permissioned (530 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 18 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 | 1.1 km |
| Steeton and Silsden 595,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km | |
| Crossflatts 442,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 21 stops within 400 m, 84 within 800 m; nearest New Town Court Highfield | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Keighley Bus Station | 640 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Church Green GeniePoint | 600 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 16.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Ling House Medical Centre | 570 m |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Olive Pharmacy Farfield | 300 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Keighley Health Centre | 350 m |
| Hospital | Airedale General Hospital | 4.2 km |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 1.8 km |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 150 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Devonshire Park 4.6 ha | 540 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Lund Park 5.7 ha | 560 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 380 m² | 420 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.0 ha | 310 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.8 ha | 190 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 11 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 8% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 4% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 58% | 17% |
| Private rented | 33% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 37% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 17% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 10% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 14% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 7% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 11% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 28% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 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) | 14% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 35% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 86% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 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 West Lane.