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On Hopwood Lane, in King Cross
What it's like at HX1 3YA: every home that has sold on Hopwood Lane 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.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Hopwood Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 52 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, West View, Hopwood LaneSemi-detached | Jul 1995 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, West View, Hopwood LaneTerraced | Apr 1997 | £46,000 | 287 m² | £160/m² | 1 |
| 5, West View, Hopwood LaneTerraced | Dec 1996 | £45,500 | 183 m² | £249/m² | 1 |
| 7, West View, Hopwood LaneTerraced | Oct 2011 | £48,000 | 165 m² | £291/m² | 2 |
| 9, West View, Hopwood LaneTerraced | Sept 1996 | £46,000 | 204 m² | £225/m² | 1 |
| 13, West View, Hopwood LaneTerraced | Nov 1995 | £47,500 | 234 m² | £203/m² | 1 |
| 19, West View, Hopwood LaneTerraced | Nov 2009 | £170,000 | 203 m² | £837/m² | 1 |
| 29, West View, Hopwood LaneTerraced | Feb 2003 | £36,000 | 189 m² | £190/m² | 2 |
| 31, West View, Hopwood LaneTerraced | Oct 2013 | £140,000 | 198 m² | £707/m² | 1 |
| West View, 11, Hopwood LaneTerraced | Nov 2002 | £29,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Halifax, a short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 1.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Vickerman Street, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 546); 31 departures an hour from the 26 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Parkinson Lane Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 61% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is The Halifax Academy, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 44.1 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Academy Halifax (4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Crossley Heath School (0.8 km) and The North Halifax Grammar School (4.2 km).
It's a family area: 26% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is McVities, 150 m away; Bratislava Mini Market (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is King Cross Practice (550 m), with Queens Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Frankies Hair & Beauty is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Calderdale Royal Hospital, 2.3 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
The Gatehouse Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and King Cross W M C the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 100 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 7% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 76% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is People's Park, 700 m away; for exercise, PureGym (1.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 22 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 48 km.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
It's young: 24% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
43 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.
Halifax constituency: Kate Dearden MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,269 (15.6%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 19%, Green Party 10%.
12 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 HX1 3YA →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Nearest: Formby · about 77 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 48 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Calderdale 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 52 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 34 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 | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.6% | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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.
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