BD21 5AX Bradford
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Keighley West. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Halifax Road, Keighley: 60 addresses
- Ingrow Lane, Keighley: 6 addresses
- Century Street, Keighley: 3 addresses
- Khus Walk, Keighley: 3 addresses
- Haincliffe Road, Keighley: 2 addresses
- New England Road, Keighley: 2 addresses
- Bracken Street, Keighley: 1 address
- Woodhouse Road, 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 (54% of about 1,010 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 Site Of Ingrow Corn Ingrow Lane, Keighley Keighley: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (330 m)
- Halifax Rd, permissioned (390 m)
- Woodhouse Road, permissioned (600 m)
- Elmwood Terrace, Bracken Bank, Keighley, permissioned (830 m)
- Worthville Farm Keighley: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (850 m)
- Oxford Sreet, Keighley: up to 15 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 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: of the 4 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 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 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 78 addresses are between 112 m and 122 m above sea level (116 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 | 1.8 km |
| Crossflatts 442,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km | |
| Bingley 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 26 stops within 400 m, 62 within 800 m; nearest Ingrow West Station | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Keighley Bus Station | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 16.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Ling House Medical Centre | 1.6 km |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Olive Pharmacy Ashbourne | 380 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Keighley Health Centre | 1.1 km |
| Hospital | Airedale General Hospital | 5.4 km |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 2.7 km |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m; nearest Harvest Energy - Keighley Cashzone | 200 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,190 m² | 540 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Lund Park 5.7 ha | 540 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 160 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,840 m² | 300 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Knowle Park Allotment Gardens 1.7 ha | 410 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 5.9 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.2 | 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 | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 25% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 33% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 21% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 50% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 11% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 14% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 77% | 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) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 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 Halifax Road.