LS18 4HT Leeds
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Horsforth. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
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 C (33% of about 720 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, HORSFORTH CRAGG HILL & WOODSIDE (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): A4D01.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree within 100 m of this postcode.
- 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 (380 m)
- Bridge House, Outwood Lane, Horsforth: up to 26 homes, permissioned (710 m)
- Horsforth Mill, Low Lane. Horsforth, LS18 4er: up to 89 homes, permissioned (720 m)
- Kirkstall Forge Abbey Road Kirkstall Leeds Kirkstall Forge, Abbey Road, Kirkstall, LS5 3NF: up to 1,385 homes, permissioned (740 m)
- Corn Mill Fold, Low Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5NJ: up to 13 homes, permissioned (760 m)
- Land At Clarence Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 4lb: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (870 m)
- Springwood House Low Lane , Horsforth: up to 27 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 5 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 21 addresses are between 83 m and 86 m above sea level (84 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 | Kirkstall Forge 379,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.0 km |
| Horsforth 890,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km | |
| Headingley 391,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 47 within 800 m; nearest Outwood Lane Hawksworth | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Pudsey Bus Station | 4.7 km |
| Car parks | Horsforth Park Car Park | 1.2 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Fink Hill Car Park GeniePoint | 1.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 4.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Vesper Road | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Mitchell's Chemist | 950 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Maison Dental | 560 m |
| Hospital | St Mary's Hospital | 3.7 km |
| Police station | Weetwood Police Station | 2.4 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Morrisons Daily - Leeds Horsforth, Horsforth Cashzone | 660 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest The Green 1,410 m² | 770 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 500 m² | 520 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.8 ha | 430 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m; nearest Craggwood Allotments 1.0 ha | 180 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Newlay Bridge, a listed building (Grade II*), 860 m south-west. 15 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Newlay Bridge | Listed building, Grade II* | 860 m south-west |
| 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 | 1.2 km west |
| Stone hut circle settlement in Clayton Wood on the south west side of Iveson Drive | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km north-east |
| Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south-east |
| Lawnswood Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Little Hawksworth Wood | Wood | 140 m south |
| Cragg Wood | Wood | 220 m north-west |
| Abbey Mill Race | Lake or reservoir | 300 m south |
| Upper Daisy Hill | Hill | 1.7 km south |
| Moseley Bottom | Valley | 3.0 km north |
| Breary Marsh | Wetland | 4.9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 20 | 21 |
1 of the postcode's 21 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 52% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 33% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 55% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 10 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.