Schools
94 open schools are in scope, including 68 primary and 13 secondary schools. Co-op Academy Parkland is the nearest published school at 398 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BD8 7LF
Idle & Thackley · Bradford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Idle & Thackley
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford East
- Postcode district
- BD8
- Postcode sector
- BD8 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BD8 7LF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 September 2021
- Postcode area
- BD
- Postcode district
- BD8
- Postcode sector
- BD8 7
- Latitude
- 53.835256
- Longitude
- -1.721135
- British National Grid easting
- 418,450
- British National Grid northing
- 437,701
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Bradford · E08000032
- Electoral ward
- Idle & Thackley · E05016466
- Parish or community
- E43000274
- Westminster constituency
- Bradford East · E14001118
- Output area
- E00053881
- Lower layer super output area
- Bradford 019F · E01010689
- Middle layer super output area
- Bradford 019 · E02002201
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 BD8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 94
- Primary
- 68
- Secondary
- 13
- 398 m
Co-op Academy Parkland
Academy sponsor led
- 552 m
Thorpe Primary
Academy converter
- 711 m
Greengates Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,899
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,077
- Anti social behaviour 340
- Criminal damage and arson 289
- Vehicle crime 259
- Public order 193
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BD8 7 residents
- 7,231
Age bands in BD8 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 19.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.7%
1,558 residents
1,312 residents
2,035 residents
1,332 residents
595 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
- 0%
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
28
within 5 km straight-line
IDLE MEDICAL CENTRE
440 HIGHFIELD ROAD, IDLE, BRADFORD, BD10 8RU
ODS code B83018
863 m
ASHCROFT SURGERY
NEWLANDS WAY, ECCLESHILL, BRADFORD, BD10 0JE
ODS code B83062
1.5 km
ECCLESHILL VILLAGE SURGERY
14 INSTITUTE ROAD, ECCLESHILL, BRADFORD, BD2 2HX
ODS code Y01118
1.6 km
THE ROCKWELL AND WROSE PRACTICE
KINGS ROAD, BRADFORD, BD2 1QG
ODS code B83064
2.1 km
THE SALTAIRE & WINDHILL MEDICAL P'SHIP
WINDHILL GREEN MEDIC PRAC, 2 THACKLEY OLD ROAD, SHIPLEY, BD18 1QB
ODS code B83039
2.9 km
MOORSIDE SURGERY
370 DUDLEY HILL ROAD, BRADFORD, BD2 3AA
ODS code B83056
2.9 km
PEEL PARK SURGERY
17 LOWTHER STREET, BRADFORD, BD2 4RA
ODS code B83629
3.2 km
VALLEY VIEW SURGERY
17 LOWTHER STREET, BRADFORD, BD2 4RA
ODS code B83626
3.2 km
THORNBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE
MORRISONS STORE, RUSHTON AVENUE, BRADFORD, BD3 7HZ
ODS code B83005
3.7 km
BAILDON MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 NEWTON WAY, BAILDON, SHIPLEY, BD17 5NH
ODS code B83022
3.7 km
FRIZINGHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
274 KEIGHLEY ROAD, BRADFORD, BD9 4LH
ODS code B83627
3.9 km
FARROW MEDICAL CENTRE
177 OTLEY ROAD, BRADFORD, BD3 0HX
ODS code B83016
3.9 km
AFFINITY CARE
SHIPLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE, ALEXANDRA ROAD, SHIPLEY, SHIPLEY, BD18 3EG
ODS code B83063
4.0 km
PARK ROAD & MENSTON
44 PARK ROAD, GUISELEY, LEEDS, LS20 8AR
ODS code B86052
4.1 km
GUISELEY AND YEADON MEDICAL PRACTICE
YEADON HEALTH CENTRE, 17 SOUTH VIEW ROAD,YEADON, YEADON, LEEDS, LS19 7PS
ODS code B86038
4.1 km
BRADFORD MOOR PRACTICE
BARKEREND HEALTH CENTRE, BARKEREND ROAD, BRADFORD, BD3 8QH
ODS code B83032
4.2 km
MOOR PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARKEREND HEALTH CENTRE, BARKEREND ROAD, BRADFORD, BD3 8QH
ODS code B83661
4.2 km
THE AVICENNA MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARKEREND HEALTH CENTRE, BARKEREND ROAD, BRADFORD, BD3 8QH
ODS code B83058
4.2 km
AIREBOROUGH FAMILY PRACTICE
1 SUFFOLK COURT, YEADON, LEEDS, LS19 7JN
ODS code B86070
4.2 km
AIRE VALLEY SURGERY
SILVER LANE SURGERY, 1 SUFFOLK COURT, SILVER LANE, YEADON, LEEDS, LS19 7JN
ODS code B86051
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 28 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Marlborough Road
BCT · Idle
- 0.0 miles
Marlborough Road
BCT · Idle
- 0.1 miles
Apperley Road Leeds Rd
BCT · Idle
- 0.1 miles
Apperley Road Leeds Rd
BCT · Idle
- 0.1 miles
Springdale Crescent
BCT · Thorpe Edge
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bradford 019F, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,709 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,899 published events cover 12 months, averaging 241.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,077 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.