BD20 8LU North Yorkshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Aire Valley. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Aireside Avenue, Cononley: 8 addresses
- Cononley Lane, Cononley: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in North Yorkshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,544 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,696 | £1,979 | £2,262 | £2,544 | £3,110 | £3,675 | £4,241 | £5,089 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (21% of about 900 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- StationWorksnorthofCononleyLane: up to 93 homes, permissioned (410 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 7 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 8 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 7 low and 1 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 93 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cononley 183,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 410 m |
| Steeton and Silsden 595,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km | |
| Skipton 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 11 within 800 m; nearest Aireside Avenue Cononley | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Keighley Bus Station | 8.5 km |
| EV charging points | We Power Your Car | 2.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 23.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Dyneley House Surgery | 4.9 km |
| Pharmacies | Crosshills Delivery Pharmacy | 2.0 km |
| NHS dentists | Craven Dental Care Limited | 2.0 km |
| Hospital | Airedale General Hospital | 3.5 km |
| Police station | North Yorkshire Police | 4.5 km |
| Cash machines | Asda Cross Hills - Station Road Pfs, Cross Hills | 1.9 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,380 m² | 500 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.6 ha | 460 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,470 m² | 480 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Farnhill Hall, a listed building (Grade I), 680 m south-east. 20 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Farnhill Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 680 m south-east |
| Black Hill round cairn | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km north-east |
| Long barrow and superimposed round cairn on Black Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km north-east |
| Kildwick Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Farnhill Wood | Wood | 770 m north-east |
| Netherghyll Bottom | Valley | 1.3 km west |
| The Folly | Wood | 1.4 km east |
| Black Hill | Hill | 1.4 km north-east |
| Ling Haw Hill | Hill | 1.4 km south |
| Dead Eye | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 9 |
2 of the postcode's 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 37% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Aireside Avenue.