YO42 1RX

Wolds Weighton · East Riding of Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
York
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO42
Postcode sector
YO42 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO42 1RU 40 m
YO42 1SG 104 m
YO42 1RT 122 m
YO42 1SQ 123 m
YO42 1SE 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO42 1RX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO42
Postcode sector
YO42 1
Latitude
53.984604
Longitude
-0.788140
British National Grid easting
479,565
British National Grid northing
454,961

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
East Riding of Yorkshire · E06000011
Parish or community
E04000359
Output area
E00066198
Lower layer super output area
East Riding of Yorkshire 009E · E01013126
Middle layer super output area
East Riding of Yorkshire 009 · E02002692

Postcode source versions

Explore YO42

31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20a, Main Street, Bishop Wilton, York, YO42 1RX 25 March 2025 £495,000
21, Main Street, Bishop Wilton, York, YO42 1RX 28 February 2025 £875,000
The Old Chapel, Main Street, Bishop Wilton, York, YO42 1RX 18 April 2024 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Bishop Wilton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    522 m
  2. St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Fangfoss

    Voluntary aided school

    3.6 km
  3. Bugthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
74

38 female, 36 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
2.6
YO42 1 residents
2,428

Age bands in YO42 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.3%

339 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

226 residents

Age 25 to 44
18%

425 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.5%

745 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

632 residents

This postcode contained 3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO42 1 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+
97%
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
97%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
45.5%

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

  • Bishop Wilton Main Street

    BCT · Bishop Wilton

    0.1 miles
  • Bishop Wilton Main Street

    BCT · Bishop Wilton

    0.1 miles
  • Meltonby Road

    BCT · Meltonby

    1.5 miles
  • Yapham Main Street

    BCT · Yapham

    1.9 miles
  • Yapham Main Street

    BCT · Yapham

    1.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Riding of Yorkshire 009E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,513 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £495,000 from 5 recorded sales in YO42 1RX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Riding of Yorkshire is £220,721 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bishop Wilton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 522 m.

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

Recorded crime

16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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