YO7 3PY

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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
YO7 3ST 75 m
YO7 3NW 146 m
YO7 3TQ 151 m
YO7 1GW 162 m
YO7 1GT 165 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
YO7 3PY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
YO
Postcode district
YO7
Postcode sector
YO7 3
Latitude
54.219617
Longitude
-1.353004
British National Grid easting
442,286
British National Grid northing
480,624

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
E00189878
Lower layer super output area
Hambleton 009E · E01034959
Middle layer super output area
Hambleton 009 · E02005758

Postcode source versions

Explore YO7

42 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
23, Maple Gardens, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 3PY 15 September 2025 £273,000
6, Maple Gardens, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 3PY 1 August 2023 £262,500
26, Maple Gardens, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 3PY 5 January 2023 £263,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Keeble Gateway Academy

    Free schools

    288 m
  2. Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

    Community school

    622 m
  3. Sowerby Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    868 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
404
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 182
  • Anti social behaviour 77
  • Criminal damage and arson 44
  • Shoplifting 23
  • Public order 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
93

45 female, 48 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
3.1
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 1.6% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
96.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.7%
Gigabit-capable
96.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
96.7%

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

    1.4 km

  • LAMBERT MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHAPEL STREET, THIRSK, YO7 1LU

    ODS code B82042

    1.5 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

  • Aldi

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.0 miles
  • Aldi

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.1 miles
  • Maple Gardens

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.1 miles
  • Thirsk Secondary School

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.3 miles
  • Thirsk Secondary School

    BCT · Sowerby

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hambleton 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

24,683 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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
2
Low risk addresses
10
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 £262,500 from 5 recorded sales in YO7 3PY. 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Keeble Gateway Academy is the nearest published school at 288 m.

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

Recorded crime

404 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 182 events.

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