HX postcode area

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Halifax
Postcode area
HX is located in the United Kingdom
HX
HX
Location within the United Kingdom
Coordinates: 53°43′12″N 1°53′46″W / 53.720°N 1.896°W / 53.720; -1.896
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
HX
Postcode area name
Halifax
Post towns4
Postcode districts7
Postcode sectors32
Postcodes (live)5,646
Postcodes (total)7,392
Statistics as at May 2020

The HX postcode area, also known as the Halifax postcode area, is a group of seven postcode districts in England, within four post towns. These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in western West Yorkshire, including Halifax, Elland, Sowerby Bridge and Hebden Bridge.

Mail for the HX postcode area is processed at Leeds Mail Centre, along with mail for the BD, HD, HG, LS, WF and YO postcode areas.


Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town Coverage Local authority area(s)
HX1 HALIFAX Halifax Town Centre, Savile Park Calderdale
HX2 HALIFAX Highroad Well, Illingworth, Luddenden, Luddenden Foot, Midgley, Mixenden, Mount Tabor, Norton Tower, Ogden, Wainstalls, Warley Town Calderdale
HX3 HALIFAX Akroydon, Boothtown, Copley, Hipperholme, Lightcliffe, Northowram, Norwood Green, Ovenden, Shelf, Shibden, Skircoat Green, Southowram Calderdale
HX4 HALIFAX Barkisland, Greetland, Holywell Green, Sowood, Stainland, West Vale Calderdale
HX5 ELLAND Elland, Blackley Calderdale
HX6 SOWERBY BRIDGE Norland, Ripponden, Rishworth, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge Calderdale
HX7 HEBDEN BRIDGE Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Mytholmroyd, Old Town Calderdale
  1. ↑ may contain HX2 0AT
  2. ↑ contains HX2 0NG

Map

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HX postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas.BB postcode areaBD postcode areaHD postcode areaOL postcode area
HX postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BB, BD, HD and OL postcode areas.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ↑ "Thackray Street, Highroad Well, Halifax". Rightmove. Retrieved 2 March 2025.