Thirsk

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

Typical price £242,000 Homes sold in Thirsk, last 12 months. ▲ 5.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 167 of 205 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 31 of 216 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 286 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Thirsk, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Thirsk, by flood risk Of the 216 postcodes in Thirsk that ONS places, 14 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 185 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 20 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Thirsk, Sowerby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A19A170A61 YO7 1AG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1AN: not on the flood risk listYO7 1AP: not on the flood risk listYO7 1AQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1AR: not on the flood risk listYO7 1AS: not on the flood risk listYO7 1AU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1AW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1AX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1AZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BL: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BN: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BP: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BR: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BS: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1DD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1DE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1DF: 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risk listYO7 1EU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1EW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1EX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1EY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1EZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FF: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FL: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FN: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FP: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FR: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FS: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1FZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GF: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GH: not on the flood risk listYO7 1GP: 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risk listYO7 1PP: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PR: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PS: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PT: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PU: not on the flood risk listYO7 1PW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QF: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QH: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QL: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QR: not on the flood risk listYO7 1QS: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SL: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SP: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SR: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SS: not on the flood risk listYO7 1SX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TF: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TH: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TN: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TP: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TW: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TX: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TY: not on the flood risk listYO7 1TZ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UA: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UB: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UD: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UE: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UF: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UG: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UJ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UL: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UP: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UQ: not on the flood risk listYO7 1UR: not on the flood risk listYO7 2LS: not on the flood risk listYO7 3AB: not on the flood risk listYO7 3BT: not on the flood risk listYO7 3BU: not on the flood risk listYO7 3BY: not on the flood risk listYO7 3NH: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TA: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TF: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TW: not on the flood risk listYO7 3TY: not on the flood risk listYO7 3WU: not on the flood risk listYO7 4DA: not on the flood risk listYO7 4DL: not on the flood risk listYO7 4LS: not on the flood risk listYO7 4LT: not on the flood risk listYO7 1BG: low flood risk at worstYO7 1LU: low flood risk at worstYO7 2LT: low flood risk at worstYO7 3AA: low flood risk at worstYO7 3BX: low flood risk at worstYO7 3NX: low flood risk at worstYO7 3NY: low flood risk at worstYO7 3TD: low flood risk at worstYO7 3TE: low flood risk at worstYO7 1AA: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1AF: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1FH: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1FT: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1GL: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1GX: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1PL: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1TL: medium flood risk at worstYO7 1AB: high flood riskYO7 1AD: high flood riskYO7 1AE: high flood riskYO7 1AH: high flood riskYO7 1AJ: high flood riskYO7 1BT: high flood riskYO7 1DA: high flood riskYO7 1DB: high flood riskYO7 1ET: high flood riskYO7 1GJ: high flood riskYO7 1LW: high flood riskYO7 1SZ: high flood riskYO7 1UH: high flood riskYO7 1UN: high flood risk ThirskSowerby 20 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to YO7 1UH, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk20 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Thirsk, by flood risk Of the 216 postcodes in Thirsk that ONS places, 14 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 185 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 20 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Thirsk, Sowerby. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. ThirskSowerby
  • A home or business at high risk: 14
  • At medium risk at worst: 8
  • At low risk at worst: 9
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 185
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 216 postcodes in Thirsk that ONS places, 14 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 185 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 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 54.2340, longitude -1.3401. 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

14 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

YO7 1UH20 at high riskYO7 1DA17 at high riskYO7 1AB16 at high riskYO7 1SZ12 at high riskYO7 1GJ12 at high riskYO7 1AD9 at high riskYO7 1AE7 at high riskYO7 1AJ4 at high riskYO7 1LW3 at high riskYO7 1UN3 at high riskYO7 1BT1 at high riskYO7 1ET1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 20 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. YO7 1UH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Thirsk?

Homes sold for a typical £242,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.2% on the 12 months before. At 167 of the 205 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 286 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 216 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Thirsk, 2.2 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 Thirsk?

Homes in Thirsk sold for a typical £242,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 83 sales, up 5.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£242,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£230,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £350,000 20 sales
  • Semi-detached £253,750 24 sales
  • Terraced £200,000 27 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £79,250 12 sales

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

Across the whole YO7 district, Thirsk's main postcode district: a typical £273,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Thirsk: 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 Thirsk?

13 of the 216 postcodes now in use in Thirsk came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 95 homes sold in Thirsk were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO7 district, 13%.

The newest postcodes

YO7 9DYsince January 2026YO7 9DXsince July 2025YO7 9DRsince September 2024YO7 1URsince December 2023YO7 9DBsince February 2023YO7 1UPsince September 2022

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 ThirskAcross the YO7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 83 (0%) 1 of 272 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 95 (0%) 50 of 373 (13%)

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 Thirsk?

Ofcom reports on 205 of the 216 postcodes in Thirsk. At 167 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit167 of 205
Postcodes where every home can get superfast201 of 205
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 205

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 Thirsk at risk of flooding?

31 of the 216 postcodes in Thirsk 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 286 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 31 of 216 postcodes High: 107Medium: 179Low: 45

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 Thirsk?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Thirsk. 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 Thirsk?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thirsk is Thirsk Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Thirsk Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Northallerton Rail Station Railway station 12.8 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 Thirsk?

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

Police.uk records 691 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Thirsk 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. 57 September 2025
  2. 63 October 2025
  3. 64 November 2025
  4. 54 December 2025
  5. 58 January 2026
  6. 54 February 2026
  7. 50 March 2026
  8. 56 April 2026
  9. 35 May 2026
  10. 62 June 2026
  11. 74 July 2026
  12. 64 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences267 reports
Anti-social behaviour191 reports
Criminal damage and arson66 reports
Public order43 reports
Shoplifting39 reports
Other theft22 reports
Drugs17 reports
Burglary14 reports

Also: possession of weapons 11, other crime 9, vehicle crime 7, 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.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Thirsk?

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

All 216 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 Thirsk

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Thirsk postcodes

216 postcodes in use in Thirsk, by district:

YO7 postcode district,216 postcodes

That district is in the YO postcode area.

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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 Thirsk

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Thirsk's £242,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Sowerby1.1 km, £265,000Romanby12.7 km, £250,000Northallerton13.3 km, £212,250Easingwold15.9 km, £335,000Boroughbridge16.2 km, £315,000Leeming Bar16.4 km, £192,500Ripon16.4 km, £257,500Aiskew17.0 km, £262,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Thirsk

What is it like to live in Thirsk?
Homes sold for a typical £242,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.2% on the 12 months before. At 167 of the 205 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 286 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 216 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Thirsk, 2.2 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 Thirsk?
Thirsk is covered by postcode district YO7, across 216 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Thirsk in?
Thirsk is in the North Yorkshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Thirsk?
Thirsk is in the Thirsk and Malton parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Thirsk?
Homes in Thirsk sold for a typical £242,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 83 sales, up 5.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Thirsk?
In Thirsk, primary schools at its postcodes include Thirsk Community Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Thirsk School & Sixth Form College, 1.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Thirsk have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thirsk is Thirsk, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Thirsk?
Ofcom reports on 205 of the 216 postcodes in Thirsk. At 167 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Thirsk at risk of flooding?
31 of the 216 postcodes in Thirsk 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 286 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 Thirsk?
13 of the 216 postcodes now in use in Thirsk came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 95 homes sold in Thirsk were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO7 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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