BD23 5QE North Yorkshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Wharfedale. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Monk's Road, Arncliffe: 21 addresses
- Brootes Lane, North Yorkshire: 12 addresses
- Monk's Road, Arncliffe: 3 addresses
- Unnamed street near Monk's Road, Bordley: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Monk's Road, Arncliffe: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Monk's Road, Arncliffe: 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 D (23% of about 1,000 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Arncliffe, Littondale barns and walls (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 15.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 1 and 2 Castle Yard, grade II
- CASTLE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- GREEN COTTAGE, grade II
- GREEN FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HIGH GREEN COTTAGE, grade II
- HIGH RYELANDS, grade II
- LANE TOP COTTAGE, grade II
- Low Ryelands Farmhouse, grade II
- Mill Gate, grade II
- PROSPECT HOUSE, grade II
- PUMP HOUSING AND TROUGH, grade II
- ROSE COTTAGE, grade II
- THE FALCON PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
- THE MILL, grade II
- THE MILL HOUSE, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 22 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 39 addresses are between 223 m and 381 m above sea level (231 m on average).
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 | Horton-In-Ribblesdale 23,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.7 km |
| Settle 147,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m, 1 within 800 m; nearest Village Green Arncliffe | 70 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 42.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital | Castleberg Hospital | 14.5 km |
| Police station | Settle Police Station | 13.9 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Village Green 3,080 m² | 60 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Settlement on Blue Scar, a scheduled monument, 790 m south. 29 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Settlement on Blue Scar | Scheduled monument | 790 m south |
| Cairn on Blue Scar 460m NW of Springs Cave | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Little Wood | Wood | 480 m north-east |
| East Field Plantation | Wood | 630 m south-east |
| New Field Wood | Wood | 690 m south-east |
| Dew Bottoms | Valley | 2.8 km south-west |
| Parson's Pulpit | Hill | 3.3 km south |
| Birks Tarn | Lake or reservoir | 4.2 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 37 | 39 |
2 of the postcode's 39 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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 58% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 36% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 4% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 35% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 56% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 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 7 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 Monk's Road.