Athol Road Halifax, Calderdale
22 addresses across 3 postcodes (HX3), about 120 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5300764.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Calderdale costs £2,420 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Halifax, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Shroggs Park, is about 840 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 188 to 192 m above sea level.
- Noise: 21 of its 22 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Beechwood Medical Centre, about 400 m (0.2 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 52% of households owned their home and 12% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 72 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 street: most are in band A (87% of about 620 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Jubilee Works, Jubilee Street North, Ovenden, Halifax, permissioned (320 m)
- Jubilee Works, Jubilee Street North, Ovenden, Halifax, permissioned (330 m)
- Former Engineering Works, Turner Street, Ovenden, Halifax. (530 m (0.3 miles))
- Gordon Street Works, Gordon Street, Boothtown, Halifax. HX3 6NU (740 m (0.5 miles))
- Old Lane Dyeworks Old Lane Halifax (780 m (0.5 miles))
- Site of Ovenden Way Hotel, Ovenden Way, Ovenden, Halifax (830 m (0.5 miles))
- Wheatley Wells Inn, 106-112 Wheatley Road, Wheatley, Halifax, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
- Bethlehem Pentecostal Mission, Wheatley Road, Halifax, permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 6 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| HX3 5RN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 6 | unlikely |
| HX3 5RJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| HX3 5RL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 188 m and 192 m above sea level (189 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HX3 5RJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| HX3 5RL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| HX3 5RN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Halifax 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Sowerby Bridge 417,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Mytholmroyd 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 59 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Athol Road Ovenden | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Halifax Bus Station Halifax Town Centre | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Car parks | North Bridge Car Park | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 19.9 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Beechwood Medical Centre | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ovenden Pharmacy | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Beechwood Community | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Calderdale Royal Hospital | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ovenden Off Licence | 250 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Shroggs Park 11 ha | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 450 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ovenden Park 3.6 ha | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,260 m² | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Ovenden Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 160 m south. 21 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ovenden Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 160 m south |
| Former Boiler House and Attached Chimney to North of Old Lane Mill | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Old Lane Mill Rawson's Mill | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Shrogg's Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Brow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Lister Lane Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ringby Hill | Hill | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Pule Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Page Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Scout Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Simm Carr Clough | Valley | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Albert Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 21 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 22 |
21 of the street's 22 addresses are 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.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorside Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 670 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Trinity Academy Akroydon | Primary | 3–11 | 890 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Lee Mount Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 950 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Dean Field Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Feb 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Trinity Academy Halifax Church of England | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Outstanding (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Mount Pellon Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| St Augustine's CofE School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Beech Hill School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| The North Halifax Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Christ Church Pellon CofE VC Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Trinity Academy Whitehill | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet Taste HX3 5RQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 10 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 20 Apr 2026 |
| Scrumptious Bites HX3 5RQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 8 May 2025 |
| Minibugs Nurseries Limited HX3 5SA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 190 m | 5 Very good | 15 Jun 2026 |
| Brew Shed HX3 6QU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 5 Very good | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Ovenden Kitchen HX3 5TJ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 230 m | 4 Good | 21 May 2026 |
| Lebanese House HX3 5TJ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 230 m | 4 Good | 6 Oct 2025 |
| Ovenden Polski Sklep HX3 5TJ | Retailers - other | 240 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 11 Nov 2024 |
| Go Local HX3 5TJ | Retailers - other | 250 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Railway Hotel HX3 5SJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 260 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 16 Dec 2024 |
| Roll With It Sandwich Shop HX3 6QT | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 300 m | 4 Good | 22 Apr 2026 |
| Kwai Hing HX2 8AL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 360 m | 5 Very good | 12 Feb 2025 |
| Spud Hut Halifax HX2 8AL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 370 m | 5 Very good | 9 Mar 2026 |
| The Friendly Inn HX3 5QG | Pub/bar/nightclub | 380 m | 4 Good | 17 Jun 2024 |
| The Hungry Clock HX2 8BA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 23 Sep 2026 |
| Nursery Lane Stores & Off Licence HX3 5SW | Retailers - other | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 28 Oct 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 32 |
| Drugs | 9 |
| Other theft | 7 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Athol Close (16); On or near Grove Court (13); On or near Athol Gardens (11); On or near Athol Green (8); On or near Grove Gardens (7).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 52% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 33% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 12% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 32% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
What has changed
- Food hygiene ratings Nursery Lane Stores & Off Licence (retailers - other, HX3 5SW) re-inspected, still 5 Very good (rated 28 October 2026) found 31 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Johal Brothers (retailers - other, HX3 5QG) re-inspected, still 5 Very good (rated 28 October 2026) found 31 October 2026
Postcodes on this street
- HX3 5RN: 18 addresses of 128 in the postcode
- HX3 5RJ: 3 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- HX3 5RL: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Athol Street · Mostyn Mount · Stoney Lane · Grafton Place · Athol Close · Grove Avenue · Athol Gardens · Athol Green · Athol Crescent · Grove Court · Smiths Terrace · Grove Park
All the streets in HX3 and across Calderdale.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.