YO7 1NQ

Sowerby & Topcliffe · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Thirsk
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton
Postcode district
YO7
Postcode sector
YO7 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO7 1NY 100 m
YO7 1NH 103 m
YO7 1JJ 124 m
YO7 1NW 128 m
YO7 1JF 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO7 1NQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO7
Postcode sector
YO7 1
Latitude
54.224812
Longitude
-1.341358
British National Grid easting
443,040
British National Grid northing
481,209

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007263
Westminster constituency
Thirsk and Malton · E14001544
Output area
E00140651
Lower layer super output area
Hambleton 009F · E01034960
Middle layer super output area
Hambleton 009 · E02005758

Postcode source versions

Explore YO7

80 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cherry Lea, 60b, Back Lane, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1NQ 20 February 2026 £292,000
M & C Foodstore, Back Lane, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1NQ 16 January 2026 £133,650
42, Back Lane, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1NQ 16 December 2025 £195,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    372 m
  2. Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

    Community school

    376 m
  3. Sowerby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    383 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
717
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 312
  • Anti social behaviour 164
  • Criminal damage and arson 72
  • Shoplifting 38
  • Public order 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
94

52 female, 42 male

Postcode households
52
Residents per household
1.8
YO7 1 residents
8,887

Age bands in YO7 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.6%

1,279 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

894 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.6%

2,033 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

2,685 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

2,507 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO7 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+
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
54%

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • THIRSK DOCTORS SURGERY

    HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL STREET, THIRSK, YO7 1LG

    ODS code B82049

    690 m

  • LAMBERT MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHAPEL STREET, THIRSK, YO7 1LU

    ODS code B82042

    769 m

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.1 miles
  • St Oswalds Church

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.1 miles
  • Back Lane

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.1 miles
  • Crown & Anchor Car Park

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.1 miles
  • Crown & Anchor

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hambleton 009F, 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

18,685 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 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
5
Low risk addresses
5
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 £251,500 from 16 recorded sales in YO7 1NQ. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 372 m.

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

Recorded crime

717 published events cover 12 months, averaging 59.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 312 events.

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