BD23 5RA

Wharfedale · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Wharfedale
Local authority: North Yorkshire
Constituency: Skipton and Ripon
Postcode district: BD23
Postcode sector: BD23 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
BD23 5HU	668 m
BD23 5RE	979 m
BD23 5RD	1.1 km
BD23 5RB	1.1 km
BD23 5RH	1.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: BD23 5RA
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 December 1995
Postcode area: BD
Postcode district: BD23
Postcode sector: BD23 5
Latitude: 54.136646
Longitude: -2.045885
British National Grid easting: 397,100
British National Grid northing: 471,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district: North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward: Wharfedale · E05014335
Parish or community: E04007099
Westminster constituency: Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area: E00140432
Lower layer super output area: Craven 009A · E01027585
Middle layer super output area: Craven 009 · E02007041

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore BD23

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Kettlewell Primary School

Community school
1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 4
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Anti social behaviour 2
Other theft 1
Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
BD23 5 residents: 3,234

Age bands in BD23 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 10.2%
Age 15 to 24: 7.4%
Age 25 to 44: 13%
Age 45 to 64: 31%
Age 65 and over: 38.4%

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.

Nearby transport

Carpark

BCT · Kettlewell
0.7 miles
Carpark

BCT · Kettlewell
0.7 miles
Post Office

BCT · Kettlewell
0.7 miles
Post Office

BCT · Kettlewell
0.7 miles
Bluebell Hotel

BCT · Kettlewell
0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 009A, 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

20,557 of 33,755

Income: 10 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kettlewell Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 2 events.

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