HD6 3LE Calderdale
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Rastrick. 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 (50% of about 1,020 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
- SITE 4, Sherburn Road, Rastrick, Brighouse. (440 m)
- The Bramble Inn, Field Lane, Rastrick, Brighouse (650 m)
- Slade Lane Works, Slade Lane, Brighouse, permissioned (810 m)
- Grounds of Lands House, New Hey Road, Rastrick, Brighouse. (890 m)
- Rastrick Preparatory and Nursery, Ogden Lane, Brighouse (940 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 7 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 40 addresses are between 146 m and 163 m above sea level (160 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 | Brighouse 388,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km |
| Deighton 63,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km | |
| Huddersfield 3.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 46 within 800 m; nearest Lower Edge Road Rastrick | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brighouse Bus Station | 2.2 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Sainsburys Rastrick Smart Charge | 730 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 21.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Rastrick Health Centre | 770 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Rastrick Pharmacy | 770 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 860 m |
| Hospital | Spire Hospital | 1.7 km |
| Police station | Brighouse Police Station | 2.7 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Field Lane, Rastrick Cashzone | 450 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,850 m² | 160 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 8,750 m² | 250 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 570 m² | 240 m |
| Playing field | Carr Green Playing Field 4.0 ha | 810 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,560 m² | 310 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 1.3 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, 810 m east. 21 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Anglian high cross fragment in the churchyard of St Matthew's Church, Rastrick | Scheduled monument | 810 m east |
| Cross Base in Churchyard of St Matthews Church | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m east |
| Church of St Matthew | Listed building, Grade II* | 830 m east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Hill | Hill | 500 m north-west |
| Strangstry Wood | Wood | 570 m north-west |
| The Wilderness | Wood | 650 m south-west |
| Reins Wood | Wood | 860 m north |
| Cromwell Bottom | Valley | 1.0 km north |
| North Cut | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 24 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 40 |
24 of the postcode's 40 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 77% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 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.