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HD8 8JE

Kirkburton · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Huddersfield
Ward
Kirkburton
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HD8 8JW 80 m
HD8 8JP 102 m
HD8 8NQ 111 m
HD8 8JF 135 m
HD8 8PY 146 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HD8 8JE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HD
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 8
Latitude
53.596640
Longitude
-1.702412
British National Grid easting
419,793
British National Grid northing
411,158

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kirklees · E08000034
Electoral ward
Kirkburton · E05016519
Parish or community
E04012086
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00056042
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 056B · E01011120
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 056 · E02002326

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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65 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
40, Park Drive, Shelley, Huddersfield, HD8 8JE 6 June 2025 £315,000
5, Park Drive, Shelley, Huddersfield, HD8 8JE 13 October 2023 £300,000
36, Park Drive, Shelley, Huddersfield, HD8 8JE 10 August 2023 £390,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
17
Secondary
5

  1. Shelley First School

    Academy converter

    277 m

  2. Kirkburton CofE (VA) First School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

  3. Shepley First School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
191
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 84
  • Public order 21
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Other theft 18
  • Criminal damage and arson 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
103

51 female, 52 male

Postcode households
45
Residents per household
2.3
HD8 8 residents
11,482

Age bands in HD8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,827 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

1,051 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

2,280 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

3,528 residents

Age 65 and over
23.8%

2,707 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HD8 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
95.7%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
28.3%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • KIRKBURTON HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85026

    1.3 km

  • SHEPLEY PRIMARY CARE LIMITED

    25 JOS LANE, SHEPLEY, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 8DJ

    ODS code B85005

    1.4 km

  • SKELMANTHORPE FAMILY DOCTORS

    COMMERCIAL ROAD, SKELMANTHORPE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 9DA

    ODS code B85061

    3.5 km

  • LEPTON AND KIRKHEATON SURGERIES

    HIGHGATE LANE, LEPTON, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 0HH

    ODS code B85031

    4.2 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

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

Nearby transport

  • The Rising

    BCT · Shelley

    0.2 miles

  • Cleveland Way

    BCT · Shelley

    0.2 miles

  • The Rising

    BCT · Shelley

    0.2 miles

  • Cleveland Way

    BCT · Shelley

    0.2 miles

  • Dam Hill

    BCT · Shelley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 056B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,734 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £345,000 from 6 recorded sales in HD8 8JE. 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

Published establishments

23 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. Shelley First School is the nearest published school at 277 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

191 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 84 events.

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