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HX6 2EA

Sowerby Bridge · Calderdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sowerby Bridge
Ward
Sowerby Bridge
Local authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax
Postcode district
HX6
Postcode sector
HX6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HX6 2EE 7 m
HX6 2ED 27 m
HX6 2EB 33 m
HX6 2AQ 41 m
HX6 2EQ 62 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX6 2EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX6
Postcode sector
HX6 2
Latitude
53.708510
Longitude
-1.911188
British National Grid easting
405,960
British National Grid northing
423,567

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Calderdale · E08000033
Electoral ward
Sowerby Bridge · E05016497
Parish or community
E43000293
Westminster constituency
Halifax · E14001262
Output area
E00055325
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 017D · E01010979
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 017 · E02002260

Postcode source versions

Explore HX6

Property

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28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
32b, Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2EA 29 August 2025 £103,000
38, Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2EA 21 August 2025 £42,000
24a, Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2EA 28 January 2025 £110,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
41
Secondary
4

  1. New Road Primary School

    Community school

    547 m

  2. Trinity Academy Grammar

    Academy sponsor led

    601 m

  3. Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    678 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,369
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 599
  • Anti social behaviour 169
  • Public order 113
  • Other theft 94
  • Criminal damage and arson 89

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

10 female, 15 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
1.6
HX6 2 residents
6,637

Age bands in HX6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,142 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

652 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.9%

1,941 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

1,821 residents

Age 65 and over
14.5%

944 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HX6 2 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+
27.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
27.9%
Gigabit-capable
27.9%
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

10

within 5 km

  • STATION ROAD SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 3AB

    ODS code B84001

    156 m

  • SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE

    173C SPRING HALL LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 4JG

    ODS code B84012

    1.8 km

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84021

    2.2 km

  • PLANE TREES GROUP PRACTICE

    51 SANDBEDS ROAD, HALIFAX, HX2 0QL

    ODS code B84013

    2.7 km

  • THE BOULEVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    116 SAVILE PARK ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2ES

    ODS code B84019

    3.0 km

  • LISTER LANE SURGERY

    30 LISTER LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 5AX

    ODS code B84612

    3.4 km

  • CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code B84618

    3.8 km

  • BRIG ROYD SURGERY

    HIRSTWOOD, RIPPONDEN, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 4BN

    ODS code B84007

    4.1 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B84613

    4.3 km

  • STAINLAND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    70 STAINLAND ROAD, GREETLAND, HALIFAX, HX4 8BD

    ODS code B84009

    4.4 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

  • Wharf Street

    BCT · Sowerby Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Sowerby Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Wharf Street

    BCT · Sowerby Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Sowerby Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Sowerby Bridge Lidl

    BCT · Sowerby Bridge

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 017D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,999 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
2 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
6
Medium risk addresses
13
Low risk addresses
3
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 £104,000 from 10 recorded sales in HX6 2EA. 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

57 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 4 secondary schools. New Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 547 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,369 published events cover 12 months, averaging 114.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 599 events.

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