HX6 1EB

Sowerby Bridge · Calderdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sowerby Bridge
Local authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax
Postcode district
HX6
Postcode sector
HX6 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HX6 1EA 5 m
HX6 1AF 37 m
HX6 1DZ 50 m
HX6 1DX 72 m
HX6 1DP 77 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX6 1EB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX6
Postcode sector
HX6 1
Latitude
53.707725
Longitude
-1.919415
British National Grid easting
405,417
British National Grid northing
423,479

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
E00055333
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 017C · E01010978
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 017 · E02002260

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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36 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Egremont Street, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1EB 5 June 2026 £152,500
12, Egremont Street, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1EB 12 January 2026 £179,750
4, Egremont Street, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1EB 23 July 2025 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
40
Secondary
4
  1. New Road Primary School

    Community school

    48 m
  2. Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    335 m
  3. Ryburn Valley High School

    Academy converter

    962 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,470
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 645
  • Anti social behaviour 218
  • Public order 121
  • Criminal damage and arson 98
  • Other theft 90

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
53

30 female, 23 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.6
HX6 1 residents
4,105

Age bands in HX6 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20%

830 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

421 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.4%

929 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,164 residents

Age 65 and over
19.2%

796 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HX6 1 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+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
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

10

within 5 km

  • STATION ROAD SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 3AB

    ODS code B84001

    574 m

  • SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE

    173C SPRING HALL LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 4JG

    ODS code B84012

    2.3 km

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84021

    2.7 km

  • PLANE TREES GROUP PRACTICE

    51 SANDBEDS ROAD, HALIFAX, HX2 0QL

    ODS code B84013

    3.0 km

  • THE BOULEVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    116 SAVILE PARK ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2ES

    ODS code B84019

    3.5 km

  • BRIG ROYD SURGERY

    HIRSTWOOD, RIPPONDEN, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 4BN

    ODS code B84007

    3.8 km

  • LISTER LANE SURGERY

    30 LISTER LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 5AX

    ODS code B84612

    3.9 km

  • CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84618

    4.3 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B84613

    4.7 km

  • STAINLAND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    70 STAINLAND ROAD, GREETLAND, HALIFAX, HX4 8BD

    ODS code B84009

    4.8 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

  • Sowerby New Rd Gordon Street

    BCT · Sowerby Bridge

    0.0 miles
  • Montague Street

    BCT · Sowerby Bridge

    0.0 miles
  • Cemetery Lane

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.1 miles
  • Sowerby New Rd Cemetery Lane

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.1 miles
  • Olivia Street

    BCT · Sowerby Bridge

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 017C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,132 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
1 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

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 £144,000 from 7 recorded sales in HX6 1EB. 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

Published establishments

57 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 4 secondary schools. New Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 48 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

1,470 published events cover 12 months, averaging 122.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 645 events.

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