Otley
Otley is covered by postcode district LS21. It is mostly in the Leeds council area: 377 of its 385 postcodes. The others are in North Yorkshire.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Otley (Leeds).
Every postcode in Otley, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 9
- In use before 2020: 376
Of the 385 postcodes in Otley that ONS places, 9 are new since 2020 and 376 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. 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 53.9067, longitude -1.6955. 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
What is it like to live in Otley?
Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 334 of the 367 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 406 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 64 of its 385 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Menston, 3.1 km 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 Otley?
Homes in Otley sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 144 sales, up 5.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £505,000 28 sales
- Semi-detached £300,000 51 sales
- Terraced £270,000 56 sales
- Flat or maisonette £159,000 9 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LS21 district, Otley's main postcode district: a typical £330,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Otley: 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 Otley?
9 of the 385 postcodes now in use in Otley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 228 homes sold in Otley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LS21 district, 1%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Otley | Across the LS21 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 144 (0%) | 1 of 190 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 228 (0%) | 3 of 294 (1%) |
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 Otley?
Ofcom reports on 367 of the 385 postcodes in Otley. At 334 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Otley at risk of flooding?
64 of the 385 postcodes in Otley 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 406 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Otley?
The open schools at the postcodes in Otley. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
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 Otley?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Otley is Menston Rail Station, 3.1 km away in a straight line.
- Menston Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
- Guiseley Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
- Burley-in-Wharfedale Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
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 Otley?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Otley. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Chevin Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01943 858300 100 mWalk
- Westgate Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01943 660533 300 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Otley safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 986 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Otley 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
- 68 September 2025
- 76 October 2025
- 54 November 2025
- 81 December 2025
- 80 January 2026
- 75 February 2026
- 108 March 2026
- 62 April 2026
- 95 May 2026
- 88 June 2026
- 104 July 2026
- 95 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 27, drugs 25, robbery 8, possession of weapons 7, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 4.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Otley?
- Councils
- Leeds (377) and North Yorkshire (8)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Leeds North West (377) and Skipton and Ripon (8)
- Police force areas
- West Yorkshire (377) and North Yorkshire (8)
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Otley
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Otley is in Leeds; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Leeds about council tax Council tax, on leeds.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Otley
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Otley postcodes
385 postcodes in use in Otley, by district:
That district is in the LS postcode area.
Check a Otley postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Otley
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Otley's £300,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Otley
- What is it like to live in Otley?
- Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 334 of the 367 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 406 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 64 of its 385 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Menston, 3.1 km 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 Otley?
- Otley is covered by postcode district LS21, across 385 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Otley?
- Homes in Otley sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 144 sales, up 5.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Otley?
- In Otley, primary schools at its postcodes include St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley, Westgate Primary School and Ashfield Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Otley have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Otley is Menston, 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Otley?
- Ofcom reports on 367 of the 385 postcodes in Otley. At 334 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Otley at risk of flooding?
- 64 of the 385 postcodes in Otley 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 406 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 Otley?
- 9 of the 385 postcodes now in use in Otley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 228 homes sold in Otley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LS21 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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