HX2 9UP Calderdale
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Ovenden. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Heathy Avenue, Halifax: 15 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 (44% of about 640 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: 2 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Site of Heathy House Residential Home, Heathy Lane, Holmfield, Halifax, permissioned (70 m)
- Site of, 74 Heathy Lane, Holmfield, Halifax, permissioned (290 m)
- Former St Catherines High School Grounds Holdsworth Road Halifax (360 m)
- Office Building, Holmfield Industrial Estate, Holmfield, Halifax. (370 m)
- Empire Works, Blackmires/Shay Lane, Holmfield, Halifax, not permissioned (400 m)
- Former St Catherine's High School, Holdsworth Rod, Holmfield, Halifax (410 m)
- Laurel Bank, Holdsworth Road, Holmfield, Halifax. (550 m)
- Land At Whitehouse Farm, Holmfield, Halifax, permissioned (660 m)
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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 15 addresses are between 202 m and 204 m above sea level (203 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 | 3.8 km |
| Sowerby Bridge 417,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km | |
| Mytholmroyd 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 58 within 800 m; nearest Beechwood Avenue Holmfield | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Halifax Bus Station Halifax Town Centre | 3.2 km |
| Car parks | North Bridge Car Park | 2.9 km |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 19.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Beechwood Medical Centre | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Ovenden Pharmacy | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Whitehill House Dental Practice | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Calderdale Royal Hospital | 5.4 km |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 3.0 km |
| Cash machines | Costcutter Cashzone | 860 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Beechwood Park 13 ha | 100 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,100 m² | 110 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,030 m² | 160 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,890 m² | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 13 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Brow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farm, a scheduled monument, 580 m east. 16 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farm | Scheduled monument | 580 m east |
| Gazebo to Holdsworth House | Listed building, Grade II* | 610 m north |
| Holdsworth House With Wall and Gateway to Forecourt | Listed building, Grade II* | 630 m north |
| Shrogg's Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Tar Hill Plantation | Wood | 750 m west |
| Tar Hill | Hill | 850 m west |
| Twist Wood | Wood | 890 m east |
| Ringby Hill | Hill | 910 m south-east |
| Simm Carr Clough | Valley | 1.7 km south-east |
| Mixenden Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.8 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 82% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 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 Heathy Avenue.