YO42 postcode district: Pocklington and around, East Riding of Yorkshire

YO42 is a postcode district in England, with 739 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Pocklington. Its council is East Riding of Yorkshire.

Postcodes in use: 739
Sectors: 4
Council: East Riding of Yorkshire
Places: Pocklington

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

Every postcode in YO42, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 100
In use before 2020: 639
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 739 postcodes in YO42 that ONS places, 100 are new since 2020 and 639 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 160 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 53.9239, longitude -0.7899. 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

YO42 1AZJune 2026 YO42 1BEJune 2026 YO42 1BXJune 2026 YO42 1DDJune 2026 YO42 1BFApril 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

31 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO42 1AZ, is the newest of them.
12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO42 2YP, is the newest of them.
12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO42 2UA, is the newest of them.
11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO42 2UP, is the newest of them.
10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. YO42 2SU, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in YO42?

Ofcom reports on 722 of the 739 postcodes in YO42. At 511 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 7 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit511 of 722

Postcodes where every home can get superfast589 of 722

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband7 of 722

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 YO42 at risk of flooding?

106 of the 739 postcodes in YO42 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 305 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 106 of 739 postcodes High: 43Medium: 262Low: 367Very low: 113

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 YO42?

Homes in YO42 sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 223 sales, down 0.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£295,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£297,425 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 0.8% on the 12 months before

Detached £425,000 104 sales
Semi-detached £247,500 63 sales
Terraced £203,750 46 sales
Flat or maisonette £135,000 10 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