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On Occupation Lane, in Illingworth & Ogden
What it's like at HX2 9RL: every home that has sold on Occupation 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.
Sales and extensions on Occupation Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 22 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 13, Occupation LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2010 | £88,000 | 72 m² | £1,222/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18, Occupation LaneSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £22,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Occupation LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2012 | £70,000 | 90 m² | £778/m² | 1 |
| 22, Occupation LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £125,000 | 72 m² | £1,736/m² | 2 |
| 28, Occupation LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £119,000 | 93 m² | £1,280/m² | 2 |
| 30, Occupation LaneTerraced | Jul 2011 | £65,000 | 85 m² | £765/m² | 1 |
| 32, Occupation LaneTerraced | Aug 2011 | £60,000 | 79 m² | £759/m² | 1 |
| 34, Occupation LaneTerraced | May 2005 | £72,500 | 84 m² | £863/m² | 1 |
| 36, Occupation LaneTerraced | Oct 1997 | £31,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Occupation LaneTerraced | Jul 2015 | £105,000 | 109 m² | £963/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Halifax, a drive away (4.6 km), with 1.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Whitehill Academy, 100 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 521); 42 departures an hour from the 23 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Trinity Academy Whitehill, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The North Halifax Grammar School, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 68.5 · 32.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Academy Halifax (1.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The North Halifax Grammar School (0.5 km) and The Crossley Heath School (5.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Supermarket, 850 m away, with Sharma Halifax closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Keighley Road Surgery (500 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Tattenwall's Barbers Shop is 3.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Calderdale Royal Hospital, 6.4 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
The Zone is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Queens Head Tavern (Wet Sales) the nearest pub (900 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 109 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 19 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 13% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Natty Lane Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Oats Royd Fishing Complex (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 19 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 52 km.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
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.
19 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%.
7 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 HX2 9RL →
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 22 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Formby · about 84 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 39 min
Nearest: Middleton Railway · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 5 of 17 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 | 2.7% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.0% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.