Back Lane Ripley, North Yorkshire
6 addresses across 3 postcodes (HG3), about 150 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 16607774.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2006 the median was £425,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 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 F; Band D in North Yorkshire costs £2,544 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Harrogate, about 5.7 km (3.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 72 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Church Avenue Medical Group, about 4.4 km (2.8 miles) away.
- People: About 210 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 68% of households owned their home and 57% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | £425,000 | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £136,000 | £136,000 | £136,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Apr 2006 | 7 HG3 3AE | Detached | £425,000 | |
| 22 Sep 1997 | 7 HG3 3AE | Detached | £136,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 194 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: 1996-2002 (1); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (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 street: 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 on or by this street: 4.
- 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
- NUMBERS 1-5 TOWN HALL COTTAGES, grade II
- RIPLEY SCHOOL, grade II
- SCHOOL HOUSE, grade II
- VALE LODGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HG3 3AE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| HG3 3AY | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
| HG3 3AD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 72 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HG3 3AD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| HG3 3AE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| HG3 3AY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Harrogate 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Starbeck 267,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Knaresborough 605,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cross Ripley | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Stn Stand 4 Harrogate | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 20.4 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Church Avenue Medical Group | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Jennyfield - The Pharmacist | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Mr Ma Homa | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Hospital | NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire And The Humber | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Police station | Harrogate Police Station | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Jennyfield Drive Cashzone | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 650 m² | 110 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 390 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 470 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Orangery With Flanking Walls, Botheys, Glasshouse and Pavilions, a listed building (Grade II*), 100 m north. 51 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 middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Orangery With Flanking Walls, Botheys, Glasshouse and Pavilions | Listed building, Grade II* | 100 m north |
| Village cross with sundial and stocks | Scheduled monument | 140 m south |
| 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* | 150 m south-west |
| Cross base in All Saints' churchyard | Scheduled monument | 150 m south-west |
| Weeping Cross Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 150 m south-west |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 170 m south-west |
| Ripley Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 740 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 | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ripley Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 280 m west |
| Chapel Flats | Wood | 750 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Fish Pond Wood | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Alder Wood | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Rudding Bottoms | Valley | 4.1 km (2.6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 6 |
2 of the street's 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley Endowed Church of England School | Primary | 4–11 | 40 m | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley Ice Cream HG3 3AY | Other catering premises | 60 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Main Street (2); On or near Hollybank Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | 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 street | 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 street | 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 street 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.
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
- HG3 3AE: 3 addresses
- HG3 3AY: 2 addresses of 60 in the postcode
- HG3 3AD: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Chantry Court · Orchard Lane · Town Hall Cottages
All the streets in HG3 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.