BD23 5LR

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BD23 5LP 57 m
BD23 5LN 102 m
BD23 5LL 105 m
BD23 5DG 109 m
BD23 5LD 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BD23 5LR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BD
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 5
Latitude
54.069834
Longitude
-1.995507
British National Grid easting
400,392
British National Grid northing
463,765

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007086
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140323
Lower layer super output area
Craven 009B · E01027567
Middle layer super output area
Craven 009 · E02007041

Postcode source versions

Explore BD23

51 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18a, Hardy Meadows, Grassington, Skipton, BD23 5LR 3 October 2025 £272,500
43, Hardy Meadows, Grassington, Skipton, BD23 5LR 22 November 2024 £295,000
1, Hardy Meadows, Grassington, Skipton, BD23 5LR 22 October 2024 £290,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    238 m
  2. Threshfield Primary School

    Academy converter

    727 m
  3. Upper Wharfedale School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
43
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 20
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 3
  • Other crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
110

62 female, 48 male

Postcode households
51
Residents per household
2.2
BD23 5 residents
3,234

Age bands in BD23 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.2%

341 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

245 residents

Age 25 to 44
13%

433 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,033 residents

Age 65 and over
38.4%

1,280 residents

This postcode contained 3.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BD23 5 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
52.7%

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

  • National Park Centre

    BCT · Grassington

    0.1 miles
  • National Park Centre

    BCT · Grassington

    0.1 miles
  • Elbolton

    BCT · Grassington

    0.1 miles
  • Elbolton

    BCT · Grassington

    0.1 miles
  • Grassington Square

    BCT · Grassington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 009B, 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

22,468 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
6
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

Property market

The five-year median is £290,000 from 9 recorded sales in BD23 5LR. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 238 m.

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

Recorded crime

43 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 20 events.

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