Town CLIMATE RISK
Settle is a town, within the North Yorkshire council area.
Settle inherits its flood band (Medium) from the wider North Yorkshire council area because the Environment Agency does not publish settlement-level breakdowns for every UK location. Search any postcode in Settle below for the address-level reading from Environment Agency NaFRA2.
Met Office UKCP18 projections (50th percentile) estimate around 12 days above 25°C per year across the North Yorkshire area, averaged over the 2021-2040 period under the RCP8.5 high emissions scenario. These are probabilistic projections - the 50th percentile is the central estimate within RCP8.5; the full range of modelled outcomes is wide and lower emissions scenarios would produce lower figures. Heat exposure within Settle varies by property orientation and construction, but the overall heat stress level is relatively low. The headline 12-day figure is a council-level UKCP18 estimate (LAD resolution), not a property-level reading.
Annual mean PM2.5 across the North Yorkshire area is 5.5 µg/m³ - close to the World Health Organisation guideline of 5 µg/m³ and within the UK Environment Act 2021 target of 10 µg/m³ by 2040. Within Settle, readings are not flat: postcodes within 200 metres of an A-road or major junction routinely run 30-50% higher during weekday rush hours than residential streets two roads back. The figure is a council-level Defra UK-AIR estimate (1km modelled grid).
Ground stability in Settle follows the underlying geology more than the postal boundary. The British Geological Survey GeoSure dataset maps clay shrink-swell risk on a 50-metre cell, and properties on the same street can sit in different bands where a clay seam ends mid-road. Pre-1980 housing on clay-rich ground is the most exposed; properties on bedrock or well-drained sandy soils are typically lower-risk. A postcode-level check picks up that variation.
A free postcode check on LocalRisk covers up to six hazards for any address in Settle: Environment Agency flood mapping, BGS ground stability, Met Office heat projections, Defra PM2.5, plus coastal erosion and green-space access where relevant. The postcode list below opens an address-level report for each postcode in Settle; the council link at the top of this page returns to the wider North Yorkshire picture.
Council area level (North Yorkshire). Search a postcode for detail.