YO12 4EF North Yorkshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Falsgrave & Stepney. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
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 (59% of about 970 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
- Spring Bank Yard, Spring Bank, Scarborough, permissioned (80 m)
- Green Gables Hotel, West Bank, Scarborough, permissioned (250 m)
- 80 Commercial Street, Scarborough, permissioned (790 m)
- Manor Road Nurseries, Scarborough, not permissioned (870 m)
- 35 - 37 Roscoe Street, Scarborough, permissioned (910 m)
- The Breece, West Street, Scarborough, permissioned (940 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 6 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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 135 addresses are between 47 m and 52 m above sea level (50 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 | Scarborough 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km |
| Seamer 164,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km | |
| Filey 173,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 27 within 800 m; nearest Seamer Street Falsgrave | 20 m |
| Car parks | Westwood Car Park | 1.1 km |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 70.9 km |
| Nearest large airport | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 93.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Haxby Group Scarborough | 720 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Squire Jg LTD | 580 m |
| NHS dentists | 10 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 710 m |
| Hospital | St Mary's Hospital | 1.6 km |
| Police station | Scarborough Police Station | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Penny Petroleum - West End Services Cashzone | 410 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Falsgrave Park 7.6 ha | 170 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 70 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 430 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,330 m² | 280 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 8.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Andrew (United Reformed), a listed building (Grade II*), 910 m north-east. 30 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Andrew (United Reformed) | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m north-east |
| St Martin's Vicarage | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km east |
| Bowl barrow 600m north of Moor House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km south-west |
| Valley Gardens and South Cliff Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km east |
| Bowl barrow 450m north east of Moor House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km south |
| Bowl barrow 550m north north west of Moor House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south-west |
| Peasholm Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Springhill Wood | Wood | 340 m south-west |
| Spring Hill | Hill | 420 m west |
| Parnell's Wood | Wood | 470 m south-east |
| The Mere | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km south |
| South Bay | Bay | 1.7 km east |
| Peasholm Glen | Valley | 1.7 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 3 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 79 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 47 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 135 |
133 of the postcode's 135 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 | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 46% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 50% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 68% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 11% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 31% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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.