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HX3 8EF

Hipperholme & Lightcliffe · Calderdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Hipperholme & Lightcliffe
Local authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley
Postcode district
HX3
Postcode sector
HX3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HX3 8BT 153 m
HX3 8BU 153 m
HX3 8BX 173 m
HX3 8BY 201 m
HX3 8FY 201 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX3 8EF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX3
Postcode sector
HX3 8
Latitude
53.720249
Longitude
-1.810543
British National Grid easting
412,600
British National Grid northing
424,886

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Calderdale · E08000033
Electoral ward
Hipperholme & Lightcliffe · E05016488
Parish or community
E43000293
Westminster constituency
Calder Valley · E14001147
Output area
E00054987
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 011D · E01010909
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 011 · E02002254

Postcode source versions

Explore HX3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
60
Primary
41
Secondary
5

  1. Trinity Academy St Chad's

    Academy sponsor led

    888 m

  2. Hipperholme Grammar School

    Other independent school

    935 m

  3. Lightcliffe C of E Primary School

    Academy converter

    956 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
572
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 265
  • Criminal damage and arson 46
  • Vehicle crime 45
  • Other theft 43
  • Public order 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HX3 8 residents
7,854

Age bands in HX3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,369 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

760 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.9%

1,820 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

2,316 residents

Age 65 and over
21.2%

1,686 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+
28.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
28.6%
Gigabit-capable
28.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
61.9%

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

13

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE NORTHOLME PRACTICE

    KOS CLINIC, 4 ROYDLANDS STREET, HIPPERHOLME, HALIFAX, HX3 8AF

    ODS code B84008

    645 m

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    24 CHURCH LANE, BRIGHOUSE, HD6 1AT

    ODS code B84011

    2.7 km

  • RYDINGS HALL SURGERY

    RYDINGS HALL, CHURCH LANE, BRIGHOUSE, HD6 1AT

    ODS code B84003

    2.7 km

  • LONGROYDE SURGERY

    38 CASTLE AVENUE, RASTRICK, BRIGHOUSE, HD6 3HT

    ODS code B84623

    3.2 km

  • LISTER LANE SURGERY

    30 LISTER LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 5AX

    ODS code B84612

    3.6 km

  • RASTRICK HEALTH CENTRE

    CHAPEL CROFT, RASTRICK, BRIGHOUSE, BRIGHOUSE, HD6 3NA

    ODS code B84014

    3.7 km

  • THE BOULEVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    116 SAVILE PARK ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2ES

    ODS code B84019

    3.8 km

  • CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84618

    3.9 km

  • BANKFIELD SURGERY

    15 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, ELLAND, HX5 9BA

    ODS code B84016

    4.1 km

  • LOW MOOR SURGERY

    29 THE PLANTATIONS, BRADFORD, BD12 0TH

    ODS code B83029

    4.6 km

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84021

    4.6 km

  • STAINLAND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    70 STAINLAND ROAD, GREETLAND, HALIFAX, HX4 8BD

    ODS code B84009

    4.9 km

  • PARKLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    30 BUTTERSHAW LANE, BRADFORD, BD6 2DD

    ODS code B83010

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Brighouse Road

    BCT · Hipperholme

    0.1 miles

  • Brighouse Road

    BCT · Hipperholme

    0.1 miles

  • Broad Oak Lane

    BCT · Hipperholme

    0.1 miles

  • Broad Oak Lane

    BCT · Hipperholme

    0.1 miles

  • Southedge Close

    BCT · Hipperholme

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 011D, 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

20,591 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
2
Low risk addresses
1
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

Schools

60 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 5 secondary schools. Trinity Academy St Chad's is the nearest published school at 888 m.

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

Recorded crime

572 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 265 events.

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