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Its listed buildings number 111, with 0 at Grade I. Home to 9,242 people, this town lies in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Its best grade is for cost of living — the median home sold for £215,000, 4.5 years of area income. It also does well on schools: primary results beat 97% of towns in England; secondary results beat 53% of towns in England. The trade-off is safety (C−) — 36.3 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 14.7 home and vehicle crimes. Only 17% of UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have more crime per resident. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #29 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Nationally, it does better than 62% of UK towns.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Linthwaite and Slaithwaite is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Linthwaite and Slaithwaite does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 111 buildings inside Linthwaite and Slaithwaite’s built-up area, 8 of them Grade II*.
51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →111 listed buildings in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite.
Wood End Farm: Photo: Hudds64 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lowestwood (Titanic) Mill: Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Huddersfield Narrow Canal; Bridge at Old Bank: Photo: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0 · Lock Up to West of Manor House: Photo: Stanley Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 8 of them. Of Linthwaite and Slaithwaite’s land, 23% lies in conservation areas, below West Yorkshire’s towns (96%) but above England’s towns (7%). Listed buildings per head: 120 for every 10,000 residents of the town. Historic England’s list names 111 listed buildings locally: 8 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Between them, three primaries and one secondary teach 1,883 pupils in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite. Of its 4 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 3 primary schools: 77% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 201 | A− |
| Colne Valley High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,360 | C |
| Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 167 | A |
7% live in social housing, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). Half of the 444 standard sales inside Linthwaite and Slaithwaite’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £215,000. Private rents average £782 a month across the Kirklees council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £387,500 | 71 |
| Semi-detached | £245,000 | 105 |
| Terraced | £181,580 | 248 |
| Flat or maisonette | £132,000 | 20 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
648 crimes and 60 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Linthwaite and Slaithwaite’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences were 49% of the crimes.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Unemployment benefit claims reached 3% of 16 to 64s in 2026. Nearly four in five commuters drove, above both West Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%). For 37% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town; 92% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Linthwaite and Slaithwaite is Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, 3.1 miles away. At the census, 5.1% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2021 | Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
The middle age in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite is 41.2. Children under 15 make up 18% of residents. Just over a third of adults hold a degree, about level with England’s towns (34%) and above West Yorkshire’s towns (30%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Linthwaite and Slaithwaite. Best known first.
MuseumColne Valley Museum900 m outside town, to the north
Art galleryHuddersfield Library and Art Gallery3.9 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseum · National TrustMarsden Moor Estate Exhibition2.2 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumHeritage Quay4.1 km outside town, to the eastCastleCastleShaw Castle4.5 km outside town, to the northHistoric siteHistoric siteVictoria Tower4.6 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
3 notable people were born in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite.
George Henry Wood: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite is a built-up area of 9,242 people, in the Kirklees council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 9,242 | — | B | A− | C− | C |
| Meltham | 8,325 | 2.1 | B− | B | C | B− |
| Outlane | 1,172 | 2.4 | — | A− | B− | B− |
| Netherton (Kirklees) | 3,151 | 2.4 | B− | B+ | C+ | C+ |
| Marsden | 3,691 | 2.9 | A− | A− | C+ | B− |
| Huddersfield | 141,683 | 3.6 | C | A | D | D |
| Holywell Green and Stainland | 2,799 | 3.6 | B+ | A− | C | C |
| Honley | 14,399 | 4.2 | A− | B− | B− | A− |
Outlane has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 4.9 times the typical UK town for its size.
Secondary results are closer to the middle, beating 53%.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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