YO12 4LR postcode in North Yorkshire, England

YO12 4LR is a postcode in North Yorkshire, in the Seamer ward. It is in the Scarborough and Whitby parliamentary constituency and the North Yorkshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. North Yorkshire: 83% Typical price £185,000 Homes sold in YO12 4, last 12 months. ▼ 4.4% on the year before Nearest station Seamer 900 m in a straight line

Where YO12 4LR is, and what is near it

Map of YO12 4LR and what is near it Map of YO12 4LR: its centre point, with the 251 other postcodes in the YO12 4 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. YO12 4DE: also in YO12 4YO12 4DF: also in YO12 4YO12 4DN: also in YO12 4YO12 4FG: also in YO12 4YO12 4FH: also in YO12 4YO12 4FJ: also in YO12 4YO12 4FL: also in YO12 4YO12 4FN: also in YO12 4YO12 4FP: also in YO12 4YO12 4HR: also in YO12 4YO12 4HS: also in YO12 4YO12 4HT: also in YO12 4YO12 4HU: also in YO12 4YO12 4HX: also in YO12 4YO12 4HY: also in YO12 4YO12 4JE: also in YO12 4YO12 4JF: also in YO12 4YO12 4JG: also in YO12 4YO12 4JH: also in YO12 4YO12 4JJ: also in YO12 4YO12 4JL: also in YO12 4YO12 4JN: also in YO12 4YO12 4JP: also in YO12 4YO12 4JQ: also in YO12 4YO12 4JR: also in YO12 4YO12 4JS: also in YO12 4YO12 4JT: also in YO12 4YO12 4JU: also in YO12 4YO12 4JW: also in YO12 4YO12 4JY: also in YO12 4YO12 4JZ: also in YO12 4YO12 4LA: also in YO12 4YO12 4LB: also in YO12 4YO12 4LD: also in YO12 4YO12 4LE: also in YO12 4YO12 4LF: also in YO12 4YO12 4LG: also in YO12 4YO12 4LL: also in YO12 4YO12 4LN: also in YO12 4YO12 4LP: also in YO12 4YO12 4LS: also in YO12 4YO12 4LT: also in YO12 4YO12 4LU: also in YO12 4YO12 4LX: also in YO12 4YO12 4LY: also in YO12 4YO12 4LZ: also in YO12 4YO12 4NA: also in YO12 4YO12 4NB: also in YO12 4YO12 4ND: also in YO12 4YO12 4NE: also in YO12 4YO12 4NF: also in YO12 4YO12 4NG: also in YO12 4YO12 4NJ: also in YO12 4YO12 4NL: also in YO12 4YO12 4NQ: also in YO12 4YO12 4NY: also in YO12 4YO12 4NZ: also in YO12 4YO12 4PJ: also in YO12 4YO12 4PL: also in YO12 4YO12 4PP: also in YO12 4YO12 4PR: also in YO12 4YO12 4QH: also in YO12 4YO12 4QJ: also in YO12 4YO12 4QL: also in YO12 4YO12 4QN: also in YO12 4YO12 4QP: also in YO12 4YO12 4QU: also in YO12 4YO12 4QX: also in YO12 4YO12 4QY: also in YO12 4YO12 4QZ: also in YO12 4YO12 4RA: also in YO12 4YO12 4RB: also in YO12 4YO12 4RD: also in YO12 4YO12 4RE: also in YO12 4YO12 4RF: also in YO12 4YO12 4RG: also in YO12 4YO12 4RU: also in YO12 4YO12 4TL: also in YO12 4YO12 4TN: also in YO12 4YO12 4TP: also in YO12 4YO12 4TR: also in YO12 4YO12 4TS: also in YO12 4YO12 4TT: also in YO12 4YO12 4TU: also in YO12 4YO12 4TW: also in YO12 4YO12 4TX: also in YO12 4YO12 4TY: also in YO12 4YO12 4TZ: also in YO12 4YO12 4UB: also in YO12 4YO12 4UD: also in YO12 4YO12 4UE: also in YO12 4YO12 4UH: also in YO12 4YO12 4UJ: also in YO12 4 School 1.9 km3 places, 3.3–3.7 kmSeamer YO12 4LR Map of YO12 4LR and what is near it Map of YO12 4LR: its centre point, with the 251 other postcodes in the YO12 4 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. 3 places, 3.3–3.7 kmSeamer YO12 4LR
  • YO12 4LR
  • Other postcodes in YO12 4: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 54.2485, longitude -0.4194)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after YO12 4LR?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at YO12 4LR?

Every home and business at YO12 4LR can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

North Yorkshire: 83%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

North Yorkshire: 96%

The line marks the figure across North Yorkshire.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at YO12 4LR?

BinDayBuddy has not read North Yorkshire Council's days for YO12 4LR today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for YO12 4LR on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is YO12 4LR at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include YO12 4LR.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across North Yorkshire

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for YO12 4LR: 10,517 properties in North Yorkshire are at high risk (2.3% of all its properties). All the figures for North Yorkshire

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of YO12 4LR is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near YO12 4LR?

Homes in YO12 4 sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 137 sales, down 4.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£185,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£193,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 4.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £320,000 29 sales
  • Semi-detached £193,500 53 sales
  • Terraced £167,750 50 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £102,000 5 sales

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

Across the whole YO12 district: a typical £181,750 from 524 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in YO12 4LR

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in YO12 4LR from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at YO12 4LR

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at YO12 4LR. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near YO12 4LR?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 650 homes in the neighbourhood around YO12 4LR. The largest share of them, 49%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (54%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around YO12 4LR

Band D in North Yorkshire for 2026‑27: £2,544. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,696 (band A) to £3,110 (band E); band C, the most common, is £2,262.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 10 (2%)£1,696
Band Babout 160 (25%)£1,979
Band Cabout 320 (49%)£2,262
Band Dabout 110 (17%)£2,544
Band Eabout 50 (8%)£3,110
Band Fwithheld£3,675
Band Gfewer than 5£4,241
Band Hfewer than 5£5,089

When the homes were built

  1. 2% Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. 5% 1919 to 1939
  4. 54% 1945 to 1964
  5. 16% 1965 to 1982
  6. 21% 1983 to 1999
  7. 3% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for North Yorkshire before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of YO12 4LR is in (ONS area E01027858), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near YO12 4LR?

The nearest open schools to YO12 4LR, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near YO12 4LR, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to YO12 4LR?

The nearest railway station to the centre of YO12 4LR is Seamer Rail Station, 900 metres away in a straight line.

  • Seamer Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
  • Scarborough Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near YO12 4LR, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near YO12 4LR?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of YO12 4LR, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near YO12 4LR?

0 within 1 km 2 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of YO12 4LR, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • InstaVolt Charging point · No details mapped 1.3 kmCycle
  • Lidl Charging point · 2 chargers 2.0 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near YO12 4LR?

The nearest to the centre of YO12 4LR, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to YO12 4LR?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near YO12 4LR?

The nearest care homes to the centre of YO12 4LR, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near YO12 4LR?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of YO12 4LR, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near YO12 4LR?

The nearest vets to the centre of YO12 4LR on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is YO12 4LR in a conservation area?

The centre of YO12 4LR is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near YO12 4LR?

Police.uk records 76 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of YO12 4LR in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences33 reports
Anti-social behaviour19 reports
Shoplifting6 reports
Criminal damage and arson4 reports
Other theft4 reports
Drugs4 reports

Also: public order 2, vehicle crime 2, bicycle theft 1, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for YO12 4LR

Ward
Seamer
Parish
Seamer
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
Rural or urban
Urban, further from a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

YO12 4LS410 mYO12 4LP430 mYO12 4JR470 mYO12 4JS490 mYO12 4JW510 mYO12 4JQ540 m
All of YO12

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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