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HD7 5AY

Colne Valley West · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Huddersfield
Ward
Colne Valley West
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley
Postcode district
HD7
Postcode sector
HD7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HD7 5FD 53 m
HD7 5AU 123 m
HD7 5FE 141 m
HD7 5HA 141 m
HD7 5HB 144 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HD7 5AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HD
Postcode district
HD7
Postcode sector
HD7 5
Latitude
53.621807
Longitude
-1.886331
British National Grid easting
407,616
British National Grid northing
413,923

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kirklees · E08000034
Electoral ward
Colne Valley West · E05016508
Parish or community
E43000188
Westminster constituency
Colne Valley · E14001177
Output area
E00055798
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 052A · E01011070
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 052 · E02002322

Postcode source versions

Explore HD7

Property

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28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18b, Howgate Road, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5AY 10 March 2026 £355,000
22a, Howgate Road, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5AY 12 November 2025 £450,000
6, Howgate Road, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5AY 10 February 2023 £190,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
19
Secondary
3

  1. Nields Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    290 m

  2. Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    406 m

  3. Wilberlee Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
438
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 173
  • Shoplifting 50
  • Anti social behaviour 48
  • Public order 34
  • Vehicle crime 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
55

27 female, 28 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.3
HD7 5 residents
10,548

Age bands in HD7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,819 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,002 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.1%

2,706 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

3,000 residents

Age 65 and over
17.6%

1,824 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HD7 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

6

within 5 km

  • COLNE VALLEY GROUP PRACTICE

    WEST WING, GROUND FLOOR, THE GLOBE, BRIDGE STREET, SLAITHWAITE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD7 5JN

    ODS code B85054

    433 m

  • SLAITHWAITE HEALTH CENTRE

    NEW STREET, SLAITHWAITE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD7 5AB

    ODS code B85059

    561 m

  • FIELDHEAD SURGERY

    FIELDHEAD, LEYMOOR ROAD, GOLCAR, HUDDERSFIELD, HD7 4QQ

    ODS code B85051

    3.0 km

  • MELTHAM GROUP PRACTICE

    1 THE COBBLES, MELTHAM, HOLMFIRTH, HD9 5QQ

    ODS code B85032

    3.9 km

  • NEW STREET & NETHERTON GROUP PRACTICE

    21 NEW STREET, MILNSBRIDGE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD3 4LB

    ODS code B85036

    4.2 km

  • NOOK SURGERY

    144 MOOR HILL ROAD, SALENDINE NOOK, HUDDERSFIELD, HD3 3XA

    ODS code Y06659

    4.8 km

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

  • Nabbs Lane

    BCT · Hill Top

    0.1 miles

  • Nabbs Lane

    BCT · Hill Top

    0.1 miles

  • Holme Ln Blakestones Rd

    BCT · Hill Top

    0.1 miles

  • Holme Lane

    BCT · Hill Top

    0.1 miles

  • Nields Road

    BCT · Slaithwaite

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 052A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,738 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
3
Low risk addresses
8
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

Property market

The five-year median is £278,750 from 4 recorded sales in HD7 5AY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Kirklees is £205,773 in June 2026, up 5.4% year on year.

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. Nields Academy is the nearest published school at 290 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

438 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 173 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.