YO7 3AW

Sowerby & Topcliffe · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton
Postcode district
YO7
Postcode sector
YO7 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO7 3AN 762 m
YO7 3BL 995 m
YO7 3AL 1.0 km
YO7 3AS 1.0 km
YO7 2BZ 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO7 3AW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO7
Postcode sector
YO7 3
Latitude
54.194859
Longitude
-1.301846
British National Grid easting
445,649
British National Grid northing
477,901

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007163
Westminster constituency
Thirsk and Malton · E14001544
Output area
E00140728
Lower layer super output area
Hambleton 009C · E01027635
Middle layer super output area
Hambleton 009 · E02005758

Postcode source versions

Explore YO7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Sessay Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.2 km
  2. Keeble Gateway Academy

    Free schools

    4.1 km
  3. Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

    Community school

    4.4 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
YO7 3 residents
5,995

Age bands in YO7 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.2%

1,265 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

567 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.7%

1,777 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.9%

1,429 residents

Age 65 and over
15.7%

936 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider YO7 3 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+
0%
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
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

  • THIRSK DOCTORS SURGERY

    HEALTH CENTRE, CHAPEL STREET, THIRSK, YO7 1LG

    ODS code B82049

    4.8 km

  • LAMBERT MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHAPEL STREET, THIRSK, YO7 1LU

    ODS code B82042

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Thirkleby Park

    BCT · Bagby

    0.7 miles
  • Thirkleby Park

    BCT · Bagby

    0.7 miles
  • Bagby Lane

    BCT · Bagby

    1.0 miles
  • Bagby Lane

    BCT · Bagby

    1.0 miles
  • Bagby Lane End

    BCT · Bagby

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hambleton 009C, 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

20,578 of 33,755

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

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Sessay Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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