LS21 2NS

Washburn & Birstwith · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Otley
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Postcode district
LS21
Postcode sector
LS21 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LS21 2NT 532 m
LS21 2PW 680 m
LS21 2NL 703 m
LS21 2NR 1.1 km
LS21 2NP 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LS21 2NS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LS
Postcode district
LS21
Postcode sector
LS21 2
Latitude
53.979116
Longitude
-1.746112
British National Grid easting
416,749
British National Grid northing
453,701

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007352
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00141239
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 018D · E01027735
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 018 · E02005778

Postcode source versions

Explore LS21

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cherry Tree Cottage, Timble, Otley, LS21 2NS 28 September 2023 £880,000
Rues Farm, Timble, Otley, LS21 2NS 7 July 2022 £735,000
Grange Cottage, Rues Lane, Timble, Otley, LS21 2NS 20 April 2018 £15,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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

    Academy special sponsor led

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

5 female, 7 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.4
LS21 2 residents
7,422

Age bands in LS21 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,239 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

681 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

1,457 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

2,251 residents

Age 65 and over
25.1%

1,882 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LS21 2 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
66.7%

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

  • St Andrews Church

    BCT · Blubberhouses

    1.0 miles
  • St Andrew's Church

    BCT · Blubberhouses

    1.0 miles
  • Fewston Reservoir Car Park

    BCT · Fewston

    1.2 miles
  • Fewston Reservoir Car Park

    BCT · Fewston

    1.2 miles
  • Washburn Cottages

    BCT · Fewston

    1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 018D, 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

23,239 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 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 £807,500 from 2 recorded sales in LS21 2NS. 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 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Forest Moor School is the nearest published school at 2.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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