BD23 postcode district: Skipton and around

BD23 is a postcode district in England, with 1,451 postcodes in use in 8 sectors. It has postcodes in Skipton, Embsay, Gargrave and 3 more places. It is split between 3 councils: North Yorkshire (1,433 postcodes), Ribble Valley (15) and Pendle (3). 18 of its 1,451 postcodes are in Lancashire. ONS lists no county for the other 1,433.

Postcodes in use: 1,451
Sectors: 8
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 6 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in BD23, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 90
In use before 2020: 1,361
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,451 postcodes in BD23 that ONS places, 90 are new since 2020 and 1,361 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.9928, longitude -2.0562. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

BD23 9FRJune 2026 BD23 9FSJune 2026 BD23 3FGMay 2026 BD23 9GQApril 2026 BD23 2FQFebruary 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BD23 9FR, is the newest of them.
11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BD23 6FS, is the newest of them.
9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BD23 3FQ, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BD23 2FF, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BD23 6FH, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BD23 6FT, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in BD23?

Ofcom reports on 1,379 of the 1,451 postcodes in BD23. At 866 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 33 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit866 of 1,379

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,147 of 1,379

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband33 of 1,379

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is BD23 at risk of flooding?

278 of the 1,451 postcodes in BD23 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,480 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 278 of 1,451 postcodes High: 1,053Medium: 427Low: 1,042Very low: 185

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in BD23?

Homes in BD23 sold for a typical £277,475 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 440 sales, down 0.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£277,475 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£279,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 0.5% on the 12 months before

Detached £495,000 101 sales
Semi-detached £332,500 122 sales
Terraced £209,975 180 sales
Flat or maisonette £180,000 37 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it