WF13 3BT Kirklees
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Dewsbury West. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Queen Street, Dewsbury: 76 addresses
- Garden Terrace, Dewsbury: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Queen Street, Ravensthorpe: 1 address
- Huddersfield Road, Dewsbury: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Kirklees in 2026-27: Band D £2,441 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,627 | £1,899 | £2,170 | £2,441 | £2,984 | £3,526 | £4,068 | £4,882 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (84% of about 560 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): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Red Laithes Court, Red Laithes Lane, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, WF13 3DB: up to 15 homes, not permissioned (200 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 64 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 58 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 58 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 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 42 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 | Ravensthorpe 31,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 720 m |
| Mirfield 364,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km | |
| Dewsbury 947,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m, 22 within 800 m; nearest Spen Valley Road Ravensthorpe | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Dewsbury Bus Station | 2.2 km |
| Car parks | Co-op Mirfield Car Park | 2.3 km |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest Mer | 20 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 20.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest North Road Suite,Ravensthorpe Health Ctr | 310 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Eye Pharmacy | 60 m |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.0 km |
| Hospital | Dewsbury & District Hospital-Combined Elective Surgical Hub | 2.5 km |
| Police station | Raccoon City Police Department | 1.7 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Ravensthorpe Retail Park, Ravensthorpe Cashzone | 60 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,660 m² | 160 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Dewsbury Country Park 87 ha | 430 m |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 600 m² | 200 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.7 ha | 250 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 310 m |
Within 800 m: 7 parks and gardens, 96 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Dewsbury Cemetery, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 910 m north-east. 6 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dewsbury Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 910 m north-east |
| Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey castle | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km west |
| Crow Nest Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| New Cut Top | Lake or reservoir | 700 m east |
| Greenwood Cut | Lake or reservoir | 820 m south-west |
| Lady Wood | Wood | 1.1 km south |
| Dewsbury Flood Relief Channel | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km east |
| Haley Hill | Hill | 2.1 km south |
| Whitley Wood Bottom | Valley | 2.6 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 65 | 79 |
14 of the postcode's 79 addresses are 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 | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 15% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 33% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 36% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 38% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 13% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 10% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 12% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 12% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 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) | 18% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 44% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 64% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 15% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 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.