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On Slant Gate, in Kirkburton & Farnley Tyas
What it's like at HD8 0QN: every home that has sold on Slant Gate since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Slant Gate; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 41 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 41, Slant GateDetached | Mar 2002 | £175,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41a, Slant GateDetached | Apr 2024 | £2,100,000 | 960 m² | £2,188/m² | 1 |
| 41b, Slant GateDetached | Jun 2026 | £650,000 | 207 m² | £3,140/m² | 3 |
| 41c, Slant GateDetached | Jun 2017 | £570,000 | 190 m² | £3,000/m² | 2 |
| 42, Slant GateSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £90,000 | 158 m² | £570/m² | 1 |
| 43, Slant GateSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £242,000 | 118 m² | £2,051/m² | 1 |
| 44, Slant GateTerraced | Mar 2010 | £115,000 | 67 m² | £1,716/m² | 1 |
| 45, Slant GateTerraced | Aug 2008 | £90,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 46, Slant GateTerraced | Oct 2012 | £125,000 | 70 m² | £1,786/m² | 2 |
| 47, Slant GateTerraced | Apr 2014 | £137,000 | 81 m² | £1,691/m² | 1 |
| 49, Slant GateTerraced | Aug 2012 | £133,000 | 79 m² | £1,684/m² | 4 |
| 51, Slant GateTerraced | May 2021 | £210,000 | 90 m² | £2,333/m² | 1 |
| 53, Slant GateTerraced | Oct 2014 | £65,000 | 45 m² | £1,444/m² | 1 |
| 55, Slant GateSemi-detached | Oct 1996 | £108,000 | 100 m² | £1,080/m² | 1 |
| 56, Slant GateTerraced | Oct 2013 | £165,950 | 61 m² | £2,720/m² | 1 |
| 57, Slant GateSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £215,000 | 62 m² | £3,468/m² | 1 |
| 59, Slant GateOther | Jun 2021 | £206,500 | 125 m² | £1,652/m² | 1 |
| 62, Slant GateTerraced | Aug 2023 | £230,000 | 141 m² | £1,631/m² | 1 |
| 63, Slant GateSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £69,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 64, Slant GateTerraced | Jan 2012 | £73,000 | 36 m² | £2,028/m² | 1 |
| 65, Slant GateTerraced | Mar 2016 | £130,000 | 54 m² | £2,407/m² | 2 |
| 66, Slant GateSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £130,000 | 71 m² | £1,831/m² | 2 |
| The Old Water Tower, Slant GateOther | Jun 2020 | £110,000 | 246 m² | £447/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stocksmoor, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 23k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Huddersfield.
The nearest bus stop is Spring Grove, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes D2, D3, K89); 17 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Highburton CofE First Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kirkburton Middle School, 1.1 km away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Holmfirth High School (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (10.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 3.0 km away, with Dene Filling Station closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kirkburton Health Centre (1.2 km), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Gallery Hairdressers and Treatment Rooms is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, 8.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 85% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 76% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 6 restaurants and cafés, 16 pubs and bars.
Reliance Precision is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Smiths Arms the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 31% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Kirkburton, Farnley Tyas).
There are 85 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Pony Park, 2.6 km away; for exercise, BigBox Gym Huddersfield (3.2 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 28 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 47 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
9 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 2, Town Gate | II | 150 m |
| Highburton Cross | II | 160 m |
| Smiths Arms Public House | II | 180 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Ossett and Denby Dale constituency: Jade Botterill MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,542 (10.4%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 39%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 5%.
8 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near HD8 0QN →
On this street: 0 of 33 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.9% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.0% | 4.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 16% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Kirklees since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 41 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Formby · about 80 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 58 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.