BD23 3QU

Wharfedale · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BD23 3QX 995 m
BD23 3QZ 1.1 km
BD23 3QT 1.4 km
BD23 3QS 1.5 km
BD23 6NH 1.7 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BD23 3QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BD
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 3
Latitude
54.035518
Longitude
-2.082508
British National Grid easting
394,694
British National Grid northing
459,950

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04012244
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140269
Lower layer super output area
Craven 009D · E01027557
Middle layer super output area
Craven 009 · E02007041

Postcode source versions

Explore BD23

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
New Long Hill, Winterburn, Skipton, BD23 3QU 5 May 2017 £680,000
Waterways Lodge, Winterburn, Skipton, BD23 3QU 31 March 2017 £585,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.6 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.7
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+
0%
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
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

  • Skirse Gill Bridge

    BCT · Hetton

    1.1 miles
  • Skirse Gill Bridge

    BCT · Hetton

    1.1 miles
  • Duck Pond

    BCT · Rylstone

    1.6 miles
  • Duck Pond

    BCT · Rylstone

    1.6 miles
  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · Rylstone

    1.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 009D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,755 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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