BD21 4PJ Bradford
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Keighley East. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Parkwood Street, Keighley: 48 addresses
- Low Mill Lane, Keighley: 3 addresses
- Pitt 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 (48% of about 660 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
- 113-17 Dalton Lane, permissioned (360 m)
- Bradford Road, Keighley: up to 89 homes, not permissioned (460 m)
- Mitchell Street/Chatsworth Street/Beeches Road: up to 116 homes, not permissioned (470 m)
- St Pauls Rise, Keighley: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (580 m)
- Victoria Hotel Cavendish Street Keighley, permissioned (600 m)
- East Parade Keighley, permissioned (600 m)
- Bradford Road Bronte Street: up to 11 homes, not permissioned (670 m)
- Parson Street, Keighley: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (780 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 3 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 52 addresses are between 100 m and 145 m above sea level (109 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 | Keighley 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 480 m |
| Crossflatts 442,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km | |
| Bingley 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m, 49 within 800 m; nearest Parkwood St Tyne Street Long Lee | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Keighley Bus Station | 830 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 920 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 15.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Ling House Medical Centre | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Dalton Lane Pharmacy | 390 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Plum Dental & Facial Clinic | 1.1 km |
| Hospital | Bingley Hospital | 4.8 km |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | Cash machine 32-34 Low Street Halifax | 860 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Victoria Park 4.4 ha | 690 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 610 m² | 350 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,910 m² | 700 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,490 m² | 800 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 4.7 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.5 | 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 | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 68% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 20% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 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) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Parkwood Street.