Thorpe Willoughby
Thorpe Willoughby is covered by postcode district YO8. It is in the North Yorkshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Thorpe Willoughby, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 3
- At very low risk only: 22
- Not on the at-risk list: 53
Of the 78 postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby that ONS places, 3 are at low risk at worst, 22 are at very low risk only and 53 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 53.7715, longitude -1.1264. 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.
What is it like to live in Thorpe Willoughby?
Homes sold for a typical £269,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 78 of the 78 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 25 of its 78 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Beech Tree Surgery, 3.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Selby, 4.3 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 Thorpe Willoughby?
Homes in Thorpe Willoughby sold for a typical £269,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 52 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £221,500 from 46 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £336,500 26 sales
- Semi-detached £222,500 19 sales
- Terraced £262,500 6 sales
- Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole YO8 district, Thorpe Willoughby's main postcode district: a typical £245,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Thorpe Willoughby: 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 Thorpe Willoughby?
6 of the 78 postcodes now in use in Thorpe Willoughby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 46 homes sold in Thorpe Willoughby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO8 district, 5%.
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 Thorpe Willoughby | Across the YO8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 52 (0%) | 6 of 632 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 46 (0%) | 43 of 786 (5%) |
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 Thorpe Willoughby?
Ofcom reports on 78 of the 78 postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby. At 78 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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is Thorpe Willoughby at risk of flooding?
25 of the 78 postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby 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 none of the 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
Which schools are in Thorpe Willoughby?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
How far is the station from Thorpe Willoughby?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby is Selby Rail Station, 4.3 km away in a straight line.
- Selby Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle
- Sherburn-in-Elmet Rail Station Railway station 7.5 kmDrive
- Hensall Rail Station Railway station 8.1 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 Thorpe Willoughby?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby. 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.
- Beech Tree Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01757 703933 3.0 kmCycle
- Scott Road Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report September 2025 · Phone 01757 211750 3.7 kmCycle
- Posterngate Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01757 702561 3.9 kmCycle
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Thorpe Willoughby safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 191 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby 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
- 14 September 2025
- 9 October 2025
- 11 November 2025
- 17 December 2025
- 15 January 2026
- 24 February 2026
- 10 March 2026
- 12 April 2026
- 20 May 2026
- 19 June 2026
- 15 July 2026
- 25 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 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 postcodeSource: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.
Who runs Thorpe Willoughby?
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Selby
- Police force area
- North Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
- MP
- Keir Mather (Labour)
All 78 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.
Moving to Thorpe Willoughby
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 nearest GP practices
- 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
Thorpe Willoughby postcodes
78 postcodes in use in Thorpe Willoughby, by district:
That district is in the YO postcode area.
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Places near Thorpe Willoughby
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Thorpe Willoughby's £269,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Thorpe Willoughby
- What is the postcode for Thorpe Willoughby?
- Postcode district YO8, with 78 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Thorpe Willoughby in?
- North Yorkshire. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Thorpe Willoughby?
- Keir Mather (Labour), for Selby. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Thorpe Willoughby?
- A typical £269,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 52 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Thorpe Willoughby?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Brayton Academy, 2.9 km away. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Thorpe Willoughby have a railway station?
- The nearest is Selby station, 4.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Thorpe Willoughby?
- Ofcom reports on 78 of the 78 postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby. At 78 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Thorpe Willoughby at risk of flooding?
- 25 of the 78 postcodes in Thorpe Willoughby 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 none of the 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 Thorpe Willoughby?
- 6 of the 78 postcodes now in use in Thorpe Willoughby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 46 homes sold in Thorpe Willoughby were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the YO8 district, 5%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Environment Agency flood risk
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- Care Quality Commission
- data.police.uk: police.uk
- UK Parliament
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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