High Bentham

High Bentham is covered by postcode district LA2. It is in the North Yorkshire council area, England.

Typical price £235,000 Homes sold in High Bentham, last 12 months. ▲ 17.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 7 of 83 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 9 of 83 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in High Bentham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in High Bentham, by flood risk Of the 83 postcodes in High Bentham that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: High Bentham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. LA2 7AB: not on the flood risk listLA2 7AD: not on the flood risk listLA2 7AE: not on the flood risk listLA2 7AF: not on the flood risk listLA2 7AG: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BA: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BB: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BD: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BE: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BG: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BJ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BL: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BN: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BP: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BQ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7BW: not on the flood risk listLA2 7FA: not on the flood risk listLA2 7FD: not on the flood risk listLA2 7FE: not on the flood risk listLA2 7FF: not on the flood risk listLA2 7FG: not on the flood risk listLA2 7FQ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7FR: not on the flood risk listLA2 7FS: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HE: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HF: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HG: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HH: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HJ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HL: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HN: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HP: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HQ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HR: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HS: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HT: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HU: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HW: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HX: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HY: not on the flood risk listLA2 7HZ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JA: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JB: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JD: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JE: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JF: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JG: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JH: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JJ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JL: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JN: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JP: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JQ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JS: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JT: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JW: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JX: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JY: not on the flood risk listLA2 7JZ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LA: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LB: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LD: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LE: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LF: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LG: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LH: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LQ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LZ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7NA: not on the flood risk listLA2 7NF: not on the flood risk listLA2 7NG: not on the flood risk listLA2 7NH: not on the flood risk listLA2 7NJ: not on the flood risk listLA2 7PR: not on the flood risk listLA2 7LJ: low flood risk at worstLA2 7LL: low flood risk at worstLA2 7ND: low flood risk at worstLA2 7NE: low flood risk at worstLA2 7LP: medium flood risk at worstLA2 7NB: medium flood risk at worstLA2 7FJ: high flood riskLA2 7LR: high flood riskLA2 7LW: high flood risk High Bentham Map of every postcode in High Bentham, by flood risk Of the 83 postcodes in High Bentham that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: High Bentham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. High Bentham
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 74

Of the 83 postcodes in High Bentham that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 74 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.1185, longitude -2.5109. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

LA2 7LR1 at high riskLA2 7FJ1 at high riskLA2 7LW1 at high risk

What is it like to live in High Bentham?

Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 17.5% on the 12 months before. At 7 of the 83 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 83 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bentham, 350 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in High Bentham?

Homes in High Bentham sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, up 17.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£235,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£200,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 17.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £365,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £250,000 11 sales
  • Terraced £186,500 10 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole LA2 district, High Bentham's main postcode district: a typical £298,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in High Bentham: 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

Are new homes being built in High Bentham?

6 of the 83 postcodes now in use in High Bentham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 43 homes sold in High Bentham were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA2 district, 3%.

The newest postcodes

LA2 7FAsince March 2025LA2 7FRsince March 2022LA2 7FSsince March 2022LA2 7FQsince November 2021LA2 7FFsince July 2021LA2 7NJsince December 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn High BenthamAcross the LA2 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 31 (3%) 8 of 248 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 43 (2%) 11 of 321 (3%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in High Bentham?

Ofcom reports on 83 of the 83 postcodes in High Bentham. At 7 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit7 of 83
Postcodes where every home can get superfast75 of 83

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.

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

Is High Bentham at risk of flooding?

9 of the 83 postcodes in High Bentham 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 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 9 of 83 postcodes High: 3Medium: 4Low: 45

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

Which schools are in High Bentham?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in High Bentham. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from High Bentham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in High Bentham is Bentham Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.

  • Bentham Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
  • Wennington Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmDrive
  • Clapham (N Yorks) Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in High Bentham?

The GP practices at the postcodes in High Bentham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is High Bentham safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 50 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in High Bentham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 1 September 2025
  2. 2 October 2025
  3. 2 November 2025
  4. 1 December 2025
  5. 5 January 2026
  6. 6 February 2026
  7. 3 March 2026
  8. 8 April 2026
  9. 5 May 2026
  10. 3 June 2026
  11. 5 July 2026
  12. 9 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences19 reports
Anti-social behaviour12 reports
Vehicle crime5 reports
Shoplifting4 reports
Other theft4 reports
Public order2 reports
Criminal damage and arson2 reports
Drugs1 report

Also: other crime 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs High Bentham?

Council
North Yorkshire
Parliamentary constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Police force area
North Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Sir Julian Smith (Conservative)

All 83 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

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High Bentham postcodes

83 postcodes in use in High Bentham, by district:

LA2 postcode district,83 postcodes

That district is in the LA postcode area.

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Places near High Bentham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside High Bentham's £235,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ingleton4.5 km, £251,750Kirkby Lonsdale10.9 km, £250,000Caton14.1 km, £292,500Giggleswick15.4 km, £368,000Settle16.2 km, £250,000Halton16.7 km, £331,250Carnforth16.9 km, £175,000Warton, Lancaster17.0 km, £327,500 All places A to Z

Questions about High Bentham

What is it like to live in High Bentham?
Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 17.5% on the 12 months before. At 7 of the 83 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 83 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bentham, 350 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for High Bentham?
High Bentham is covered by postcode district LA2, across 83 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is High Bentham in?
High Bentham is in the North Yorkshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for High Bentham?
High Bentham is in the Skipton and Ripon parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Julian Smith (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in High Bentham?
Homes in High Bentham sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, up 17.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in High Bentham?
In High Bentham, primary schools at its postcodes include Bentham Community Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Stonegate School, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does High Bentham have a railway station?
Yes: Bentham is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in High Bentham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in High Bentham?
Ofcom reports on 83 of the 83 postcodes in High Bentham. At 7 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is High Bentham at risk of flooding?
9 of the 83 postcodes in High Bentham 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 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in High Bentham?
6 of the 83 postcodes now in use in High Bentham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 43 homes sold in High Bentham were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LA2 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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