YO8 3SG North Yorkshire
Live postcode, introduced June 1998. Ward: Cawood & Escrick. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Thorpe Lane, Cawood: 46 addresses
- Church End, Cawood: 1 address
- Cornmill Close, Cawood: 1 address
- Old Road, Cawood: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Thorpe Lane, Cawood: 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 E (23% of about 710 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 6.
- 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
- YEW TREE HOUSE AND YEW TREE COTTAGE, grade II*
- DON JUAN, grade II
- MILL BANK, grade II
- MILL HOUSE, grade II
- THE LAURELS, grade II
- THE MOORINGS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Cawood Methodist Church, Sherburn Street, Cawood: up to 5 homes, not permissioned (300 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 11 at medium risk and 21 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 35 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 12 medium, 22 low and 1 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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 50 addresses are between 7 m and 9 m above sea level (7 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 | Ulleskelf 17,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km |
| Church Fenton 159,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Selby 696,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 9 within 800 m; nearest Cornmill Close Cawood | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Stn Stand 3 Selby | 6.9 km |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 6.8 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 35.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Scott Road Medical Centre | 6.2 km |
| Pharmacies | Scott Road Pharmacy | 6.2 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Practice 51 Gowthorpe | 6.5 km |
| Hospital | The New Selby War Memorial Hospital | 6.8 km |
| Police station | North Yorkshire Police | 6.9 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 820 m² | 330 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 360 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,260 m² | 560 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Yew Tree House and Yew Tree Cottage, a listed building (Grade II*), 80 m east. 30 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 3 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Yew Tree House and Yew Tree Cottage | Listed building, Grade II* | 80 m east |
| Banqueting Hall Adjoining East Side of Gatehouse | Listed building, Grade I | 160 m west |
| The Grange | Listed building, Grade II* | 160 m south-east |
| Gatehouse | Listed building, Grade I | 180 m north-west |
| Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit | Scheduled monument | 190 m west |
| Kensbury moated site, fishpond and fragment of a medieval field system | Scheduled monument | 250 m south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cawood Ness | Tidal water | 200 m north |
| Northingales Fish Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 740 m north-west |
| Sicklebit Wood | Wood | 2.1 km north-west |
| Willow Garth | Hill | 2.2 km north |
| Stillingfleet Clough | Valley | 3.1 km north |
| North Marsh | Wetland | 4.3 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 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) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 21% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 Thorpe Lane.