HG5 8 postcode sector in the HG5 district

HG5 8 is a sector of the HG5 district: every postcode that starts HG5 8. It has 180 postcodes in use, 2 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the HG5 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the HG5 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 180 postcodes in the HG5 8 sector that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Knaresborough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A1(M)A658A168 HG5 8AA: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AD: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AE: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AG: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AJ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AN: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AP: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AR: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AU: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AX: not on the flood risk listHG5 8AY: not on the flood risk listHG5 8BB: not on the flood risk listHG5 8BD: not on the flood risk listHG5 8BF: not on the flood risk listHG5 8BG: not on the flood risk listHG5 8BQ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8BS: not on the flood risk listHG5 8BX: not on the flood risk listHG5 8BZ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8DA: not on the flood risk listHG5 8DB: not on the flood risk listHG5 8DJ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8DN: not on the flood risk listHG5 8DR: not on the flood risk listHG5 8DX: not on the flood risk listHG5 8DY: not on the flood risk listHG5 8DZ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EA: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EB: not on the flood risk listHG5 8ED: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EE: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EF: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EG: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EH: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EJ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EL: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EN: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EP: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EQ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8ER: not on the flood risk listHG5 8ES: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EU: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EW: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EX: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EY: not on the flood risk listHG5 8EZ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8FA: not on the flood risk listHG5 8FB: not on the flood risk listHG5 8FJ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8FN: not on the flood risk listHG5 8FQ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HA: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HB: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HD: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HE: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HF: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HH: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HJ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HL: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HN: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HP: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HQ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HS: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HT: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HU: not on the flood risk listHG5 8HW: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JA: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JD: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JF: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JG: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JH: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JJ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JN: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JP: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JQ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JR: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JS: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JT: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JU: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JX: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JY: not on the flood risk listHG5 8JZ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LA: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LB: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LE: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LG: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LL: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LN: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LQ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LS: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LT: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LU: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LX: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LY: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LZ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NA: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NB: not on the flood risk listHG5 8ND: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NE: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NF: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NG: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NH: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NJ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NL: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NN: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NP: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NR: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NS: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NU: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NX: not on the flood risk listHG5 8NZ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PA: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PB: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PD: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PH: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PL: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PR: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PT: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PW: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PX: not on the flood risk listHG5 8PZ: not on the flood risk listHG5 8QB: not on the flood risk listHG5 8QD: not on the flood risk listHG5 8YX: not on the flood risk listHG5 8LP: very low flood risk onlyHG5 8PY: very low flood risk onlyHG5 8BH: low flood risk at worstHG5 8DG: low flood risk at worstHG5 8FE: low flood risk at worstHG5 8HZ: low flood risk at worstHG5 8LH: low flood risk at worstHG5 8LJ: low flood risk at worstHG5 8PN: medium flood risk at worstHG5 8JB: medium flood risk at worstHG5 8JW: medium flood risk at worstHG5 8LF: medium flood risk at worstHG5 8DE: high flood riskHG5 8DF: high flood riskHG5 8ET: high flood riskHG5 8HX: high flood riskHG5 8HY: high flood riskHG5 8LR: high flood riskHG5 8LW: high flood riskHG5 8NQ: high flood riskHG5 8PJ: high flood risk Knaresborough Map of every postcode in the HG5 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 180 postcodes in the HG5 8 sector that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Knaresborough. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. A1(M)A658A168 Knaresborough
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 159

Of the 180 postcodes in the HG5 8 sector that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 159 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

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 high risk

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

HG5 8DF8 at high riskHG5 8HX5 at high riskHG5 8HY5 at high riskHG5 8ET2 at high riskHG5 8NQ1 at high riskHG5 8LW1 at high riskHG5 8DE1 at high riskHG5 8LR1 at high riskHG5 8PJ1 at high risk

What do homes sell for in HG5 8?

Homes in HG5 8 sold for a typical £410,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 65 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £366,500 from 84 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£410,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£366,500 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £457,500 23 sales
  • Semi-detached £410,000 17 sales
  • Terraced £263,503 14 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £394,950 11 sales

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start HG5 8. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

Postcodes in HG5 8

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed.

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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.

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