BD23 4FD

Settle & Penyghent · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BD23 4QP 135 m
BD23 4DS 482 m
BD24 9JY 826 m
BD23 4QN 855 m
BD24 9JX 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BD23 4FD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BD
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 4
Latitude
54.041402
Longitude
-2.280056
British National Grid easting
381,758
British National Grid northing
460,638

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04012308
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140357
Lower layer super output area
Craven 003D · E01027573
Middle layer super output area
Craven 003 · E02005744

Postcode source versions

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Barn Owl Laithe, Long Preston, Skipton, BD23 4FD 11 November 2022 £300,000
High Mearbeck Farm, Long Preston, Skipton, BD23 4FD 11 January 2021 £1,140,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.9 km
  2. Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.0 km
  3. Giggleswick School

    Other independent school

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Drugs 1
  • Shoplifting 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BD23 4 residents
3,661

Age bands in BD23 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

476 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

319 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.8%

600 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

1,165 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

1,010 residents

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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
75%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • TOWNHEAD SURGERY

    TOWN HEAD, SETTLE, BD24 9JA

    ODS code B82007

    3.3 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

  • Mearbeck Lane End

    BCT · Mearbeck

    0.3 miles
  • Mearbeck Lane End

    BCT · Mearbeck

    0.3 miles
  • Skir Beck Farm

    BCT · Mearbeck

    0.7 miles
  • Skir Beck Farm

    BCT · Mearbeck

    0.7 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Rathmell

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 003D, 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

22,209 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £300,000 from 1 recorded sale in BD23 4FD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Yorkshire is £270,569 in June 2026, up 3.1% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Drugs with 1 events.

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