HD8 0LW

Kirkburton · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Huddersfield
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HD8 0LT 47 m
HD8 0LS 74 m
HD8 0FF 75 m
HD8 0LU 99 m
HD8 0LP 165 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HD8 0LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HD
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 0
Latitude
53.631422
Longitude
-1.694517
British National Grid easting
420,299
British National Grid northing
415,030

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kirklees · E08000034
Parish or community
E04012086
Westminster constituency
Dewsbury and Batley · E14001196
Output area
E00056391
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 046A · E01011191
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 046 · E02002316

Postcode source versions

Explore HD8

38 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Pond Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0LW 30 March 2026 £130,000
17, Pond Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0LW 11 March 2025 £185,000
17, Pond Lane, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0LW 5 February 2024 £95,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  2. Lepton CofE Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  3. Highburton CofE First Academy

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
209
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 91
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Other theft 19
  • Criminal damage and arson 19
  • Burglary 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

26 female, 25 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.0
HD8 0 residents
11,147

Age bands in HD8 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

1,657 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.9%

1,648 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

2,140 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

3,113 residents

Age 65 and over
22.4%

2,472 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HD8 0 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
96.4%

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 straight-line

  • LEPTON AND KIRKHEATON SURGERIES

    HIGHGATE LANE, LEPTON, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 0HH

    ODS code B85031

    1.1 km

  • KIRKBURTON HEALTH CENTRE

    5A SHELLEY LANE, KIRKBURTON, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 0SJ

    ODS code B85026

    2.6 km

  • THE WATERLOO PRACTICE

    WATERLOO HEALTH CENTRE, WAKEFIELD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 9XP

    ODS code B85024

    3.2 km

  • THE ALMONDBURY SURGERY

    ALMONDBURY SURGERY, LONGCROFT, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8XW

    ODS code B85023

    3.8 km

  • DALTON SURGERY

    364A WAKEFIELD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8DY

    ODS code B85010

    4.0 km

  • THE JUNCTION SURGERY

    BIRKHOUSE LANE, MOLDGREEN, HUDDERSFIELD, HD5 8BE

    ODS code B85660

    4.5 km

  • MIRFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    DOCTOR LANE, MIRFIELD, WF14 8DU

    ODS code B85019

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Pond Lane

    BCT · Lepton

    0.1 miles
  • Pond Lane

    BCT · Lepton

    0.1 miles
  • Pinfold Lane Wakefield Rd

    BCT · Lepton

    0.1 miles
  • Pinfold Lane Wakefield Rd

    BCT · Lepton

    0.1 miles
  • Rowley Lane End

    BCT · Lepton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 046A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,264 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £130,000 from 3 recorded sales in HD8 0LW. 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

209 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 91 events.

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