LS5 3BW Leeds
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Kirkstall. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Bridge Road, Leeds: 5 addresses
- Bridge Fold, Leeds: 1 address
- Savins Mill Way, Leeds: 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 A (54% of about 1,100 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): A4D01.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- HOLLY BUSH HOUSE AND ADJOINING BARN TO SOUTH WEST AND BOUNDARY WALL, grade II
- KIRKSTALL BRIDGE, grade II
- KIRKSTALL TILE CENTRE BRIDGE MILLS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Kirkstall Design Centre , Bridge Road , Kirkstall: up to 27 homes, permissioned (130 m)
- Canal Wharf Wyther Lane LS5: up to 64 homes, permissioned (310 m)
- Area Within Kirkstall Hill, Beecroft Street, Commercial Road: up to 55 homes, not permissioned (450 m)
- Broadlea Street, Leeds, LS13 2SD: up to 24 homes, permissioned (480 m)
- Former site of The Ancestor, Armley Ridge Road, Armley: up to 14 homes, permissioned (510 m)
- 101 Commercial Road, Kirkstall, Leeds, LS5 3AD: up to 8 homes, permissioned (800 m)
- Salvation Army, 139 Broad Lane, Bramley, Leeds: up to 28 homes, permissioned (870 m)
- The Former Dutton Arms, Queenswood Drive, Headingley, Leeds: up to 1 home, permissioned (910 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 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 8 addresses are between 34 m and 36 m above sea level (35 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 67%, gigabit 67% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Headingley 391,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 850 m |
| Kirkstall Forge 379,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| Burley Park 756,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m, 51 within 800 m; nearest Kirkstall Bridge Shopping Park | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Pudsey Bus Station | 4.3 km |
| Car parks | Bramley Centre Car Park | 1.4 km |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km; nearest Osprey Charging Station | 300 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 6.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Abbey Grange Medical Practice | 420 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 330 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest The Langdale Dental Practice | 1.3 km |
| Hospital | St Mary's Hospital | 1.9 km |
| Police station | Weetwood Police Station | 2.7 km |
| Cash machines | Cockshott Lane Stores Ltd, Armley Cashzone | 1.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 8 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 9,530 m² | 320 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Abbey Gardens 11 ha | 460 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,040 m² | 600 m |
| Playing field | 5 within 800 m; nearest Leeds Rugby Acadamy 4.0 ha | 50 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,860 m² | 530 m |
Within 800 m: 8 parks and gardens, 20 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Kirkstall Abbey, a listed building (Grade I), 490 m north. 28 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkstall Abbey | Listed building, Grade I | 490 m north |
| Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock | Scheduled monument | 650 m north |
| Gatehouse at Kirkstall Abbey (Abbey House Folk Museum) | Listed building, Grade II* | 700 m north |
| Armley House (Gott's Park) | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkstall Goit | Lake or reservoir | 300 m east |
| Morris Wood | Wood | 750 m north-east |
| Low Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north-east |
| The Goit | Lake or reservoir | 1.0 km south-east |
| Upper Daisy Hill | Hill | 1.3 km west |
| Gamble Hill Vale | Valley | 2.4 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 7 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 1 |
6 of the postcode's 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 7 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 6% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 8% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 4% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 55% | 17% |
| Private rented | 35% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 29% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 30% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 88% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 80% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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 Bridge Road.