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On Firth Street, in Shelley & Shepley
What it's like at HD8 8DD: every home that has sold on Firth Street 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.
Sales and extensions on Firth Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Firth StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £360,000 | 125 m² | £2,880/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Firth StreetTerraced | Oct 2016 | £200,000 | 104 m² | £1,923/m² | 1 |
| 1b, Firth StreetTerraced | Apr 2017 | £180,000 | 104 m² | £1,731/m² | 1 |
| 1c, Firth StreetTerraced | Apr 2021 | £255,000 | 104 m² | £2,452/m² | 2 |
| 2, Firth StreetDetached | Jun 2013 | £365,000 | 172 m² | £2,122/m² | 1 |
| 3, Firth StreetSemi-detached | Apr 1996 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Shepley, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 62k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Huddersfield.
The nearest bus stop is Shepley Black Bull, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes X1, KM1); 14 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Shepley First School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Shelley College, A Share Academy, 3.0 km away; Attainment 8: 51.3 · 13.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Holmfirth High School (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (13.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co Opertative Food, 150 m away; Central England Co-operative (900 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shepley Primary Care (350 m), with Shepley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Copper Rose Hair is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, 10 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, 11 pubs and bars.
St Paul’s Church Hall is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Shepley Bowling Club the nearest pub (under 50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 35 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Churchfield, 3.6 km away; for exercise, Oragyms (950 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 31 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 46 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
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.
18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shepley First School | II | 40 m |
| 10 and 11, Cliffe Side | II | 110 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%.
5 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 8DD →
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 6 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.1% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.8% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 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.
Nearest: Formby · about 89 min
Nearest: Hathersage Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 59 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.