HD6 2FD Calderdale
Live postcode, introduced December 2023. Ward: Brighouse. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Calderdale in 2026-27: Band D £2,420 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,613 | £1,882 | £2,151 | £2,420 | £2,958 | £3,496 | £4,034 | £4,840 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (62% of about 870 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: in a protected area: Brighouse Wood II.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 7-21, Brighouse Wood Row, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Elm Royd Nursing Home, Elmwood Drive, Brighouse. HD6 2AL (20 m)
- Land at junction of Knightbridge Court and Parsonage Lane, Brighouse, permissioned (460 m)
- The Party Venue, Upper Bonegate, Brighouse. HD6 1RT (730 m)
- First Floor, 25 Commercial Street, Brighouse. HD6 1AF (760 m)
- Pond Quarry Lightcliffe Road Brighouse HD6 2JJ (780 m)
- First floor, 22 Bethel Street, Brighouse, permissioned (790 m)
- 1 High Street & 65A Bradford Road, Elland. HD6 1DE (790 m)
- Former Salford Works, Bramston Street, Rastrick, Brighouse, permissioned (830 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 97 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 | Brighouse 388,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km |
| Halifax 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km | |
| Deighton 63,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 17 stops within 400 m, 46 within 800 m; nearest Wilton Street Brookfoot | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brighouse Bus Station | 710 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Parsonage Lane Car Park GeniePoint | 610 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 19.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Rydings Hall Surgery | 600 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Brighouse Pharmacy | 600 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Park Street Dental Practice | 790 m |
| Hospital | Spire Hospital | 3.1 km |
| Police station | Brighouse Police Station | 810 m |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Cash machine 26 Bethel Street Halifax | 780 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Rydings Park 1.1 ha | 320 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Wellholme Park 12 ha | 800 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,270 m² | 330 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Lane Head Recreation Ground 3.1 ha | 200 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 450 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 13 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Anglian high cross fragment in the churchyard of St Matthew's Church, Rastrick, a scheduled monument, 1.6 km south. 29 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Anglian high cross fragment in the churchyard of St Matthew's Church, Rastrick | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brighouse Wood | Wood | 230 m north-west |
| North Cut | Lake or reservoir | 240 m south |
| Freeman's Wood | Wood | 690 m west |
| Slead Syke Wood | Wood | 810 m north-west |
| Cromwell Bottom | Valley | 1.3 km south-west |
| Harry Hill | Hill | 1.8 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 40 | 40 |
None of the postcode's 40 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 62 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 68% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 33% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 55% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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.