HG3 3AX North Yorkshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Masham & Fountains. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Main Street, Ripley: 32 addresses
- Town Hall Cottages, Ripley: 6 addresses
- Ripon Road, North Yorkshire: 5 addresses
- Orchard Lane, Ripley: 4 addresses
- B6165, North Yorkshire: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in North Yorkshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,544 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,696 | £1,979 | £2,262 | £2,544 | £3,110 | £3,675 | £4,241 | £5,089 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band F (22% of about 730 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Ripley (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 27.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 1-5, MAIN STREET, grade II
- 6-10, MAIN STREET, grade II
- BIRCHWOOD FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CASTLE CLOSE AND WALL TO LEFT, grade II
- CHANTRY HOUSE, grade II
- CHURCH VIEW AND GARDEN COTTAGE, grade II
- DACRE HOUSE , OAK HOUSE AND OAK COTTAGE, grade II
- DRINKING FOUNTAIN WITH STATUE, grade II
- ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS AND STORES APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES NORTH OF STAR HOUSE AND STAR COTTAGE, grade II
- GLEBE HOUSE, grade II
- HORNGARTH, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK ADJACENT TO VILLAGE POST OFFICE, grade II
- MARKET CROSS, grade II
- NUMBERS 1 AND 2 SUNNYSIDE WITH OUTBUILDING TO LEFT AND ARCHWAY TO RIGHT, grade II
- NUMBERS 1-4 ESTATE COTTAGES, grade II
- NUMBERS 1-5 SOUTH VIEW, grade II
- NUMBERS 1-5 TOWN HALL COTTAGES, grade II
- OUTBUILDING REAR OF NUMBER 5 MAIN STREET, grade II
- OUTBUILDING REAR OF NUMBER 6 MAIN STREET, grade II
- RIPLEY SCHOOL, grade II
- Ripley War Memorial, grade II
- SCHOOL HOUSE, grade II
- STAR HOUSE AND STAR COTTAGE, grade II
- STOCKS, grade II
- TOWN HALL AND POST OFFICE, grade II
- VALE LODGE, grade II
- VILLAGE SHOP, WOOD CLOSE AND WATH HOUSE, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 48 addresses are between 66 m and 72 m above sea level (71 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Harrogate 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Starbeck 267,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Hornbeam Park 458,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cross Ripley | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Stn Stand 4 Harrogate | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 20.3 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Church Avenue Medical Group | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Jennyfield - The Pharmacist | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Mr Ma Homa | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Hospital | NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire And The Humber | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Police station | Harrogate Police Station | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Jennyfield Drive Cashzone | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 650 m² | 120 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 300 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 470 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Village cross with sundial and stocks, a scheduled monument, 60 m south-west. 52 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Village cross with sundial and stocks | Scheduled monument | 60 m south-west |
| Cross base in All Saints' churchyard | Scheduled monument | 110 m west |
| Weeping Cross Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 110 m west |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 120 m south-west |
| Stables, Coach Houses and Service Buildings to North and East of Courtyard at Ripley Castle With South Wall to Gate House | Listed building, Grade II* | 180 m west |
| Gatehouse Approximately 80 Metres South of Ripley Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 180 m west |
| Ripley Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 810 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Ripley Park cross | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey | World Heritage Site | 8.6 km (5.4 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ripley Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 350 m north-west |
| Chapel Flats | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Alder Wood | Wood | 700 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Old Nidd | Lake or reservoir | 780 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Rudding Bottoms | Valley | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 8 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 24 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 15 | 48 |
33 of the postcode's 48 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for North Yorkshire: see them on the North Yorkshire page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 68% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 32% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 57% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Main Street.