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HD7 5BR

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 5BL 16 m
HD7 5BJ 62 m
HD7 5BN 64 m
HD7 5BS 81 m
HD7 5DF 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HD7 5BR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HD
Postcode district
HD7
Postcode sector
HD7 5
Latitude
53.626534
Longitude
-1.876929
British National Grid easting
408,237
British National Grid northing
414,450

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
E00055827
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 049D · E01011078
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 049 · E02002319

Postcode source versions

Explore HD7

Property

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17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
70, Whitwams Buildings, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5BR 20 June 2025 £125,000
71, Whitwams Buildings, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5BR 14 November 2022 £110,000
72, Whitwams Buildings, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5BR 22 November 2019 £76,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
27
Secondary
4

  1. Nields Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    966 m

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.1 km

  3. Linthwaite Clough Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
544
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 223
  • Vehicle crime 53
  • Shoplifting 51
  • Anti social behaviour 50
  • Public order 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

1 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
1.2
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 0.1% 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

7

within 5 km

  • SLAITHWAITE HEALTH CENTRE

    NEW STREET, SLAITHWAITE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD7 5AB

    ODS code B85059

    345 m

  • COLNE VALLEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B85054

    486 m

  • FIELDHEAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code B85051

    2.2 km

  • NEW STREET & NETHERTON GROUP PRACTICE

    21 NEW STREET, MILNSBRIDGE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD3 4LB

    ODS code B85036

    3.4 km

  • MELTHAM GROUP PRACTICE

    1 THE COBBLES, MELTHAM, HOLMFIRTH, HD9 5QQ

    ODS code B85032

    4.0 km

  • NOOK SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y06659

    4.1 km

  • CROSLAND MOOR SURGERY

    11 PARK ROAD WEST, HUDDERSFIELD, HD4 5RX

    ODS code Y04266

    4.6 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • James Street

    BCT · Slaithwaite

    0.0 miles

  • James Street

    BCT · Slaithwaite

    0.0 miles

  • Clay Lane

    BCT · Slaithwaite

    0.0 miles

  • Clay Lane

    BCT · Slaithwaite

    0.0 miles

  • Crimble Bank

    BCT · Slaithwaite

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 049D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,792 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
7
Medium risk addresses
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £117,500 from 2 recorded sales in HD7 5BR. 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

33 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 4 secondary schools. Nields Academy is the nearest published school at 966 m.

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

Recorded crime

544 published events cover 12 months, averaging 45.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 223 events.

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