South Cave

South Cave is covered by postcode district HU15. It is in the East Riding of Yorkshire council area, England.

Typical price £279,950 Homes sold in South Cave, last 12 months. ▼ 6.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 77 of 92 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 21 of 99 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 58 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in South Cave, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in South Cave, by flood risk Of the 99 postcodes in South Cave that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 78 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: South Cave. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. HU15 1DJ: not on the flood risk listHU15 1RB: not on the flood risk listHU15 2AA: not on the flood risk listHU15 2AJ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2AL: not on the flood risk listHU15 2AN: not on the flood risk listHU15 2AR: not on the flood risk listHU15 2AS: not on the flood risk listHU15 2AT: not on the flood risk listHU15 2AX: not on the flood risk listHU15 2AY: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BA: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BE: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BG: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BH: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BJ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BL: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BQ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BS: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BT: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BU: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BW: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BX: not on the flood risk listHU15 2BY: not on the flood risk listHU15 2DJ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2ED: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EE: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EF: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EG: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EJ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EL: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EN: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EQ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2ER: not on the flood risk listHU15 2ES: not on the flood risk listHU15 2ET: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EU: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EW: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EX: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EY: not on the flood risk listHU15 2EZ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2FA: not on the flood risk listHU15 2FG: not on the flood risk listHU15 2FH: not on the flood risk listHU15 2FQ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2FS: not on the flood risk listHU15 2GL: not on the flood risk listHU15 2GT: not on the flood risk listHU15 2GU: not on the flood risk listHU15 2GY: not on the flood risk listHU15 2GZ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2HF: not on the flood risk listHU15 2HH: not on the flood risk listHU15 2HP: not on the flood risk listHU15 2HT: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JA: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JB: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JD: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JE: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JF: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JG: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JH: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JJ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JN: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JQ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JS: not on the flood risk listHU15 2JW: not on the flood risk listHU15 2YH: not on the flood risk listHU15 2YJ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2YL: not on the flood risk listHU15 2YP: not on the flood risk listHU15 2YQ: not on the flood risk listHU15 2HN: very low flood risk onlyHU15 2HW: very low flood risk onlyHU15 2BP: low flood risk at worstHU15 2DA: low flood risk at worstHU15 2DB: low flood risk at worstHU15 2GE: low flood risk at worstHU15 2HA: low flood risk at worstHU15 2HD: low flood risk at worstHU15 2HL: low flood risk at worstHU15 2EH: medium flood risk at worstHU15 2EP: medium flood risk at worstHU15 2AU: high flood riskHU15 2AZ: high flood riskHU15 2BB: high flood riskHU15 2FJ: high flood riskHU15 2HB: high flood riskHU15 2HE: high flood riskHU15 2HG: high flood riskHU15 2HJ: high flood riskHU15 2HQ: high flood riskHU15 2HR: high flood risk South Cave 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HU15 2HG, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in South Cave, by flood risk Of the 99 postcodes in South Cave that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 78 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: South Cave. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. South Cave
  • A home or business at high risk: 10
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 78
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 99 postcodes in South Cave that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 78 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 200 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 53.7672, longitude -0.6086. 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.

HU15 2HG15 at high riskHU15 2HR10 at high riskHU15 2HQ10 at high riskHU15 2BB4 at high riskHU15 2HE2 at high riskHU15 2HB2 at high riskHU15 2HJ2 at high riskHU15 2AU1 at high riskHU15 2AZ1 at high riskHU15 2FJ1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HU15 2HG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in South Cave?

Homes sold for a typical £279,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.7% on the 12 months before. At 77 of the 92 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 58 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 21 of its 99 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Brough, 4.9 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 South Cave?

Homes in South Cave sold for a typical £279,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 57 sales, down 6.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£279,950 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£300,000
12 months to August 2026
£279,950

▼ down 6.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£360,000 30 sales
Semi-detached£215,000 19 sales
Terraced£193,000 8 sales

Across the whole HU15 district, South Cave's main postcode district: a typical £235,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in South Cave: 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 South Cave?

11 of the 99 postcodes now in use in South Cave came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 73 homes sold in South Cave were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HU15 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

HU15 1DJsince January 2026HU15 1YRsince October 2025HU15 2YQsince February 2024HU15 2DJsince June 2023HU15 2YHsince August 2022HU15 2YLsince September 2021

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 South CaveAcross the HU15 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 57 (0%) 11 of 332 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 73 (1%) 109 of 525 (21%)

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 South Cave?

Ofcom reports on 92 of the 99 postcodes in South Cave. At 77 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit77 of 92
Postcodes where every home can get superfast85 of 92

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 South Cave at risk of flooding?

21 of the 99 postcodes in South Cave 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 58 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 21 of 99 postcodes High: 48Medium: 10Low: 31Very low: 27

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 South Cave?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in South Cave. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 South Cave?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in South Cave is Brough Rail Station, 4.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Brough Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
  • Broomfleet Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • Gilberdyke Rail Station Railway station 8.4 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 South Cave?

The GP practices at the postcodes in South Cave. 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 South Cave safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 90 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in South Cave 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. 9 September 2025
  2. 4 October 2025
  3. 6 November 2025
  4. 8 December 2025
  5. 9 January 2026
  6. 4 February 2026
  7. 10 March 2026
  8. 8 April 2026
  9. 9 May 2026
  10. 10 June 2026
  11. 5 July 2026
  12. 8 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences40 reports
Public order13 reports
Other theft9 reports
Criminal damage and arson6 reports
Burglary6 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports
Anti-social behaviour5 reports
Other crime4 reports

Also: drugs 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 South Cave?

Council
East Riding of Yorkshire
Parliamentary constituency
Goole and Pocklington
Police force area
Humberside
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
David Davis (Conservative)

All 99 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 South Cave

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South Cave postcodes

99 postcodes in use in South Cave, by district:

HU15 postcode district,99 postcodes

That district is in the HU postcode area.

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Places near South Cave

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside South Cave's £279,950. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Brough and Elloughton4.9 km, £233,500Swanland8.3 km, £360,000North Ferriby8.5 km, £284,950Gilberdyke8.6 km, £179,000Willerby, Anlaby and Kirk Ella11.1 km, £270,000Market Weighton11.4 km, £246,500Hessle12.1 km, £197,975Cottingham12.5 km, £244,000 All places A to Z

Questions about South Cave

What is it like to live in South Cave?
Homes sold for a typical £279,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.7% on the 12 months before. At 77 of the 92 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 58 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 21 of its 99 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Brough, 4.9 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 South Cave?
South Cave is covered by postcode district HU15, across 99 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is South Cave in?
South Cave is in the East Riding of Yorkshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for South Cave?
South Cave is in the Goole and Pocklington parliamentary constituency. Its MP is David Davis (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in South Cave?
Homes in South Cave sold for a typical £279,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 57 sales, down 6.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in South Cave?
In South Cave, primary schools at its postcodes include South Cave Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College, 6.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does South Cave have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in South Cave is Brough, 4.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in South Cave?
Ofcom reports on 92 of the 99 postcodes in South Cave. At 77 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is South Cave at risk of flooding?
21 of the 99 postcodes in South Cave 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 58 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 South Cave?
11 of the 99 postcodes now in use in South Cave came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 73 homes sold in South Cave were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HU15 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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