Schools
81 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 11 secondary schools. Batley Grammar School is the nearest published school at 572 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WF17 0AN
Batley East · Kirklees · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Batley East
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Postcode district
- WF17
- Postcode sector
- WF17 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WF17 0AN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- WF
- Postcode district
- WF17
- Postcode sector
- WF17 0
- Latitude
- 53.725359
- Longitude
- -1.634140
- British National Grid easting
- 424,238
- British National Grid northing
- 425,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Kirklees · E08000034
- Electoral ward
- Batley East · E05016503
- Parish or community
- E43000188
- Westminster constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley · E14001196
- Output area
- E00055687
- Lower layer super output area
- Kirklees 006E · E01011054
- Middle layer super output area
- Kirklees 006 · E02002276
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 WF17
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 81
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 11
- 572 m
Batley Grammar School
Free schools
- 572 m
Upper Batley High School
Academy sponsor led
- 775 m
Reach Academy
Academy alternative provision converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,437
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 915
- Shoplifting 355
- Anti social behaviour 244
- Public order 221
- Criminal damage and arson 184
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WF17 0 residents
- 7,792
Age bands in WF17 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.5%
1,400 residents
867 residents
1,920 residents
2,031 residents
1,508 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
26
within 5 km straight-line
BATLEY HEALTH CENTRE SURGERY
HEALTH CENTRE, 130 COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5ED
ODS code B85008
1.1 km
WELLINGTON HOUSE
WELLINGTON HOUSE SURGERY, HENRIETTA STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DN
ODS code B85015
1.2 km
CHERRY TREE SURGERY
132 UPPER COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DH
ODS code B85655
1.2 km
BROUGHTON HOUSE GP SURGERY
20 NEW WAY, BATLEY, WF17 5QT
ODS code Y07275
1.3 km
GROVE HOUSE SURGERY
SOOTHILL LANE, BATLEY, WF17 5SS
ODS code B85018
1.6 km
MOUNT PLEASANT MED CENTRE
69 PURLWELL LANE, MOUNT PLEASANT, BATLEY, WF17 7PF
ODS code B85041
2.0 km
BLACKBURN RD.MEDICAL CTR.
BLACKBURN ROAD, BIRSTALL, BATLEY, WF17 9PL
ODS code B85025
2.1 km
KIRKGATE SURGERY
3 KIRKGATE, BIRSTALL, BATLEY, WF17 9HE
ODS code B85640
2.3 km
LOCALA CALDERDALE SAS
PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR
ODS code Y02645
2.4 km
LOCALA KIRKLEES SAS
LOCALA SAS, PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR
ODS code Y00081
2.4 km
THE DEKEYSER GROUP PRACTICE
LITTLE FOUNTAIN STREET, MORLEY, LEEDS, LS27 9EN
ODS code B86067
2.8 km
WINDSOR HOUSE GROUP PRACTICE
2 CORPORATION STREET, MORLEY, LEEDS, LS27 9NB
ODS code B86057
2.9 km
SOUTH QUEEN MEDICAL CENTRE
SOUTH QUEEN ST MEDICAL CENTRE, SOUTH QUEEN STREET, MORLEY, LEEDS, LS27 9EW
ODS code B86028
3.0 km
HEALDS ROAD SURGERY
HEALDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 4HT
ODS code B85055
3.0 km
COOK LANE SURGERY
COOK LANE, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 9JG
ODS code B85619
3.3 km
THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE
47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ
ODS code B85646
3.3 km
GILDERSOME HEALTH CENTRE
FINKLE LANE, GILDERSOME, MORLEY, LEEDS, LS27 7HL
ODS code B86101
3.5 km
BROOKROYD HOUSE
BROOKROYD SURGERY, HECKMONDWIKE HEALTH CENTRE, 16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85014
3.5 km
UNDERCLIFFE SURGERY
16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85012
3.5 km
WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE
2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD
ODS code B85620
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Old Hall Road
BCT · Upper Batley
- 0.1 miles
Old Hall Road
BCT · Upper Batley
- 0.1 miles
Nethercroft
BCT · Upper Batley
- 0.2 miles
Nethercroft
BCT · Upper Batley
- 0.2 miles
Hollybank Avenue
BCT · Upper Batley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 006E, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,858 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
2,437 published events cover 12 months, averaging 203.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 915 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.