HX2 7NH

Sowerby Bridge · Calderdale · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Halifax
Local authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax
Postcode district
HX2
Postcode sector
HX2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HX2 7NJ 94 m
HX2 7NL 109 m
HX2 7AD 115 m
HX2 7NN 118 m
HX2 7LB 119 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX2 7NH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX2
Postcode sector
HX2 7
Latitude
53.716428
Longitude
-1.898898
British National Grid easting
406,770
British National Grid northing
424,449

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Calderdale · E08000033
Parish or community
E43000293
Westminster constituency
Halifax · E14001262
Output area
E00055337
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 017B · E01010976
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 017 · E02002260

Postcode source versions

Explore HX2

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Willowfield Drive, Halifax, HX2 7NH 28 April 2022 £499,950
5, Willowfield Drive, Halifax, HX2 7NH 27 April 2022 £370,000
7, Willowfield Drive, Halifax, HX2 7NH 25 January 2021 £465,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
61
Primary
42
Secondary
6
  1. Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    520 m
  2. Warley Road Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    537 m
  3. Bolton Brow Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    565 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
3,686
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,749
  • Public order 340
  • Anti social behaviour 323
  • Criminal damage and arson 255
  • Other theft 195

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

10 female, 13 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.9
HX2 7 residents
5,735

Age bands in HX2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

870 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

533 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

1,300 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

1,748 residents

Age 65 and over
26.4%

1,600 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HX2 7 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
55.6%

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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE

    173C SPRING HALL LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 4JG

    ODS code B84012

    652 m

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

    KING CROSS SURGERY, 199 KING CROSS ROAD, KING CROSS, HALIFAX, HX1 3LW

    ODS code B84021

    1.2 km

  • STATION ROAD SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 3AB

    ODS code B84001

    1.3 km

  • PLANE TREES GROUP PRACTICE

    51 SANDBEDS ROAD, HALIFAX, HX2 0QL

    ODS code B84013

    1.6 km

  • THE BOULEVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    116 SAVILE PARK ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2ES

    ODS code B84019

    2.0 km

  • LISTER LANE SURGERY

    30 LISTER LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 5AX

    ODS code B84612

    2.3 km

  • CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE

    WOODSIDE SURGERY, WOODSIDE ROAD, BOOTHTOWN, HALIFAX, HX3 6EL

    ODS code B84618

    2.6 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    60A KEIGHLEY ROAD, OVENDEN, HALIFAX, HX2 8AL

    ODS code B84613

    3.2 km

  • KEIGHLEY ROAD SURGERY

    KEIGHLEY ROAD, ILLINGWORTH, HALIFAX, HX2 9LL

    ODS code B84010

    4.2 km

  • STAINLAND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    70 STAINLAND ROAD, GREETLAND, HALIFAX, HX4 8BD

    ODS code B84009

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Willowfield Drive Top

    BCT · Willow Field

    0.0 miles
  • Willowfield Drive Top

    BCT · Willow Field

    0.0 miles
  • Willowfield Drive Bottom

    BCT · Willow Field

    0.0 miles
  • Willowfield Crescent

    BCT · Willow Field

    0.0 miles
  • Willowfield Crescent

    BCT · Willow Field

    0.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 017B, 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

24,247 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
3 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
2
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 £434,975 from 2 recorded sales in HX2 7NH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Calderdale is £191,540 in June 2026, up 9.4% year on year.

Schools

61 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 6 secondary schools. Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School is the nearest published school at 520 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,686 published events cover 12 months, averaging 307.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,749 events.

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