A168 Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire
44 addresses across 5 postcodes (YO51), about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 16681814.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3, E: 3, F: 2).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in North Yorkshire costs £2,544 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 95% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Knaresborough, about 8.1 km (5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 32 to 60 m above sea level.
- Noise: 44 of its 125 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Church Lane Surgery, about 3.3 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 670 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 38% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 120 m². Most common: House, detached (4); House, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (2); 1950-1966 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (6); owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
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 street: most are in band B (25% of about 1,110 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- HOB HALL AND ATTACHED BARN, grade II
- MILEPOST 100 YARDS SOUTH WEST OF ORNHAMS GRANGE, grade II
- ORNHAMS HALL, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 5 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| YO51 9JW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| YO51 9SA | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| YO51 9JH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| YO51 9HU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 4 | unlikely |
| YO51 9HT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 125 addresses are between 32 m and 60 m above sea level (38 m on average); the ground rises about 28 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YO51 9HT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| YO51 9HU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| YO51 9JH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| YO51 9JW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| YO51 9SA | 100% | 95% | 95% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Knaresborough 605,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km (5 miles) |
| Cattal 103,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) | |
| Hammerton 57,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.2 km (6.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 28.3 km (18 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Church Lane Surgery | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boroughbridge Pharmacy | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Boroughbridge Dental Centre | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Ripon Comm Hospital | 11.5 km (7.1 miles) |
| Police station | Ripon Police Station | 12.2 km (7.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 3,320 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 190 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2.4 ha | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Battle of Boroughbridge 1322, a registered battlefield, 3.9 km (2.4 miles) north. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Battle of Boroughbridge 1322 | Registered battlefield | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pilmoor Hill | Hill | 190 m south-west |
| Limebar Hill | Hill | 470 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Braimber Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| The Carr | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Croysdale Carr | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) east |
| The Dale | Valley | 4 km (2.5 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.8 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 23 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 14 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 81 | 125 |
44 of the street's 125 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.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (north-yorkshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 38% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- YO51 9JW: 21 addresses of 26 in the postcode
- YO51 9SA: 10 addresses of 59 in the postcode
- YO51 9JH: 6 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- YO51 9HU: 4 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- YO51 9HT: 3 addresses of 12 in the postcode
All the streets in YO51 and across North Yorkshire.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.