BD23 3AE

Skipton West & West Craven · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BD23 3AN 292 m
BD23 3AG 417 m
BD23 3AQ 650 m
BD23 3AL 696 m
BD23 3AR 778 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BD23 3AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BD
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 3
Latitude
53.953024
Longitude
-2.089522
British National Grid easting
394,223
British National Grid northing
450,772

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007065
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140437
Lower layer super output area
Craven 007D · E01027586
Middle layer super output area
Craven 007 · E02005748

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
7
Secondary
3
  1. Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.3 km
  2. Craven College

    Further education

    3.6 km
  3. The Skipton Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Burglary 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

6 female, 3 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
BD23 3 residents
4,420

Age bands in BD23 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12%

502 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

332 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.6%

694 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.2%

1,341 residents

Age 65 and over
31.2%

1,301 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BD23 3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
60.7%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Bull Inn

    BCT · Broughton

    0.2 miles
  • Old Lane

    BCT · Broughton

    0.2 miles
  • Old Lane

    BCT · Broughton

    0.2 miles
  • Bull Inn

    BCT · Broughton

    0.2 miles
  • Business Park

    BCT · Broughton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 007D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,259 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 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
3
Medium risk addresses
3
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

13 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 3 secondary schools. Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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