LS18 4HA Leeds
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Horsforth. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Broadgate Crescent, Horsforth: 32 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Leeds in 2026-27: Band D £2,284 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,522 | £1,776 | £2,030 | £2,284 | £2,791 | £3,299 | £3,806 | £4,567 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (61% of about 710 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): A4D01.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Former St Josephs Convalescent Home, Outwood Lane, Horsforth: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (580 m)
- Woodside Mill Low Lane Horsforth Leeds: up to 59 homes, not permissioned (780 m)
- Springwood House Low Lane , Horsforth: up to 27 homes, permissioned (860 m)
- Land At Clarence Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 4lb: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (890 m)
- Bridge House, Outwood Lane, Horsforth: up to 26 homes, permissioned (900 m)
- Corn Mill Fold, Low Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5NJ: up to 13 homes, permissioned (900 m)
- Horsforth Mill, Low Lane. Horsforth, LS18 4er: up to 89 homes, permissioned (920 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 1 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 32 addresses are between 116 m and 118 m above sea level (117 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 | Horsforth 890,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km |
| Kirkstall Forge 379,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km | |
| Headingley 391,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 18 stops within 400 m, 69 within 800 m; nearest Broadgate Walk Broadway Horsforth | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Pudsey Bus Station | 4.9 km |
| Car parks | Horsforth Park Car Park | 840 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 750 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 3.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Vesper Road | 1.4 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Horsforth - Pharmacy Plus Health | 480 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Maison Dental | 110 m |
| Hospital | St Mary's Hospital | 4.2 km |
| Police station | Weetwood Police Station | 2.5 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Morrisons Daily - Leeds Horsforth, Horsforth Cashzone | 330 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 240 m² | 760 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 500 m² | 930 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 220 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Broadgate Lane Allotments 7,360 m² | 400 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold, a scheduled monument, 1.0 km south-west. 24 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km south-west |
| Stone hut circle settlement in Clayton Wood on the south west side of Iveson Drive | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km north-east |
| Medieval farmstead in Ireland Wood, 150m north east of Cookridge Hospital | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km north-east |
| Lawnswood Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cragg Wood | Wood | 300 m south |
| Little Hawksworth Wood | Wood | 630 m south-east |
| Abbey Mill Race | Lake or reservoir | 800 m south |
| Horn Hill | Hill | 2.0 km north-west |
| Moseley Bottom | Valley | 2.5 km north |
| Breary Marsh | Wetland | 4.5 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 32 | 32 |
None of the postcode's 32 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 15% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 33% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 79% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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 Broadgate Crescent.