Sowerby

Sowerby is covered by postcode district YO7. It is in the North Yorkshire council area, England.

Typical price £275,000 Homes sold in Sowerby, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 123 of 134 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 4 of 135 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Sowerby, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Sowerby, by flood risk Of the 135 postcodes in Sowerby that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 131 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sowerby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A168A61 YO7 1FU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GN: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GT: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1HT: not on the flood risk listYO7 1HW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1HX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1HY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1HZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JF: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JH: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JL: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JN: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JT: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1LA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1LY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1LZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1ND: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NF: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NH: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NL: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NN: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NP: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NR: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NS: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NT: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1NZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QT: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RF: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RH: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RL: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RN: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RP: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RR: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RS: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RT: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1RZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SF: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SH: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1ST: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TR: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FF: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FG: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FH: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FN: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FP: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FR: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FU: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FW: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FX: not on the flood risk listYO7 3FY: not on the flood risk listYO7 3GN: not on the flood risk listYO7 3HB: not on the flood risk listYO7 3HF: not on the flood risk listYO7 3JE: not on the flood risk listYO7 3NW: not on the flood risk listYO7 3PY: not on the flood risk listYO7 3QA: not on the flood risk listYO7 3RF: not on the flood risk listYO7 3SH: not on the flood risk listYO7 3SJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 3SL: not on the flood risk listYO7 3SN: not on the flood risk listYO7 3SP: not on the flood risk listYO7 3SR: not on the flood risk listYO7 3ST: not on the flood risk listYO7 3SU: not on the flood risk listYO7 3SW: not on the flood risk listYO7 3SX: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TG: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TH: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TL: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TN: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1JS: low flood risk at worstYO7 1FA: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1JP: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1JY: medium flood risk at worst Sowerby Map of every postcode in Sowerby, by flood risk Of the 135 postcodes in Sowerby that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 131 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sowerby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A168 Sowerby
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 131

Of the 135 postcodes in Sowerby that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 131 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 54.2247, longitude -1.3478. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The postcodes at medium risk at worst

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

YO7 1FA3 at medium riskYO7 1JP1 at medium riskYO7 1JY1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Sowerby?

Homes sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 123 of the 134 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 135 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Thirsk Doctors Surgery, 750 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Thirsk, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Sowerby?

Homes in Sowerby sold for a typical £275,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 82 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £272,998 from 104 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£275,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£272,998 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £360,000 21 sales
  • Semi-detached £255,000 31 sales
  • Terraced £230,000 25 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £136,950 5 sales

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

Across the whole YO7 district, Sowerby's main postcode district: a typical £275,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sowerby: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Sowerby?

18 of the 135 postcodes now in use in Sowerby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 17 of the 104 homes sold in Sowerby were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO7 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

YO7 3TQsince December 2024YO7 3TNsince September 2023YO7 3GNsince August 2023YO7 3TGsince July 2023YO7 3FHsince January 2023YO7 3TLsince January 2023

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 SowerbyAcross the YO7 district
The 12 months to September 2026 2 of 82 (2%) 2 of 271 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to September 2025 17 of 104 (16%) 44 of 371 (12%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Sowerby?

Ofcom reports on 134 of the 135 postcodes in Sowerby. At 123 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit123 of 134
Postcodes where every home can get superfast129 of 134

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Sowerby at risk of flooding?

4 of the 135 postcodes in Sowerby 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 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 135 postcodes Medium: 5Low: 2

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Sowerby?

The open schools at the postcodes in Sowerby. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Sowerby?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sowerby is Thirsk Rail Station, 1.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Thirsk Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
  • Northallerton Rail Station Railway station 13.5 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Sowerby?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Sowerby. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Sowerby safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 718 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sowerby 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. 56 September 2025
  2. 59 October 2025
  3. 71 November 2025
  4. 60 December 2025
  5. 65 January 2026
  6. 57 February 2026
  7. 48 March 2026
  8. 67 April 2026
  9. 36 May 2026
  10. 58 June 2026
  11. 76 July 2026
  12. 65 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences304 reports
Anti-social behaviour178 reports
Criminal damage and arson63 reports
Public order42 reports
Shoplifting41 reports
Other theft22 reports
Drugs18 reports
Burglary15 reports

Also: possession of weapons 12, vehicle crime 9, other crime 9, bicycle theft 4, robbery 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 to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Sowerby?

Parliamentary constituency
Thirsk and Malton
Police force area
North Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)

All 135 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

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Sowerby postcodes

135 postcodes in use in Sowerby, by district:

YO7 postcode district,135 postcodes

That district is in the YO postcode area.

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Places near Sowerby

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sowerby's £275,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Thirsk1.1 km, £245,000Romanby13.4 km, £242,000Northallerton14.0 km, £225,000Boroughbridge15.1 km, £310,000Easingwold15.4 km, £315,000Ripon15.4 km, £257,500Leeming Bar16.5 km, £195,000Aiskew17.0 km, £260,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Sowerby

What is the postcode for Sowerby?
Postcode district YO7, with 135 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Sowerby in?
North Yorkshire. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Sowerby?
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative), for Thirsk and Malton. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Sowerby?
A typical £275,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 82 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Sowerby?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Sowerby Primary Academy and All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Thirsk School & Sixth Form College. Source: Department for Education.
Does Sowerby have a railway station?
The nearest is Thirsk station, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Sowerby?
Ofcom reports on 134 of the 135 postcodes in Sowerby. At 123 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Sowerby at risk of flooding?
4 of the 135 postcodes in Sowerby 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 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Sowerby?
18 of the 135 postcodes now in use in Sowerby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 17 of the 104 homes sold in Sowerby were newly built (16%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO7 district, 12%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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