BD23 9SY North Yorkshire
Live postcode, introduced February 2005. Ward: Skipton West & West Craven. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Broughton Road, Skipton: 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 A (31% of about 840 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 2.
- 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
- DEWHURST'S MILL, grade II
- Victoria Mill and associated mill chimney, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- WhitakersFactorySite,KeighleyRoad: up to 16 homes, permissioned (520 m)
- BusinesspremisesandlandwestofFirthStreet: up to 123 homes, permissioned (690 m)
- LandtoeastofmineralrailwayoffBroughamSt, not permissioned (800 m)
- MillandbuildersyardnorthofMartonStreet, not permissioned (860 m)
- Formerallotmentsandgarages,BroughtonRoad: up to 19 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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 address is about 101 m above sea level.
Broadband
No Ofcom figures for this postcode.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Skipton 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 250 m |
| Cononley 183,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Gargrave 41,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 20 stops within 400 m, 42 within 800 m; nearest Belle Vue Mills Skipton | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Earby | 9.2 km |
| Car parks | 3 within 800 m; nearest Morrisons Car Park - Skipton | 100 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 90 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 26.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dyneley House Surgery | 570 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 300 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Belle Vue Dental Practice | 140 m |
| Hospital | Skipton Hospital | 560 m |
| Police station | North Yorkshire Police | 770 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Aireville Park 11 ha | 210 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 520 m² | 560 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.7 ha | 490 m |
| Allotments | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 960 m² | 140 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 11 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Christ Church, a listed building (Grade II*), 320 m south-east. 102 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 4 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Christ Church | Listed building, Grade II* | 320 m south-east |
| Devonshire Hotel | Listed building, Grade II* | 480 m east |
| Church of the Holy Trinity | Listed building, Grade I | 570 m north-east |
| Former Chapel at Skipton Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 610 m north-east |
| Park Hill earthwork | Scheduled monument | 830 m north |
| Rock with at least 15 cups 240m south of Great Wood Laithe, Horse Close Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south-east |
| Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill 250m north of Horse Close Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Massa Flatts Wood | Wood | 700 m north-west |
| Park Hill | Hill | 860 m north |
| Little Wood | Wood | 860 m north |
| The Wilderness | Wood | 880 m east |
| Round Dam | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km north-east |
| Jenny Gill | Valley | 2.0 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.3 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the postcode's 1 addresses is 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 | 62 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 3% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 46% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 63% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 31% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 39% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 50% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 53% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 22% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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 Broughton Road.