OL14 7DT Calderdale
Live postcode, introduced April 1985. Ward: Todmorden West. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Queen Street, Todmorden: 1 address
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 (45% of about 860 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Todmorden (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 5 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- TODMORDEN VICARAGE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Garage Site, Ridge Road, Todmorden. (180 m)
- Garage site and site of, 26 Victoria Road, Todmorden. (190 m)
- Site of Adamroyd Mill, Victoria Road, Todmorden, permissioned (230 m)
- Harley Mill, Harley Street, Todmorden. (260 m)
- Land off Halifax Road Todmorden OL14 5AT (270 m)
- Former Ferney Lee Services For Older People, Lower Ferney Lee, Todmorden. OL14 5NR (470 m (0.3 miles))
- Derdale Street, Todmorden. (700 m (0.4 miles))
- Derdale Mill, Derdale Street, Todmorden, permissioned (770 m (0.5 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 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, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 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 address is about 126 m above sea level.
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 | Todmorden 718,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 300 m |
| Walsden 80,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Hebden Bridge 908,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 20 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 52 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Todmorden J&I Sch | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Todmorden Bus Station | 130 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest School Lane Car Park GeniePoint | 320 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 33.3 km (21 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Todmorden Group Practice | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 250 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 350 m |
| Hospital | Birch Hill Hospital | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) |
| Police station | Waterfoot Police Station | 11 km (6.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 250 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Patmos Garden 970 m² | 40 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 7,420 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,370 m² | 320 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.0 ha | 240 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,780 m² | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 1.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Todmorden Town Hall, a listed building (Grade I), 280 m south. 65 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Todmorden Town Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 280 m south |
| Todmorden Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 360 m south |
| Stansfield Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 510 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| The Unitarian Church | Listed building, Grade I | 580 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 200m north west of Hanging Field Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hall Wood | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Oak Hill Clough | Valley | 610 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Buckley Wood | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Kiln Clough | Valley | 700 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Shoebroad Dam | Lake or reservoir | 850 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the postcode's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Calderdale: see them on the Calderdale page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 57% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 31% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 24% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 45% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 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 Queen Street.