HX1 3AQ Calderdale
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Wainhouse. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Savile Park Road, Halifax: 9 addresses
House prices and rents in Calderdale
A typical home in Calderdale cost £197,651 in August 2026, 7.8% more than a year before. That is 27% more than five years earlier and 60% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £380,393 |
| Semi-detached | £236,606 |
| Terraced | £172,551 |
| Flat or maisonette | £124,145 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £174,353 |
Private renters in Calderdale paid £760 a month on average in September 2026, 3.2% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £551 |
| Two bedrooms | £688 |
| Three bedrooms | £821 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,130 |
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 (70% of about 690 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: 28 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- SAVILE TERRACE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Waterloo Hall, Savile Park Road, Halifax. (170 m)
- Trafalgar Works, 49 Haugh Shaw Road, Savile Park, Halifax. HX1 3AR (240 m)
- Savile Close Day Centre, 37 Savile Park Road, Halifax. HX1 2ES (340 m)
- Junction Hotel, 192 King Cross Road, Halifax, permissioned (470 m (0.3 miles))
- Carlton Works, The Boulevard, Savile Park Road, Halifax. HX1 2EN (540 m (0.3 miles))
- School House, 56 Hopwood Lane, Halifax, permissioned (580 m (0.4 miles))
- Former Mayfield Garage, Queens Road, Halifax (600 m (0.4 miles))
- Trinity Royd Cottage and, 2 Balmoral Place, Halifax. (630 m (0.4 miles))
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this postcode.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 9 addresses are between 188 m and 189 m above sea level (188 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 | Halifax 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Sowerby Bridge 417,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) | |
| Brighouse 388,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km (4.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 21 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 82 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Carlton House Terrace Savile Park | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Halifax Bus Station Halifax Town Centre | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Euro Car Parks | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Haugh Shaw Road West GeniePoint | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 21.7 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Boulevard Medical Practice | 330 m |
| Pharmacies | 12 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 300 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Calderdale Royal Hospital | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Manchester Police | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest People's Park 4.9 ha | 250 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Savile Park 22 ha | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 380 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,230 m² | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 28 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Platform at south end of terrace in People's Park with urn, a listed building (Grade II*), 320 m north. 82 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 13 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Platform at south end of terrace in People's Park with urn | Listed building, Grade II* | 320 m north |
| Peoples Park, Halifax | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 400 m (0.2 miles) north |
| Pavilion in People's Park With Screen Walls and Fountain Pools | Listed building, Grade II* | 410 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Steps to Centre of Terrace in Peoples Park | Listed building, Grade II* | 410 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Fountain and basin in People's Park | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Lister Lane Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 710 m (0.4 miles) north |
| The gibbet platform | Scheduled monument | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Mill gas plant, Shaw Lodge Mills | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Scarr Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Long Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Snake Hill Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Albert Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Beacon Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Maple Dean Clough | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 9 |
4 of the postcode's 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Road safety
15 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported around the postcode in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 3 serious and 12 slight, in which 4 people were seriously hurt. 5 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 2 involved a child under 16. 20% happened in the dark, and 40% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Nov 2025 09:51 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 20 mph | Wet road |
| 29 Apr 2025 15:49 | Serious | 1 person | A58, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 16 Apr 2025 07:49 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 20 mph | Wet road |
| 8 Oct 2024 03:25 | Slight | 1 person | A58, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 3 Aug 2024 18:05 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 20 May 2024 11:22 | Serious | 2 people: 2 pedestrians, 1 child | A58, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 12 Sep 2023 10:23 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 20 mph | Wet road |
| 25 Jul 2023 21:45 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 20 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 15 May 2023 14:50 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 20 mph | Daylight |
| 22 Apr 2023 14:25 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child | A58, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
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 | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 51% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 26% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 46% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 18% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 74% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 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 Savile Park Road.