YO6 2RU

Wathvale & Bishop Monkton · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
YO6
Postcode sector
YO6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO61 2RU 107 m
YO7 3DD 828 m
YO7 3YB 1.0 km
YO7 3YD 1.1 km
YO7 3YE 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO6 2RU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO6
Postcode sector
YO6 2
Latitude
54.124811
Longitude
-1.393131
British National Grid easting
439,760
British National Grid northing
470,052

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007367
Westminster constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold · E14001582
Output area
E00141008
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 005D · E01027687
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 005 · E02005765

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  2. Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km
  3. Boroughbridge Primary School

    Community school

    3.5 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
  • Drugs 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Public order 1

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    CHURCH LANE, BOROUGHBRIDGE, YORK, YO51 9BD

    ODS code B82032

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Balk Top

    BCT · Dishforth Airfield

    0.5 miles
  • Balk Top

    BCT · Dishforth Airfield

    0.6 miles
  • Sycamore Drive

    BCT · Dishforth Airfield

    0.7 miles
  • Sycamore Drive

    BCT · Dishforth Airfield

    0.7 miles
  • Church Close

    BCT · Kirby Hill

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 005D, 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

24,923 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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.