HX1 2EF Calderdale
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Halifax Town. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Bull Close Lane, Halifax: 35 addresses
- High Street, Halifax: 2 addresses
- Bull Green, Halifax: 1 address
- Carlton Place, Halifax: 1 address
- Ferguson Street, Halifax: 1 address
- Back Ferguson Street, Halifax: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Bull Close Lane, Halifax: 1 address
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 (86% of about 1,220 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Halifax Town Centre Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 10.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 10, CARLTON STREET, grade II
- 12-16 Carlton Street and attached walls and gate piers, grade II
- 2 AND 4, KING CROSS STREET, grade II
- 2, HARRISON ROAD, grade II
- 6 AND 8, HARRISON ROAD, grade II
- 6 AND 8, KING CROSS STREET, grade II
- 9 AND 11, BACK FERGUSON STREET (See details for further address information), grade II
- FORMER HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, grade II
- HALIFAX POLICE STATION, grade II
- HARRISON HOUSE BRANCH LIBRARY, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- First & second Floors, Milans Hotel, 6 Carlton Place, Halifax. (30 m)
- 6 Carlton Street, Halifax. (60 m)
- Ground and First floors, 7 Ferguson Street, Halifax. HX1 2EE (60 m)
- Provident Insurance Plc, Blackwall, Halifax, permissioned (70 m)
- 20 Blackwall, Halifax. HX1 2BE (70 m)
- Land off King Cross Street Halifax HX1 2SH (120 m)
- 8 Hopwood Lane, Halifax. (120 m)
- Trinity Royd Cottage and, 2 Balmoral Place, Halifax. (140 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 42 addresses are between 156 m and 164 m above sea level (159 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 69%, gigabit 69% 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 | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Sowerby Bridge 417,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (2 miles) | |
| Brighouse 388,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 33 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 97 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hopwood Lane Halifax Town Centre | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Halifax Bus Station Halifax Town Centre | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Euro Car Parks | 50 m |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Paradise Car Park GeniePoint | 180 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 21 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lister Lane Surgery | 220 m |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lister Lane Pharmacy | 220 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 280 m |
| Hospital | Calderdale Royal Hospital | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Halifax police station | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cashpoint® Commercial Street Lloyds Bank | 270 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest People's Park 4.9 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,300 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4,010 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,230 m² | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 5.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Somerset House, a listed building (Grade II*), 210 m north-east. 159 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 23 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Somerset House | Listed building, Grade II* | 210 m north-east |
| The gibbet platform | Scheduled monument | 390 m north-west |
| Borough Market With Shopping Arcade to North | Listed building, Grade II* | 390 m north-east |
| Marlborough Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| White Swan Hotel | Listed building, Grade II* | 430 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Peoples Park, Halifax | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 540 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Lister Lane Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 660 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Mill gas plant, Shaw Lodge Mills | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Snake Hill Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Cunnery Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Farrar Mill Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Albert Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Dixon Clough | Valley | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) east |
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 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 25 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 42 |
31 of the postcode's 42 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, 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 | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 11% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 17% | 17% |
| Private rented | 71% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 14% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 20% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 11% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 21% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 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) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 69% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 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 Bull Close Lane.