Draycott Walk Bradford
7 addresses across 1 postcode (BD4), about 90 m long. USRN 7724230.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 Bradford costs £2,361 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bradford Interchange, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 20 m away, and Pit Hill Park (8.3 hectares) is about 320 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 13.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 177 to 181 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Tong Medical Practice, about 830 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 27% of households owned their home and 9% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 324 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
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 85 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (3); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 1950-1966 (5). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (3); owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Bradford in 2026-27: Band D £2,361 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,574 | £1,836 | £2,098 | £2,361 | £2,885 | £3,410 | £3,935 | £4,721 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (72% of about 850 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)
- Kesteven Close, Holmewood: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (30 m)
- Kesteven Rd, Holmewood: up to 11 homes, not permissioned (50 m)
- Land at Muirhead Fold, Holmewood: up to 19 homes, not permissioned (200 m)
- Landscove Avenue, Holmewood: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
- Somerton Drive, Holmewood: up to 11 homes, not permissioned (490 m (0.3 miles))
- Mead View, Holmewood: up to 41 homes, not permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
- Mead View, Holmewood: up to 19 homes, not permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- Cordingley Street, Holmewood: up to 39 homes, not permissioned (610 m (0.4 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 25 August 2026 to 30 August 2026: YORKSHIRE WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 177 m and 181 m above sea level (179 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD4 0PE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bradford Interchange 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| New Pudsey 789,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Bradford Forster Square 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 32 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kesteven Close Holme Wood | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bradford Interchange Bus Station Bradford City Centre | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fastned Charging Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 10.6 km (6.6 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tong Medical Practice | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Holmewood Pharmacy | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dentistry@Bd4 | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | St Luke's Hospital Day Case Elective Surgical Hub | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 150 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,680 m² | 20 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Pit Hill Park 8.3 ha | 320 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,350 m² | 240 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.7 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.6 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 9 parks and gardens, 22 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Ryecroft Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 740 m (0.5 miles) south-east. 14 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ryecroft Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 740 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Bowling Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643 | Registered battlefield | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-east |
| Saltaire | World Heritage Site | 9 km (5.6 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Holme Wood | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Kit Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Lousy Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Hunsworth Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Toftshaw Bottom | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Helicon Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 7 | 7 |
None of the street's 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Bradford: see them on the Bradford page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryecroft Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 90 m | No published inspection |
| Knowleswood Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 720 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Carrwood Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 850 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St John's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Bradford Forster Academy Church of England | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Tong Leadership Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Lower Fields Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Meadow Bank Community School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Requires improvement (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Co-op Academy Beckfield | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| East Bierley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jun 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 |
| Bradford Academy Church of England | All-through | 2–19 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM Catering Services at Ryecroft Primary Academy BD4 0LS | School/college/university | 90 m | 5 Very good | 26 Sep 2025 |
| The Valley Project BD4 0AB | Other catering premises | 150 m | 4 Good | 23 Sep 2025 |
| Holme Stores BD4 0AH | Retailers - other | 190 m | 5 Very good | 24 Oct 2018 |
| Wedgewood House & Wedgewood Hall BD4 0NQ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 190 m | 5 Very good | 12 Oct 2023 |
| Ryecroft Village Store BD4 0NQ | Retailers - other | 360 m | 5 Very good | 16 Mar 2021 |
| Holmewood Stores BD4 9SA | Retailers - other | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Jan 2013 |
| Adeels Spice BD4 9SA | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 4 Dec 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 156 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 40 |
| Burglary | 22 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 21 |
| Public order | 19 |
| Other crime | 16 |
| Drugs | 13 |
| Other theft | 12 |
| Vehicle crime | 8 |
| Robbery | 7 |
| Possession of weapons | 6 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Wycombe Green (38); On or near Heysham Drive (35); On or near Wenborough Lane (29); On or near Kesteven Road (25); On or near Kesteven Close (25).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 29% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 27% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 13% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 54% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 9% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 24% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 9% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 36% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 89% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 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
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- BD4 0PE: 7 addresses of 18 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Englefield Close · Kesteven Road · Wansford Close · Tenbury Fold · Sandgate Walk · Kesteven Close · Englefield Crescent · Bowater Court · Wycombe Green · Knutsford Fold · Knutsford Grove · Ardsley Close
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.