BD23 3ST

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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BD23 3TU 148 m
BD23 3SU 150 m
BD23 3TB 163 m
BD23 3TJ 184 m
BD23 3TG 214 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BD23 3ST
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BD
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 3
Latitude
53.933738
Longitude
-2.143398
British National Grid easting
390,683
British National Grid northing
448,632

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04012350
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140442
Lower layer super output area
Craven 007D · E01027586
Middle layer super output area
Craven 007 · E02005748

Postcode source versions

Explore BD23

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Stocksbridge Barn Laithe, Skipton Road, Thornton In Craven, Skipton, BD23 3ST 14 June 2021 £820,000
29, Skipton Road, Thornton In Craven, Skipton, BD23 3ST 13 August 2018 £280,000
Mews Cottage, Skipton Road, Thornton In Craven, Skipton, BD23 3ST 21 December 2017 £160,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Thornton in Craven Community Primary School

    Community school

    98 m
  2. Earby Springfield Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km
  3. Coates Lane Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
35

19 female, 16 male

Postcode households
15
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 0.8% 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+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
81.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
81.3%
Gigabit-capable
81.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
56.3%

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

2

within 5 km

  • THE PENDLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    EDWARD STREET, EARBY, BARNOLDSWICK, BB18 6QT

    ODS code P81065

    2.0 km

  • BARNOLDSWICK MED CTR

    PARK ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK, BB18 5BG

    ODS code P81078

    3.5 km

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

  • Thornton Post Office

    BCT · Thornton in Craven

    0.1 miles
  • Thornton Post Office

    BCT · Thornton in Craven

    0.1 miles
  • Thornton Hill

    BCT · Thornton in Craven

    0.2 miles
  • Sycamore Court

    BCT · Thornton in Craven

    0.2 miles
  • Thornton Road

    BCT · Thornton in Craven

    0.5 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
0
Medium risk addresses
1
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

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Thornton in Craven Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 98 m.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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