DL8 4AY

Leyburn & Middleham · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Leyburn
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
DL8
Postcode sector
DL8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL8 4BB 49 m
DL8 4BD 352 m
DL8 4BA 361 m
DL8 4AZ 404 m
DL8 4BE 580 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL8 4AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL8
Postcode sector
DL8 4
Latitude
54.257760
Longitude
-1.898061
British National Grid easting
406,739
British National Grid northing
484,680

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007462
Output area
E00141390
Lower layer super output area
Richmondshire 005C · E01027763
Middle layer super output area
Richmondshire 005 · E02005786

Postcode source versions

Explore DL8

50 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hillcrest, Carlton, Leyburn, DL8 4AY 28 March 2025 £210,000
Highfield, Carlton, Leyburn, DL8 4AY 18 September 2024 £455,000
Barn Cottage, Carlton, Leyburn, DL8 4AY 1 March 2024 £284,250

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
43

19 female, 24 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.1
DL8 4 residents
2,861

Age bands in DL8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.9%

268 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

225 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.2%

412 residents

Age 45 to 64
34.1%

922 residents

Age 65 and over
32.4%

875 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL8 4 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+
95%
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
87.5%

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

  • Grassgill Lane

    BCT · West Witton

    2.3 miles
  • Grassgill Lane

    BCT · West Witton

    2.3 miles
  • The Fox

    BCT · West Witton

    2.4 miles
  • The Fox

    BCT · West Witton

    2.4 miles
  • Chantry Caravan Park

    BCT · West Witton

    2.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Richmondshire 005C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,705 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
0
Low risk addresses
3
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 £279,625 from 8 recorded sales in DL8 4AY. 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.

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 2 events.

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