DL8 1SH

Scotton & Lower Wensleydale · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bedale
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
DL8
Postcode sector
DL8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL8 1SQ 89 m
DL8 1SG 116 m
DL8 1SF 146 m
DL8 1SJ 146 m
DL8 1SW 179 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL8 1SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL8
Postcode sector
DL8 1
Latitude
54.302206
Longitude
-1.669343
British National Grid easting
421,616
British National Grid northing
489,671

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007512
Output area
E00141365
Lower layer super output area
Richmondshire 006D · E01027758
Middle layer super output area
Richmondshire 006 · E02005787

Postcode source versions

Explore DL8

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Advent Cottage, School Lane, Newton Le Willows, Bedale, DL8 1SH 19 February 2026 £390,000
1, School Lane, Newton Le Willows, Bedale, DL8 1SH 17 February 2026 £230,000
The School House, School Lane, Newton Le Willows, Bedale, DL8 1SH 28 November 2017 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Aysgarth School

    Other independent school

    1.0 km
  2. Crakehall Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.7 km
  3. Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School

    Community school

    3.9 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

  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

10 female, 11 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.1
DL8 1 residents
4,668

Age bands in DL8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

702 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

363 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

899 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.9%

1,493 residents

Age 65 and over
28.4%

1,370 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL8 1 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
9.1%

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

  • School Lane

    BCT · Newton-le-Willows

    0.1 miles
  • The Green Tree

    BCT · Patrick Brompton

    0.6 miles
  • The Green Tree

    BCT · Patrick Brompton

    0.6 miles
  • Old Rectory

    BCT · Patrick Brompton

    0.8 miles
  • Old Rectory

    BCT · Patrick Brompton

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Richmondshire 006D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,039 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 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.

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
2
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 £310,000 from 2 recorded sales in DL8 1SH. 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 0 secondary schools. Aysgarth School is the nearest published school at 0.6 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 Burglary with 1 events.

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