HX1 2DF Calderdale
Live postcode, introduced April 2010. Ward: Halifax Town. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Shaw Hill, Halifax: 7 addresses
- Sedburgh Road, Halifax: 3 addresses
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 (53% of about 800 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 km (0.6 miles)
- 16 Heath View, Heath View Street, Halifax. HX1 2JU (250 m)
- Hartwell Ford Garage, Skircoat Road, Halifax (300 m)
- County Court, Coleridge Street, Halifax. (470 m (0.3 miles))
- 11 to 15 Clare Road, Halifax. (470 m (0.3 miles))
- 34 Clare Road, Halifax. HX1 2JR (470 m (0.3 miles))
- 14 to 18 Portland Place, Halifax. (480 m (0.3 miles))
- Kingfisher House, Portland Place, Halifax, permissioned (490 m (0.3 miles))
- Elmfield House, 50 to 52 Prescott Street, Halifax. HX1 2QW (500 m (0.3 miles))
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 115 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 | Halifax 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Sowerby Bridge 417,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Brighouse 388,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 20 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 70 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Shay Shaw Hill Halifax Town Centre | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Halifax Bus Station Halifax Town Centre | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Euro Car Parks | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest St Johns Lane GeniePoint | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 21.1 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Boulevard Medical Practice | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Calderdale Royal Hospital | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Halifax police station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® Commercial Street Lloyds Bank | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Albert Park 2,940 m² | 240 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 120 m² | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,010 m² | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,800 m² | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Shaw Lodge Mill Former Combing Shed, a listed building (Grade II*), 150 m south-east. 116 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 13 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Shaw Lodge Mill Former Combing Shed | Listed building, Grade II* | 150 m south-east |
| Shaw Lodge Mill Office Building | Listed building, Grade II* | 150 m south-east |
| Shaw Lodge Mill Chimney | Listed building, Grade II* | 210 m south-east |
| Shaw Lodge Mill Warehouse and Mills | Listed building, Grade II* | 230 m south-east |
| Mill gas plant, Shaw Lodge Mills | Scheduled monument | 350 m south-east |
| Stoney Royd Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 490 m (0.3 miles) east |
| The gibbet platform | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Peoples Park, Halifax | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Ventilation chimney and furnace house 260m south of Park Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Farrar Mill Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Beacon Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Law Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Cunnery Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Dixon Clough | Valley | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Sowerby Cut | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 8 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 2 |
10 of the postcode's 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 8 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Calderdale: see them on the Calderdale page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 63 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 46% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 29% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 12% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 60% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 39% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 44% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 32% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 14% | 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 3 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 Shaw Hill.