DL8 3QP

Upper Dales · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hawes
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
DL8
Postcode sector
DL8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL8 3QQ 51 m
DL8 3QH 56 m
DL8 3QW 61 m
DL8 3QL 67 m
DL8 3QG 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL8 3QP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL8
Postcode sector
DL8 3
Latitude
54.303459
Longitude
-2.196885
British National Grid easting
387,286
British National Grid northing
489,778

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007489
Output area
E00141337
Lower layer super output area
Richmondshire 005B · E01027753
Middle layer super output area
Richmondshire 005 · E02005786

Postcode source versions

Explore DL8

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Corner Stones, The Hill, Hawes, DL8 3QP 25 June 2024 £200,000
2, The Hill, Hawes, DL8 3QP 7 May 2024 £237,500
Heart Of Hawes House, The Hill, Hawes, DL8 3QP 15 December 2023 £226,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Hawes Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    267 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Other theft 5
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

9 female, 11 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.8
DL8 3 residents
2,734

Age bands in DL8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.3%

338 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.3%

188 residents

Age 25 to 44
17%

507 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.9%

979 residents

Age 65 and over
32.4%

966 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL8 3 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
93.8%

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 straight-line

  • CENTRAL DALES PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, THE HOLME, GAYLE, HAWES, DL8 3QR

    ODS code B82045

    93 m

Nearby transport

  • Penn Lane

    BCT · Hawes

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Hawes

    0.1 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Hawes

    0.1 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Hawes

    0.1 miles
  • Dales Countryside Museum

    BCT · Hawes

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Richmondshire 005B, 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

17,658 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
0
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 £226,000 from 3 recorded sales in DL8 3QP. 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hawes Primary School is the nearest published school at 267 m.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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