LS18 4LP Leeds
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Horsforth. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Fleet Thro Road, Horsforth: 2 addresses
- Pollard Lane, Leeds: 1 address
- Newlay Grove, Horsforth: 1 address
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 D (40% of about 810 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, NEWLAY (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 7 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: yes, Leeds.
Listed buildings
- NEWLAY BRIDGE, grade II*
- TOLL HOUSE TO IRON BRIDGE, grade II
- WEIR AND RETAINING WALLS ON RIVER AIRE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Pollard Lane LS13: up to 136 homes, permissioned (240 m)
- Land At Clarence Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 4lb: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (260 m)
- Former St Josephs Convalescent Home, Outwood Lane, Horsforth: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (540 m)
- Site of Leeds City College, Calverley Lane, Horsforth, Leeds: up to 152 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
- Kirkstall Forge Abbey Road Kirkstall Leeds Kirkstall Forge, Abbey Road, Kirkstall, LS5 3NF: up to 1,385 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 1 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 4 addresses are between 42 m and 43 m above sea level (42 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 | 1.2 km |
| Horsforth 890,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km | |
| Bramley (West Yorkshire) 336,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 26 within 800 m; nearest Victoria Crescent Horsforth | 250 m |
| Bus or coach station | Pudsey Bus Station | 3.9 km |
| Car parks | Horsforth Park Car Park | 1.0 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Fink Hill Car Park GeniePoint | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 4.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Vesper Road | 1.6 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Mitchell's Chemist | 500 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest New Road Side (Dental Surgery) | 730 m |
| Hospital | St Mary's Hospital | 3.6 km |
| Police station | Weetwood Police Station | 3.3 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 420 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Bramley Fall Park 33 ha | 620 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 270 m² | 630 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5.9 ha | 600 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 620 m² | 650 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 33 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Newlay Bridge, a listed building (Grade II*), 50 m. 16 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* | 50 m |
| 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 | 660 m north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Outwood | Wood | 530 m east |
| Thornton Wood | Wood | 780 m west |
| Little Hawksworth Wood | Wood | 850 m north-east |
| Abbey Mill Race | Lake or reservoir | 850 m east |
| Upper Daisy Hill | Hill | 1.5 km south-east |
| Farsley Beck Bottom | Valley | 2.2 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 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 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 3 |
1 of the postcode's 4 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 36% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 55% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Fleet Thro Road.