BD23 2QA

Skipton East & South · 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 2SN 49 m
BD23 2SU 63 m
BD23 2QL 87 m
BD23 2QN 90 m
BD23 2QB 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BD23 2QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BD
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 2
Latitude
53.951942
Longitude
-2.014505
British National Grid easting
399,146
British National Grid northing
450,648

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
E00140403
Lower layer super output area
Craven 006B · E01027580
Middle layer super output area
Craven 006 · E02005747

Postcode source versions

Explore BD23

24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
57, Roughaw Road, Skipton, BD23 2QA 3 April 2020 £128,000
71, Roughaw Road, Skipton, BD23 2QA 9 October 2019 £159,500
53, Roughaw Road, Skipton, BD23 2QA 24 September 2019 £195,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
9
Secondary
3
  1. Greatwood Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    348 m
  2. Brooklands School

    Community special school

    600 m
  3. Craven Pupil Referral Service

    Pupil referral unit

    684 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,082
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 422
  • Anti social behaviour 231
  • Shoplifting 103
  • Criminal damage and arson 72
  • Public order 70

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
77

42 female, 35 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
3.2
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 0.9% 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
95.8%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • DYNELEY HOUSE SURGERY

    NEWMARKET STREET, SKIPTON, BD23 2HZ

    ODS code B82053

    954 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Horse Close Pub

    BCT · Skipton

    0.1 miles
  • Cawder Green

    BCT · Skipton

    0.1 miles
  • Cawder Road

    BCT · Skipton

    0.1 miles
  • Cawder Road

    BCT · Skipton

    0.1 miles
  • Bold Venture Garage

    BCT · Skipton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 006B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,117 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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
2
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. Greatwood Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 348 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,082 published events cover 12 months, averaging 90.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 422 events.

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