YO21 3BL North Yorkshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Whitby Streonshalh. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Flowergate, Whitby: 9 addresses
- Burns Yard, Whitby: 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 (48% of about 1,630 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Whitby (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 75.
- 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
- 25, ST HILDAS TERRACE, grade II*
- CHURCH OF ST NINIAN, grade II*
- THE MISSIONS TO SEAMAN, grade II*
- 1, Silver Street, grade II
- 1, SKINNER STREET, grade II
- 10, BRUNSWICK STREET, grade II
- 10A, CLIFF STREET, grade II
- 12 AND 13, SILVER STREET, grade II
- 13, SKINNER STREET, grade II
- 14 AND 15, CLIFF STREET, grade II
- 16, FLOWERGATE, grade II
- 19, SKINNER STREET, grade II
- 2 AND 3, BRUNSWICK STREET, grade II
- 2, 3 AND 4, NEWTON STREET, grade II
- 20, FLOWERGATE, grade II
- 21 and 23, Skinner Street, grade II
- 21, CLIFF STREET, grade II
- 21, FLOWERGATE, grade II
- 22 AND 23, FLOWERGATE, grade II
- 22 AND 23, SILVER STREET, grade II
- 23, BAXTERGATE, grade II
- 27, SKINNER STREET, grade II
- 3, SKINNER STREET, grade II
- 33, FLOWERGATE, grade II
- 38, FLOWERGATE, grade II
- 3A AND 3B, FLOWERGATE, grade II
- 4, BRUNSWICK STREET, grade II
- 4, FLOWERGATE, grade II
- 40 AND 41, FLOWERGATE, grade II
- 42, FLOWERGATE, grade II
And 45 more.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Universal Garage Co Ltd, Silver Street, Whitby, permissioned (150 m)
- 1 Esplanade, Whitby, permissioned (300 m)
- Bagdale Garage, Bagdale, Whitby, permissioned (340 m)
- Whitby Hospital (Part of), Springhill, Whitby, not permissioned (350 m)
- Sandbech Hotel, 1-2 Crescent Terrace, Whitby, permissioned (390 m)
- Argyle Garage, Argyle Road, Whitby, permissioned (710 m)
- Land off Stakesby Road, Whitby (part of), permissioned (820 m)
- Land to East of the Nurseries, Whitby, permissioned (850 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 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.
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 | Whitby 153,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 240 m |
| Ruswarp 4,110 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.0 km | |
| Sleights 6,850 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 41 within 800 m; nearest St Hildas Terrace Whitby | 110 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 52.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | Newcastle International Airport NCL | 92.4 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 3% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 47% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 51% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 34% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 42% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 34% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Flowergate.