DL8 5LP

Scotton & Lower Wensleydale · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Scotton & Lower Wensleydale
Local authority: North Yorkshire
Constituency: Richmond and Northallerton
Postcode district: DL8
Postcode sector: DL8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
DL8 5LW	319 m
DL8 5LR	761 m
DL8 5LS	802 m
DL8 5LT	883 m
DL8 5LU	988 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: DL8 5LP
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 August 2005
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: DL
Postcode district: DL8
Postcode sector: DL8 5
Latitude: 54.331525
Longitude: -1.744919
British National Grid easting: 416,686
British National Grid northing: 492,913

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district: North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward: Scotton & Lower Wensleydale · E05014312
Parish or community: E04007536
Westminster constituency: Richmond and Northallerton · E14001444
Output area: E00141363
Lower layer super output area: Richmondshire 006D · E01027758
Middle layer super output area: Richmondshire 006 · E02005787

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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School

Community school
2.3 km
Spennithorne Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
4.8 km
Carnagill Community Primary School

Academy sponsor led
5.0 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 2
Postcode households: 1
Residents per household: 2.0
DL8 5 residents: 3,879

Age bands in DL8 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 10.1%
Age 15 to 24: 8.5%
Age 25 to 44: 15.1%
Age 45 to 64: 30.4%
Age 65 and over: 35.9%

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL8 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+: 0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 100%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Hill Top

BCT · Constable Burton
1.1 miles
Hill Top

BCT · Constable Burton
1.1 miles
Cricket Ground

BCT · Constable Burton
1.3 miles
Park Gate

BCT · Constable Burton
1.3 miles
Village Hall

BCT · Hunton
1.4 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: 0
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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