YO12 5BD North Yorkshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Falsgrave & Stepney. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Falsgrave Road, Scarborough: 134 addresses
- Acworth Street, Scarborough: 1 address
- Falsgrave Road, Scarborough: 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 (45% of about 730 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Falsgrave, Scarborough (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
- THE NEW TAVERN, grade II
- THE WHITE HOUSE PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 80 Commercial Street, Scarborough, permissioned (290 m)
- Green Gables Hotel, West Bank, Scarborough, permissioned (340 m)
- Manor Road Nurseries, Scarborough, not permissioned (380 m)
- Spring Bank Yard, Spring Bank, Scarborough, permissioned (430 m)
- 35 - 37 Roscoe Street, Scarborough, permissioned (470 m)
- Land at Cleveland Road, Scarborough, not permissioned (710 m)
- Westwood Campus Site, Valley Bridge, Scarborough, not permissioned (780 m)
- First Floor Above 1 - 9, 27 - 37 Northway And 81 Westborough, Scarborough, permissioned (840 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 3 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 136 addresses are between 49 m and 54 m above sea level (52 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 63%, gigabit 63% 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 | 780 m |
| Seamer 164,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km | |
| Filey 173,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 39 within 800 m; nearest St John's Road Falsgrave | 190 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Westwood Car Park | 780 m |
| EV charging points | 11 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 880 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 70.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 93.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Haxby Group Scarborough | 440 m |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Squire Jg LTD | 220 m |
| NHS dentists | 12 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 380 m |
| Hospital | St Mary's Hospital | 1.2 km |
| Police station | Scarborough Police Station | 810 m |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Penny Petroleum - West End Services Cashzone | 90 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,400 m² | 300 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Falsgrave Park 7.6 ha | 350 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Safe-Ways Park 2,540 m² | 310 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 950 m² | 370 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 610 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 18 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Andrew (United Reformed), a listed building (Grade II*), 900 m east. 49 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Andrew (United Reformed) | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m east |
| 1-15, The Crescent | Listed building, Grade II* | 930 m east |
| Woodend | Listed building, Grade II* | 940 m east |
| St Martin's Vicarage | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km east |
| Valley Gardens and South Cliff Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km east |
| Peasholm Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km north |
| Bowl barrow 600m north of Moor House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km south-west |
| Bowl barrow 450m north east of Moor House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south |
| Bowl barrow 550m north north west of Moor House Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | Hill | 660 m south-west |
| Springhill Wood | Wood | 710 m south |
| Peasholm Glen | Valley | 1.2 km north |
| South Sands | Beach | 1.5 km north-east |
| Peasholm Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km north |
| Sailors' Grave | Wetland | 4.8 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 68 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 61 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 136 |
134 of the postcode's 136 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 | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 35% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 53% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 11% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 8% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 37% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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 Falsgrave Road.