| Postcode | HX4 9JE | 
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| Post Town | Halifax | 
| Nearest station | Slaithwaite (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Park Lane Thorn Hill (E) 
Green Ln Park Lane (N) 
Green Ln Park Lane (S) 
Broadgate Sowood Community Centre (S) 
Broadgate Sowood Community Centre (N) 
Green Lane (N) 
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| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 53.663382 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.88162 | |
| Easting | 407920 | |
| Northing | 418551 | |
| Grid reference | SE079185 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 573898 5946651 | |
| what3words | downward.juggles.trespass | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lying spud unending | |
| Plus code | 9C5WM479+99 | |
| Altitude | 252 metres (828 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:14 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:30 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 68.8 KMs (42.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Stainland and District | E04013319 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Greetland and Stainland | E05001374 | 
| Metropolitan District | Calderdale | E08000033 | 
| County | West Yorkshire | E11000019 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Calder Valley | E14001147 | 
| MP | Josh Fenton-Glynn | Labour | 
| Police force | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Calderdale and Kirklees | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Yorkshire and The Humber | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
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| Date usage ended | July 2004 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Built up area (2024) | Sowood | E63008101 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00054926 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Calderdale 026A | E01010896 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Calderdale 026A | E01010896 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Greetland & Stainland | E02002269 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Greetland & Stainland | E02002269 | 
| Travel to work area | Halifax | E30000029 | 
| Average property price in Halifax | £190,826 | 
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| Annual change | 6.5% |