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BD23 2BS

Skipton West & West Craven · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Skipton
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BD23 2BN 53 m
BD23 2BY 74 m
BD23 2BP 90 m
BD23 2BX 90 m
BD23 2BL 119 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BD23 2BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BD
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 2
Latitude
53.952328
Longitude
-2.021849
British National Grid easting
398,664
British National Grid northing
450,691

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04012269
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140412
Lower layer super output area
Craven 006D · E01027582
Middle layer super output area
Craven 006 · E02005747

Postcode source versions

Explore BD23

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
40, Burnside Avenue, Skipton, BD23 2BS 19 October 2018 £192,000
37, Burnside Avenue, Skipton, BD23 2BS 15 October 2018 £165,000
38, Burnside Avenue, Skipton, BD23 2BS 14 March 2018 £143,500

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
9
Secondary
3
  1. Brooklands School

    Community special school

    231 m
  2. Christ Church Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    602 m
  3. Greatwood Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    724 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,089
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 420
  • Anti social behaviour 235
  • Shoplifting 103
  • Criminal damage and arson 71
  • Public order 70

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33
13 female, 20 male
Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.5
BD23 2 residents
8,641

Age bands in BD23 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%
1,369 residents
Age 15 to 24
9.4%
816 residents
Age 25 to 44
26.7%
2,327 residents
Age 45 to 64
26.7%
2,326 residents
Age 65 and over
21.5%
1,872 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BD23 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • DYNELEY HOUSE SURGERY

    NEWMARKET STREET, SKIPTON, BD23 2HZ

    ODS code B82053

    1.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Airebank Terrace

    BCT · Skipton

    189 m
  • Burnside

    BCT · Skipton

    196 m
  • Airebank Terrace

    BCT · Skipton

    204 m
  • Burnside

    BCT · Skipton

    209 m
  • Railway Bridge

    BCT · Skipton

    226 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 006D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,610 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 3 secondary schools. Brooklands School is the nearest published school at 231 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,089 published events cover 12 months, averaging 91 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 420 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.