Schools
86 open schools are in scope, including 58 primary and 11 secondary schools. Brian Jackson College is the nearest published school at 148 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WF16 0AW
Heckmondwike · Kirklees · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Heckmondwike
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley
- Postcode district
- WF16
- Postcode sector
- WF16 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WF16 0AW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WF
- Postcode district
- WF16
- Postcode sector
- WF16 0
- Latitude
- 53.709558
- Longitude
- -1.667894
- British National Grid easting
- 422,019
- British National Grid northing
- 423,731
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Kirklees · E08000034
- Electoral ward
- Heckmondwike · E05016516
- Parish or community
- E43000188
- Westminster constituency
- Spen Valley · E14001506
- Output area
- E00056240
- Lower layer super output area
- Kirklees 011G · E01011167
- Middle layer super output area
- Kirklees 011 · E02002281
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 WF16
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 86
- Primary
- 58
- Secondary
- 11
- 148 m
Brian Jackson College
Other independent school
- 194 m
Heckmondwike Grammar School
Academy converter
- 252 m
Heckmondwike Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,578
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,613
- Anti social behaviour 342
- Public order 329
- Criminal damage and arson 267
- Other theft 230
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WF16 0 residents
- 4,541
Age bands in WF16 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.2%
1,092 residents
603 residents
1,424 residents
1,163 residents
651 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.
GP practices
28
within 5 km
COOK LANE SURGERY
COOK LANE, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 9JG
ODS code B85619
595 m
BROOKROYD HOUSE
BROOKROYD SURGERY, HECKMONDWIKE HEALTH CENTRE, 16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85014
727 m
UNDERCLIFFE SURGERY
16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85012
727 m
HEALDS ROAD SURGERY
HEALDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 4HT
ODS code B85055
1.5 km
LIVERSEDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
VALLEY ROAD, LIVERSEDGE, WF15 6DF
ODS code B85612
1.5 km
MOUNT PLEASANT MED CENTRE
69 PURLWELL LANE, MOUNT PLEASANT, BATLEY, WF17 7PF
ODS code B85041
2.0 km
BROUGHTON HOUSE GP SURGERY
20 NEW WAY, BATLEY, WF17 5QT
ODS code Y07275
2.1 km
CHERRY TREE SURGERY
132 UPPER COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DH
ODS code B85655
2.1 km
BATLEY HEALTH CENTRE SURGERY
HEALTH CENTRE, 130 COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5ED
ODS code B85008
2.2 km
WELLINGTON HOUSE
WELLINGTON HOUSE SURGERY, HENRIETTA STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DN
ODS code B85015
2.3 km
BLACKBURN RD.MEDICAL CTR.
BLACKBURN ROAD, BIRSTALL, BATLEY, WF17 9PL
ODS code B85025
2.4 km
KIRKGATE SURGERY
3 KIRKGATE, BIRSTALL, BATLEY, WF17 9HE
ODS code B85640
2.5 km
THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE
47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ
ODS code B85646
2.7 km
GROVE HOUSE SURGERY
SOOTHILL LANE, BATLEY, WF17 5SS
ODS code B85018
2.9 km
CALDER VIEW SURGERY
DEWSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85004
3.1 km
EIGHTLANDS SURGERY
WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85020
3.1 km
CLECKHEATON GROUP PRACTICE
CROSS CHURCH STREET, CLECKHEATON, BD19 3RQ
ODS code B85021
3.3 km
PARKVIEW SURGERY
GREENSIDE, CLECKHEATON, BD19 5AP
ODS code B85001
3.3 km
THE GREENWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE GREEN WAY PRACTICE, CLECKHEATON HEALTH CENTRE, GREENSIDE, CLECKHEATON, BD19 5AP
ODS code B85030
3.3 km
WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE
2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD
ODS code B85620
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 28 matching practices.
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
- 0.1 miles
Heckmondwike Grammar School
BCT · Heckmondwike
- 0.1 miles
Chapel Lane
BCT · Heckmondwike
- 0.1 miles
Chapel Lane
BCT · Heckmondwike
- 0.1 miles
Chapel Ln Trueman Avenue
BCT · Heckmondwike
- 0.1 miles
Chapel Lane
BCT · Heckmondwike
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 011G, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,981 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,578 published events cover 12 months, averaging 298.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,613 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.