Skipton
Skipton is covered by postcode districts BD20 and BD23. It is in the North Yorkshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Skipton, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 39
- In use before 2020: 522
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 561 postcodes in Skipton that ONS places, 39 are new since 2020 and 522 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 53.9595, longitude -2.0175. 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 Skipton?
Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2% on the 12 months before. At 436 of the 506 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,107 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 135 of its 561 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Skipton, 550 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 Skipton?
Homes in Skipton sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 257 sales, up 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £485,000 35 sales
- Semi-detached £310,000 62 sales
- Terraced £191,475 134 sales
- Flat or maisonette £169,000 26 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BD23 district, Skipton's main postcode district: a typical £277,475.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Skipton: 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 Skipton?
39 of the 561 postcodes now in use in Skipton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 25 of the 331 homes sold in Skipton were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD23 district, 11%.
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 Skipton | Across the BD23 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 257 (0%) | 7 of 440 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 25 of 331 (8%) | 70 of 619 (11%) |
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 Skipton?
Ofcom reports on 506 of the 561 postcodes in Skipton. At 436 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 Skipton at risk of flooding?
135 of the 561 postcodes in Skipton 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 1,107 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 Skipton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Skipton. 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
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School300 m 140 pupils, 140 places
- Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School350 m 221 pupils, 420 places
- Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School350 m 215 pupils, 210 places
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy550 m 148 pupils, 218 places
- Greatwood Community Primary School700 m 208 pupils, 243 places
- Brooklands School700 m 126 pupils, 130 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 Skipton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Skipton is Skipton Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.
- Skipton Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
- Cononley Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
- Gargrave Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive
- Embsay (Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway) Underground, metro or tram 2.5 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 Skipton?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Skipton. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Dyneley House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01756 799311 250 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Skipton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,216 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Skipton 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
- 105 September 2025
- 126 October 2025
- 133 November 2025
- 102 December 2025
- 90 January 2026
- 68 February 2026
- 90 March 2026
- 98 April 2026
- 107 May 2026
- 90 June 2026
- 92 July 2026
- 115 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 26, other crime 11, possession of weapons 10, theft from the person 8, robbery 6, bicycle theft 5.
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 Skipton?
- 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 561 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 Skipton
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 Skipton
- 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
Skipton postcodes
561 postcodes in use in Skipton, by district:
Those districts are all in the BD postcode area.
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Places near Skipton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Skipton's £230,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Skipton
- What is it like to live in Skipton?
- Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2% on the 12 months before. At 436 of the 506 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,107 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 135 of its 561 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Skipton, 550 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 Skipton?
- Skipton is covered by postcode districts BD20 and BD23, across 561 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Skipton in?
- Skipton is in the North Yorkshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Skipton?
- Skipton 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 Skipton?
- Homes in Skipton sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 257 sales, up 2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Skipton?
- In Skipton, primary schools at its postcodes include Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School and Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Ermysted's Grammar School, Brooklands School and Skipton Girls' High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Skipton have a railway station?
- Yes: Skipton is 550 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Skipton, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Skipton?
- Ofcom reports on 506 of the 561 postcodes in Skipton. At 436 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Skipton at risk of flooding?
- 135 of the 561 postcodes in Skipton 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 1,107 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 Skipton?
- 39 of the 561 postcodes now in use in Skipton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 25 of the 331 homes sold in Skipton were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD23 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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