# WF15 8DS: area report for a postcode in Kirklees

WF15 8DS is a postcode in Kirklees.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Kirklees. Open the map at WF15 8DS for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) › [WF15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf15) › [WF15 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf15-8)

## Around this postcode

- **5 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 29% on July. Kirklees 008C: 73 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **Low Moor, 4.5 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 440 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **No property in WF15 8DS listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Kirklees 008C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **£208,987 average price**: For the whole of Kirklees, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 750 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 940 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WF15 8DS**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **Low road and rail noise at WF15 8DS**: Road under 40 dB or not modelled, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS
- **13.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hightown Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hightown-primary-school-e152495) | Primary | 440 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, before the school changed | – |
| [Howard Park Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/howard-park-community-school-e107671) | Primary | 940 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2022 | 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/high-bank-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e107684) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Heaton Avenue, A Share Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heaton-avenue-a-share-primary-academy-e141904) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2024 | 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/littletown-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e107670) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitcliffe-mount-a-share-academy-e149162) | Secondary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, March 2025 | Attainment 8 of 45.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Headlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/headlands-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e107723) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Whitechapel Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitechapel-church-of-england-primary-school-e136511) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2026 | £470,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £310,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| October 2024 | £380,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| June 2025 | £249,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| November 2025 | £249,995 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| January 2026 | £262,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 200 m |
| March 2024 | £200,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| March 2026 | £290,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 220 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: PARKVIEW SURGERY (750 m); THE GREENWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE (750 m)
- Pharmacies: SPEN PHARMACY (790 m); ADVANCED CARE PHARMACY (820 m); CLECKHEATON PHARMACY (930 m)
- Dental practices: CLECKHEATON HEALTH CENTRE (750 m); GREENSIDE DENTAL CLINIC (790 m); NORTHGATE DENTAL PRACTICE (920 m)
- Supermarkets: Heron Cleckheaton (940 m, Heron)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £208,987** (July 2026). Kirklees’s average house price was £208,987 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 6.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,867** (2025). Full-time workers living in Kirklees earned a median of £35,867 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 90th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Kirklees costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 81st most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 25.8** (2025). Kirklees has a deprivation score of 25.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 69th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Kirklees 008C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 27.7** (2025). Kirklees 008C has a deprivation score of 27.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 9,447th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £205,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kirklees 008C was £205,000 in 2025. Joint 6,968th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,809** (2021). Kirklees 008C had 1,809 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 9,604th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.9%** (January 2026). In Kirklees 008C, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## WF15 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £215,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WF15 was £215,000 in 2025. Joint 482nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 17,363** (2021). WF15 had 17,363 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 1,131st least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in WF15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.9%** (January 2026). In WF15, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)
- Centre: 53.7159, -1.7174

Council: [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Spen Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/spen-valley): Kim Leadbeater (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.7174,53.7159,WF158DS

## How to cite

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