Rocks Lane Ogden, Calderdale
12 addresses across 2 postcodes (HX2), about 730 m (0.5 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 5300495.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2014 the median was £250,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, D: 1, E: 1, F: 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 Calderdale costs £2,420 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 10% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Halifax, about 6.1 km (3.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Ogden Water, is about 560 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 280 to 307 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 12 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Keighley Road Surgery, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 170 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 22 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 2024 | 1 HX2 8XP | Other | £740,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 24 Jul 2014 | FAIRWAYS HX2 8XP | Detached | £250,000 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 141 m². Most common: House, detached (5). Built: before 1900 (2); 2009 (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
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 (70% of about 690 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 2 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: yes, Calderdale.
Listed buildings
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land at Ingham Lane Farm, Bradshaw, Halifax (830 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 4 November 2026 to 6 November 2026: QUICKLINE COMMUNICATIONS LTD, Remedial works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HX2 8XP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| HX2 8XL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 12 addresses are between 280 m and 307 m above sea level (299 m on average); the ground rises about 27 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HX2 8XL | 10% | 10% | 10% | 0% |
| HX2 8XP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Halifax 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Sowerby Bridge 417,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Mytholmroyd 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rocks Lane Ogden | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Halifax Bus Station Halifax Town Centre | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ogden Water Car Park | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 19.1 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Keighley Road Surgery | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rowlands Pharmacy | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| NHS dentists | Whitehill House Dental Practice | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Calderdale Royal Hospital | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Costcutter Cashzone | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ogden Water 77 ha | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 430 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.7 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,930 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 77 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Mount Sion Methodist Church and House Attached, a listed building (Grade II*), 500 m (0.3 miles) south. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Sion Methodist Church and House Attached | Listed building, Grade II* | 500 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 500m north west of Goose Clough on Ovenden Moor | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 350m south west of Goose Clough at Hunter Hill, Ovenden | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Black Hill | Hill | 730 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Ogden Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 810 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Rock Hollow Park | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Ogden Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Soil Hill Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Great Scar | Valley | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 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 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 12 |
4 of the street's 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradshaw Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Abbey Park Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Trinity Academy Whitehill | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The North Halifax Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Rocks Lane (12); On or near Keighley Road (10).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 14% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: QUICKLINE COMMUNICATIONS LTD: Remedial works, 4 November 2026 to 6 November 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
All the streets in HX2 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.