YO22 5LN

Esk Valley & Coast · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Whitby
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO22
Postcode sector
YO22 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO22 5LA 160 m
YO22 5JZ 375 m
YO22 5JY 382 m
YO22 5NB 396 m
YO22 5ND 430 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO22 5LN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO22
Postcode sector
YO22 5
Latitude
54.406921
Longitude
-0.716951
British National Grid easting
483,380
British National Grid northing
502,030

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007676
Westminster constituency
Scarborough and Whitby · E14001461
Output area
E00141738
Lower layer super output area
Scarborough 004A · E01027821
Middle layer super output area
Scarborough 004 · E02005798

Postcode source versions

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Darnholm, Norcath Cottage, Goathland, Whitby, YO22 5LN 15 December 2014 £330,000
Darnholm, Norcath Cottage, Goathland, Whitby, YO22 5LN 2 July 1999 £154,000
Darnholm, Darnholm House, Goathland, Whitby, YO22 5LN 16 October 1998 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Goathland Primary School

    Community school

    433 m
  2. St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    4.4 km
  3. Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 4
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Public order 2
  • Shoplifting 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

7 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.2
YO22 5 residents
2,844

Age bands in YO22 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.9%

309 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.2%

177 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.7%

444 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.7%

900 residents

Age 65 and over
35.4%

1,005 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO22 5 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
0%

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

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Goathland

    0.5 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Goathland

    0.5 miles
  • Goathland (North Yorkshire Moors Railway)

    MET · Goathland

    0.5 miles
  • Mallyan Hotel

    BCT · Goathland

    0.9 miles
  • Mallyan Hotel

    BCT · Goathland

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Scarborough 004A, 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

17,038 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 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

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Goathland Primary School is the nearest published school at 433 m.

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

Recorded crime

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 4 events.

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