Schools
87 open schools are in scope, including 58 primary and 12 secondary schools. Brian Jackson College is the nearest published school at 461 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WF16 9RE
Heckmondwike · Kirklees · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Heckmondwike
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley
- Postcode district
- WF16
- Postcode sector
- WF16 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WF16 9RE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 1981
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WF
- Postcode district
- WF16
- Postcode sector
- WF16 9
- Latitude
- 53.712432
- Longitude
- -1.667190
- British National Grid easting
- 422,064
- British National Grid northing
- 424,051
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
- E00056236
- Lower layer super output area
- Kirklees 011C · E01011163
- 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
- 87
- Primary
- 58
- Secondary
- 12
- 461 m
Brian Jackson College
Other independent school
- 481 m
Heckmondwike Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 486 m
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,374
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,518
- Anti social behaviour 323
- Public order 304
- Criminal damage and arson 259
- Other theft 221
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 11
- Postcode households
- 13
- Residents per household
- 0.8
- WF16 9 residents
- 8,310
8 female, 3 male
Age bands in WF16 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23%
- Age 65 and over
- 16%
1,641 residents
878 residents
2,074 residents
1,734 residents
1,202 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF16 9 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
- 50%
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
29
within 5 km
COOK LANE SURGERY
COOK LANE, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 9JG
ODS code B85619
668 m
BROOKROYD HOUSE
BROOKROYD SURGERY, HECKMONDWIKE HEALTH CENTRE, 16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85014
928 m
UNDERCLIFFE SURGERY
16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85012
928 m
LIVERSEDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
VALLEY ROAD, LIVERSEDGE, WF15 6DF
ODS code B85612
1.6 km
HEALDS ROAD SURGERY
HEALDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 4HT
ODS code B85055
1.7 km
CHERRY TREE SURGERY
132 UPPER COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DH
ODS code B85655
2.0 km
BROUGHTON HOUSE GP SURGERY
20 NEW WAY, BATLEY, WF17 5QT
ODS code Y07275
2.0 km
BATLEY HEALTH CENTRE SURGERY
HEALTH CENTRE, 130 COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5ED
ODS code B85008
2.1 km
MOUNT PLEASANT MED CENTRE
69 PURLWELL LANE, MOUNT PLEASANT, BATLEY, WF17 7PF
ODS code B85041
2.1 km
BLACKBURN RD.MEDICAL CTR.
BLACKBURN ROAD, BIRSTALL, BATLEY, WF17 9PL
ODS code B85025
2.1 km
WELLINGTON HOUSE
WELLINGTON HOUSE SURGERY, HENRIETTA STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DN
ODS code B85015
2.2 km
KIRKGATE SURGERY
3 KIRKGATE, BIRSTALL, BATLEY, WF17 9HE
ODS code B85640
2.2 km
GROVE HOUSE SURGERY
SOOTHILL LANE, BATLEY, WF17 5SS
ODS code B85018
2.8 km
THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE
47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ
ODS code B85646
2.9 km
CLECKHEATON GROUP PRACTICE
CROSS CHURCH STREET, CLECKHEATON, BD19 3RQ
ODS code B85021
3.1 km
PARKVIEW SURGERY
GREENSIDE, CLECKHEATON, BD19 5AP
ODS code B85001
3.2 km
THE GREENWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE GREEN WAY PRACTICE, CLECKHEATON HEALTH CENTRE, GREENSIDE, CLECKHEATON, BD19 5AP
ODS code B85030
3.2 km
CALDER VIEW SURGERY
DEWSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85004
3.3 km
EIGHTLANDS SURGERY
WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85020
3.3 km
WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE
2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD
ODS code B85620
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 29 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
Chapel Ln Trueman Avenue
BCT · Heckmondwike
- 0.1 miles
Longfield Road
BCT · Heckmondwike
- 0.2 miles
Chapel Lane
BCT · Heckmondwike
- 0.2 miles
Dale Lane Lincoln Ave
BCT · White Lee
- 0.2 miles
Dale Lane Brighton St
BCT · Heckmondwike
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 011C, 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
2,092 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
- 4
- 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
Recorded crime
3,374 published events cover 12 months, averaging 281.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,518 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.