B6255 North Yorkshire
40 addresses across 4 postcodes (DL8), about 8 km (5 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 31903192.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 2, F: 2, G: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 C; Band D in North Yorkshire costs £2,544 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 25% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Garsdale, about 6.9 km (4.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 272 to 544 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 40 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Central Dales Practice, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 510 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 34% 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
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 143 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (5); Pre-1900 (1); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 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 C (24% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 11.
- 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
- BARN APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO EAST OF PRATTS HOUSE, HIGH HOUSES, grade II
- BRIDGE ON TRACK LEADING TO WIDDALE SIDE, grade II
- LOW HOUSES BYRE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES SOUTH-WEST OF FARMHOUSE, grade II
- LOW HOUSES FARMHOUSE, grade II
- MID WIDDALE, HOUSE AND BYRE, grade II
- MIRK POT FARMHOUSE, grade II
- NORTH HOUSE, HIGH HOUSES, grade II
- PRATTS HOUSE, HIGH HOUSES, grade II
- STONE GILL FOOT, grade II
- TARNEY FORS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- WIDDALE BRIDGE, grade II
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026
- 12 October 2026 to 13 November 2026: NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 2 November 2026: NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DL8 3LX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| DL8 3AX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DL8 3NB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| DL8 3LH | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 40 addresses are between 272 m and 544 m above sea level (343 m on average); the ground rises about 272 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL8 3AX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DL8 3LH | 100% | 14% | 14% | 0% |
| DL8 3LX | 25% | 25% | 25% | 67% |
| DL8 3NB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Garsdale 17,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Dent 9,600 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Ribblehead 34,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.7 km (8.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Teesside International Airport MME | 56.7 km (35 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 60.9 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Central Dales Practice | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Central Dales Pharmacy | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Central Dales Practice | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Castleberg Hospital | 26.1 km (16 miles) |
| Police station | Cumbria Constabulary - Kirkby Stephen Police Station | 21 km (13 miles) |
| Cash machines | Barclays ATM | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,140 m² | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.4 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Gayle Mill, its outbuildings and associated water system, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gayle Mill, its outbuildings and associated water system | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Thorny Mire Wood | Wood | 530 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Widdale Gill Plantation | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Tarneyforce Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Buck Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Aysgill Force | Waterfall | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Sleddale | Valley | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 5 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 40 |
13 of the street's 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawes Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Sep 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
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 | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 37% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 45% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 28% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 2 November 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- DL8 3LX: 33 addresses of 77 in the postcode
- DL8 3AX: 3 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- DL8 3NB: 3 addresses of 39 in the postcode
- DL8 3LH: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in DL8 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.