HD8 9BN

Denby Dale · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Huddersfield
Local authority
Kirklees
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HD8 9AE 66 m
HD8 9UG 122 m
HD8 9BJ 129 m
HD8 9AF 165 m
HD8 9AA 172 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HD8 9BN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HD
Postcode district
HD8
Postcode sector
HD8 9
Latitude
53.591923
Longitude
-1.655899
British National Grid easting
422,874
British National Grid northing
410,647

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kirklees · E08000034
Parish or community
E04000181
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00055995
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 054A · E01011109
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 054 · E02002324

Postcode source versions

Explore HD8

42 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Wood Street, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9BN 20 April 2026 £190,000
6, Wood Street, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9BN 13 December 2024 £165,000
2, Wood Street, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9BN 2 August 2024 £140,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. St Aidan's Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    485 m
  2. Shelley College, A Share Academy

    Academy converter

    625 m
  3. Skelmanthorpe Academy

    Academy converter

    648 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
272
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 136
  • Anti social behaviour 35
  • Public order 32
  • Burglary 20
  • Criminal damage and arson 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

28 female, 30 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
2.0
HD8 9 residents
11,038

Age bands in HD8 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.3%

1,832 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,052 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

2,381 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

3,215 residents

Age 65 and over
24.3%

2,725 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HD8 9 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
83.9%

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

4

within 5 km

  • SKELMANTHORPE FAMILY DOCTORS

    COMMERCIAL ROAD, SKELMANTHORPE, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 9DA

    ODS code B85061

    347 m

  • DEARNE VALLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    WAKEFIELD ROAD, SCISSETT, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 9JL

    ODS code B85002

    2.0 km

  • KIRKBURTON HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85026

    3.5 km

  • SHEPLEY PRIMARY CARE LIMITED

    25 JOS LANE, SHEPLEY, HUDDERSFIELD, HD8 8DJ

    ODS code B85005

    3.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Grove

    BCT · Skelmanthorpe

    0.1 miles
  • Radcliffe Street

    BCT · Skelmanthorpe

    0.1 miles
  • Radcliffe Street

    BCT · Skelmanthorpe

    0.1 miles
  • The Grove

    BCT · Skelmanthorpe

    0.1 miles
  • New Street

    BCT · Skelmanthorpe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 054A, 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

26,991 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £152,500 from 6 recorded sales in HD8 9BN. 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Aidan's Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 485 m.

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

Recorded crime

272 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 136 events.

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