HX6 1NX

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 1NR 275 m
HX6 1NP 336 m
HX6 1NW 423 m
HX6 1NS 523 m
HX6 1PA 558 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX6 1NX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX6
Postcode sector
HX6 1
Latitude
53.699733
Longitude
-1.951132
British National Grid easting
403,324
British National Grid northing
422,588

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
E00055215
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 020B · E01010956
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 020 · E02002263

Postcode source versions

Explore HX6

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Longroyd Cottage, Longroyd, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1NX 29 May 2025 £430,000
1, Longroyd Cottage, Longroyd, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1NX 21 December 2023 £395,000
Little Toothill Farm, Longroyd, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1NX 2 July 2021 £600,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. Triangle CofE VC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.0 km
  2. Trinity Academy St Peter's

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km
  3. St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
428
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 189
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Public order 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Other crime 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

18 female, 21 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
3.0
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% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HX6 1 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
100%

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 straight-line

  • STATION ROAD SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 3AB

    ODS code B84001

    2.8 km

  • BRIG ROYD SURGERY

    HIRSTWOOD, RIPPONDEN, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 4BN

    ODS code B84007

    2.8 km

  • SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE

    173C SPRING HALL LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 4JG

    ODS code B84012

    4.5 km

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84021

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Thorpe Place

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.2 miles
  • Hubberton Green

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.2 miles
  • New Barton

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.3 miles
  • Rooley Lane

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.5 miles
  • Steep Lane

    BCT · Boulderclough

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 020B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,577 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £412,500 from 2 recorded sales in HX6 1NX. 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Triangle CofE VC Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

428 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 189 events.

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