Selby
Selby is covered by postcode district YO8. It is in the North Yorkshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Selby, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 15
- In use before 2020: 477
Of the 492 postcodes in Selby that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 477 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 53.7813, longitude -1.0702. 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
What is it like to live in Selby?
Homes sold for a typical £195,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 413 of the 466 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,646 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 465 of its 492 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Selby, 450 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 Selby?
Homes in Selby sold for a typical £195,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 260 sales, up 5.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £287,000 47 sales
- Semi-detached £220,000 89 sales
- Terraced £172,000 101 sales
- Flat or maisonette £112,500 23 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole YO8 district, Selby's main postcode district: a typical £240,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Selby: 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 Selby?
15 of the 492 postcodes now in use in Selby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 298 homes sold in Selby were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO8 district, 6%.
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 Selby | Across the YO8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 260 (Under 1%) | 5 of 621 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 18 of 298 (6%) | 48 of 785 (6%) |
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 Selby?
Ofcom reports on 466 of the 492 postcodes in Selby. At 413 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 Selby at risk of flooding?
465 of the 492 postcodes in Selby 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 1,646 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 Selby?
The open schools at the postcodes in Selby. 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
- Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School200 m 303 pupils, 392 places
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School800 m 144 pupils, 189 places
- Selby Community Primary School800 m 303 pupils, 420 places
- Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School950 m 200 pupils, 210 places
- Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby950 m 184 pupils, 261 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.3 km 188 pupils, 210 places
- Staynor Hall Primary Academy1.5 km 328 pupils, 300 places
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 Selby?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Selby is Selby Rail Station, 450 m away in a straight line.
- Selby Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
- Wressle Rail Station Railway station 9.6 kmDrive
- Hensall Rail Station Railway station 9.7 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 Selby?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Selby. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Posterngate Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01757 702561 100 mWalk
- Scott Road Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report September 2025 · Phone 01757 211750 500 mWalk
- Beech Tree Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01757 703933 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Selby safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,403 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Selby 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
- 201 September 2025
- 198 October 2025
- 198 November 2025
- 139 December 2025
- 145 January 2026
- 161 February 2026
- 207 March 2026
- 224 April 2026
- 235 May 2026
- 207 June 2026
- 260 July 2026
- 228 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 47, vehicle crime 40, bicycle theft 40, possession of weapons 34, robbery 27, theft from the person 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 Selby?
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Selby
- Police force area
- North Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
- MP
- Keir Mather (Labour)
All 492 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
Moving to Selby
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell North Yorkshire about council tax Council tax, on northyorks.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Selby
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Selby postcodes
492 postcodes in use in Selby, by district:
That district is in the YO postcode area.
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Places near Selby
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Selby's £195,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Selby
- What is it like to live in Selby?
- Homes sold for a typical £195,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 413 of the 466 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,646 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 465 of its 492 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Selby, 450 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 Selby?
- Selby is covered by postcode district YO8, across 492 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Selby in?
- Selby is in the North Yorkshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Selby?
- Selby is in the Selby parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Keir Mather (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Selby?
- Homes in Selby sold for a typical £195,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 260 sales, up 5.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Selby?
- In Selby, primary schools at its postcodes include Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Barlby Bridge Community Primary School and Selby Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Rubicon Centre, Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science and Brayton Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Selby have a railway station?
- Yes: Selby is 450 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Selby, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Selby?
- Ofcom reports on 466 of the 492 postcodes in Selby. At 413 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Selby at risk of flooding?
- 465 of the 492 postcodes in Selby 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 1,646 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 Selby?
- 15 of the 492 postcodes now in use in Selby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 298 homes sold in Selby were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO8 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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