HG3 2RF

Washburn & Birstwith · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Postcode district
HG3
Postcode sector
HG3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HG3 2RG 818 m
HG3 2RQ 818 m
HG3 2SW 818 m
HG3 2LW 1.1 km
HG3 1SD 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG3 2RF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2014
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG3
Postcode sector
HG3 2
Latitude
54.008533
Longitude
-1.688471
British National Grid easting
420,515
British National Grid northing
456,989

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007313
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140976
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 018A · E01027682
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 018 · E02005778

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Forest Moor School

    Academy special sponsor led

    2.2 km
  2. Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km
  3. Darley Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Drugs 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HG3 2 residents
13,668

Age bands in HG3 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

2,320 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.7%

2,238 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

3,123 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

3,417 residents

Age 65 and over
17.2%

2,312 residents

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.

Nearby transport

  • Forest Hill

    BCT · Menwith Hill

    0.6 miles
  • Forest Moor

    BCT · Menwith Hill

    0.6 miles
  • Sleights Lane

    BCT · Staupes

    1.0 miles
  • Langer Hill Lane

    BCT · Staupes

    1.0 miles
  • Kettlesing Head

    BCT · Kettlesing

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 018A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,605 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
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

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Forest Moor School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Drugs with 2 events.

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