Schools
88 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 12 secondary schools. Millcourt School is the nearest published school at 137 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
HX3 7PE
Northowram & Shelf · Calderdale · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Northowram & Shelf
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax
- Postcode district
- HX3
- Postcode sector
- HX3 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- HX3 7PE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 March 2022
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- HX
- Postcode district
- HX3
- Postcode sector
- HX3 7
- Latitude
- 53.755001
- Longitude
- -1.813557
- British National Grid easting
- 412,391
- British National Grid northing
- 428,752
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Calderdale · E08000033
- Electoral ward
- Northowram & Shelf · E05016491
- Parish or community
- E43000293
- Westminster constituency
- Halifax · E14001262
- Output area
- E00055128
- Lower layer super output area
- Calderdale 003A · E01010931
- Middle layer super output area
- Calderdale 003 · E02002246
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore HX3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 88
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 12
- 137 m
Millcourt School
Other independent special school
- 373 m
St Michael and All Angels CofE Primary & Pre School
Foundation school
- 655 m
Shelf Junior and Infant School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,696
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 730
- Criminal damage and arson 221
- Anti social behaviour 154
- Vehicle crime 137
- Public order 97
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- HX3 7 residents
- 9,637
Age bands in HX3 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21%
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.2%
1,440 residents
859 residents
2,008 residents
2,944 residents
2,312 residents
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
- 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
15
within 5 km
PARKLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
30 BUTTERSHAW LANE, BRADFORD, BD6 2DD
ODS code B83010
2.2 km
WIBSEY & QUEENSBURY MED P
FAIR ROAD, BRADFORD, BD6 1TD
ODS code B83028
2.6 km
HOLLYNS HEALTH & WELLBEING
4 GLENHOLME PARK, CLAYTON, BRADFORD, BD14 6NF
ODS code B83045
2.7 km
LOW MOOR SURGERY
29 THE PLANTATIONS, BRADFORD, BD12 0TH
ODS code B83029
2.9 km
THE NORTHOLME PRACTICE
KOS CLINIC, 4 ROYDLANDS STREET, HIPPERHOLME, HALIFAX, HX3 8AF
ODS code B84008
3.2 km
THE RIDGE MEDICAL PRACT.
COUSEN ROAD, GREAT HORTON, BRADFORD, BD7 3JX
ODS code B83055
3.6 km
HORTON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
HORTON PARK CENTRE, 99 HORTON PARK AVENUE, BRADFORD, BD7 3EG
ODS code B83035
4.3 km
GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE
1 HORTON GRANGE ROAD, BRADFORD, BD7 3AH
ODS code B83034
4.3 km
DR GILKAR
392 LITTLE HORTON LANE, BRADFORD, BD5 0NX
ODS code B83653
4.4 km
DR I M RAJA & PARTNER
392 LITTLE HORTON LANE, BRADFORD, BD5 0NX
ODS code B83025
4.4 km
CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE
WOODSIDE SURGERY, WOODSIDE ROAD, BOOTHTOWN, HALIFAX, HX3 6EL
ODS code B84618
4.5 km
BRADFORD STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE
LAISTERIDGE LANE, BRADFORD, BD5 0HR
ODS code B83051
4.5 km
PARK GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE
141 WOODHEAD ROAD, BRADFORD, BD7 2BL
ODS code B83659
4.6 km
BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
60A KEIGHLEY ROAD, OVENDEN, HALIFAX, HX2 8AL
ODS code B84613
4.6 km
LISTER LANE SURGERY
30 LISTER LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 5AX
ODS code B84612
5.0 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Wade House Rd Brow Lane
BCT · Shelf
- 0.1 miles
Wade House Rd Brow Lane
BCT · Shelf
- 0.1 miles
Wade House Rd Wade House Ave
BCT · Shelf
- 0.1 miles
Wade House Rd Wade House Ave
BCT · Shelf
- 0.2 miles
Carr House Rd Carr House Lane
BCT · Shelf
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 003A, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,635 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 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
Recorded crime
1,696 published events cover 12 months, averaging 141.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 730 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.