YO8 8HY North Yorkshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Camblesforth & Carlton. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- A1041, Camblesforth: 9 addresses
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 C (27% of about 490 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
- Land east of Millfield Drive, Cambelsforth: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 8 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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: of the 9 homes the Environment Agency counts, 8 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 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 addresses are about 6 m above sea level.
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 | Snaith 1,250 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km |
| Rawcliffe 410 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km | |
| Selby 696,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 10 within 800 m; nearest Council Houses Camblesforth | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Stn Stand 3 Selby | 6.6 km |
| EV charging points | E.ON Drive Public Charging Station | 5.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 44.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Snaith And Rawcliffe Medical Group | 4.3 km |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 4.2 km |
| NHS dentists | Snaith Dental Care | 3.9 km |
| Hospital | The New Selby War Memorial Hospital | 6.5 km |
| Police station | Selby Police Station | 6.5 km |
| Cash machines | Lincolnshire Co-op - Carlton, Carlton Cashzone | 2.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,260 m² | 370 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 690 m² | 440 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,670 m² | 430 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,260 m² | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Camblesforth Hall, a listed building (Grade I), 390 m east. 2 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Camblesforth Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 390 m east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Rabbit Hill Plantation | Wood | 490 m north-west |
| Lee's Carr Wood | Wood | 670 m south-west |
| Mill Carrs Hill | Hill | 1.4 km south |
| West Marsh | Wetland | 3.1 km south-west |
| Gowdall Lodge Reach | Tidal water | 3.4 km south-west |
| Lord Downe's Clough | Valley | 4.3 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 9 |
7 of the postcode's 9 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 | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 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 | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 34% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 22% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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 A1041.