Schools
136 open schools are in scope, including 89 primary and 20 secondary schools. Bronte Girls' Academy is the nearest published school at 751 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BD4 8SG
Bowling & Barkerend · Bradford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bowling & Barkerend
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford East
- Postcode district
- BD4
- Postcode sector
- BD4 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BD4 8SG
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BD
- Postcode district
- BD4
- Postcode sector
- BD4 8
- Latitude
- 53.785888
- Longitude
- -1.734347
- British National Grid easting
- 417,601
- British National Grid northing
- 432,205
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Bradford · E08000032
- Electoral ward
- Bowling & Barkerend · E05016458
- Parish or community
- E43000274
- Westminster constituency
- Bradford East · E14001118
- Output area
- E00053556
- Lower layer super output area
- Bradford 045B · E01010613
- Middle layer super output area
- Bradford 045 · E02002227
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BD4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 136
- Primary
- 89
- Secondary
- 20
- 751 m
Bronte Girls' Academy
Free schools
- 752 m
Lower Fields Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 849 m
Co-op Academy Penny Oaks
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 10,142
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,050
- Public order 1,117
- Drugs 789
- Other theft 731
- Criminal damage and arson 727
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BD4 8 residents
- 7,360
Age bands in BD4 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 25.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.2%
1,838 residents
971 residents
2,113 residents
1,586 residents
818 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 100%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
41
within 5 km
NEW OTLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
HILLSIDE BRIDGE, 4 BUTLER STREET WEST, BRADFORD, BD3 0BS
ODS code B83611
1.4 km
PRIMROSE SURGERY
HILLSIDE BRIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTRE, 4 BUTLER STREET WEST, BRADFORD, BD3 0BS
ODS code B83026
1.4 km
BOWLING HALL MED PRACTICE
ROOLEY LANE, FARSLEY, BRADFORD, BD4 7SS
ODS code B83041
1.5 km
ROOLEY LANE MED. CENTRE
ROOLEY LANE, BRADFORD, BD4 7SS
ODS code B83042
1.5 km
BRADFORD MOOR PRACTICE
BARKEREND HEALTH CENTRE, BARKEREND ROAD, BRADFORD, BD3 8QH
ODS code B83032
1.6 km
MOOR PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARKEREND HEALTH CENTRE, BARKEREND ROAD, BRADFORD, BD3 8QH
ODS code B83661
1.6 km
THE AVICENNA MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARKEREND HEALTH CENTRE, BARKEREND ROAD, BRADFORD, BD3 8QH
ODS code B83058
1.6 km
BEVAN COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETY
BEVAN HOUSE PRIMARY CARE, 14 PICCADILLY, BRADFORD, BD1 3LS
ODS code B83657
1.6 km
FARROW MEDICAL CENTRE
177 OTLEY ROAD, BRADFORD, BD3 0HX
ODS code B83016
1.9 km
DR GILKAR
392 LITTLE HORTON LANE, BRADFORD, BD5 0NX
ODS code B83653
2.0 km
DR I M RAJA & PARTNER
392 LITTLE HORTON LANE, BRADFORD, BD5 0NX
ODS code B83025
2.0 km
TONG MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 PROCTOR STREET, BRADFORD, BD4 9QA
ODS code B83015
2.1 km
CLARENDON MEDICAL CENTRE
ROYAL STANDARD HOUSE, 26 MANNINGHAM LANE, BRADFORD, BD1 3DN
ODS code B83628
2.1 km
BRADFORD STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE
LAISTERIDGE LANE, BRADFORD, BD5 0HR
ODS code B83051
2.2 km
PEEL PARK SURGERY
17 LOWTHER STREET, BRADFORD, BD2 4RA
ODS code B83629
2.3 km
VALLEY VIEW SURGERY
17 LOWTHER STREET, BRADFORD, BD2 4RA
ODS code B83626
2.3 km
THORNBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE
MORRISONS STORE, RUSHTON AVENUE, BRADFORD, BD3 7HZ
ODS code B83005
2.5 km
HORTON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
HORTON PARK CENTRE, 99 HORTON PARK AVENUE, BRADFORD, BD7 3EG
ODS code B83035
2.5 km
MOORSIDE SURGERY
370 DUDLEY HILL ROAD, BRADFORD, BD2 3AA
ODS code B83056
2.6 km
BILTON MEDICAL CENTRE
120 CITY ROAD, BRADFORD, BD8 8JT
ODS code B83660
2.7 km
Showing 20 of 41 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Hammerton Street
BCT · East Bowling
- 0.1 miles
Hammerton Street
BCT · East Bowling
- 0.1 miles
Paley Road
BCT · East Bowling
- 0.1 miles
Paley Road
BCT · East Bowling
- 0.2 miles
Bowling Back Lane Bow Beck
BCT · East Bowling
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bradford 045B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
959 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
10,142 published events cover 12 months, averaging 845.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,050 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.