BD23 6DN

Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BD23 6FA 46 m
BD23 6FB 87 m
BD23 6AG 90 m
BD23 6DP 105 m
BD23 6AH 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BD23 6DN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BD
Postcode district
BD23
Postcode sector
BD23 6
Latitude
53.968211
Longitude
-2.006203
British National Grid easting
399,691
British National Grid northing
452,458

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04012269
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140384
Lower layer super output area
Craven 009F · E01027576
Middle layer super output area
Craven 009 · E02007041

Postcode source versions

Explore BD23

29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Close House Road, Skipton, BD23 6DN 12 September 2025 £565,000
30, Close House Road, Skipton, BD23 6DN 17 May 2024 £590,000
18, Close House Road, Skipton, BD23 6DN 9 February 2024 £635,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
8
Secondary
3
  1. Otley Street Community Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    806 m
  2. Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km
  3. Brougham Street Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
847
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 319
  • Anti social behaviour 183
  • Shoplifting 94
  • Public order 59
  • Criminal damage and arson 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
54

29 female, 25 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
3.2
BD23 6 residents
3,999

Age bands in BD23 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

568 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

324 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.4%

661 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.6%

1,158 residents

Age 65 and over
28.4%

1,077 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BD23 6 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
83.3%

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

1

within 5 km

  • DYNELEY HOUSE SURGERY

    NEWMARKET STREET, SKIPTON, BD23 2HZ

    ODS code B82053

    1.0 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

  • Uplands

    BCT · Skipton

    0.1 miles
  • Overdale Park

    BCT · Skipton

    0.1 miles
  • Greenacres

    BCT · Skipton

    0.1 miles
  • Overdale Park

    BCT · Skipton

    0.1 miles
  • Pasture Close

    BCT · Skipton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 009F, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,153 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
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 £565,000 from 5 recorded sales in BD23 6DN. 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 3 secondary schools. Otley Street Community Nursery School is the nearest published school at 806 m.

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

Recorded crime

847 published events cover 12 months, averaging 70.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 319 events.

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