Forest Drive Dishforth, North Yorkshire
10 addresses across 1 postcode (YO7), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 16602701.
22 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £410,555 across 1 sale. 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 2, E: 2). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in North Yorkshire costs £2,544 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 78% of premises. The nearest railway station is Thirsk, about 8.7 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 2.5 km away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 30 to 31 m above sea level. 2 of its 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Topcliffe Surgery, about 3.3 km away. About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 8 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £410,555 | £410,555 | £410,555 |
| 2021 | 2 | £360,000 | £355,000 | £365,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £280,000 | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £283,500 | £220,000 | £347,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £202,000 | £202,000 | £202,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £335,000 | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | £200,000 | £177,500 | £260,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | £291,500 | £283,000 | £300,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £262,500 | £262,500 | £262,500 |
| 2004 | 1 | £178,000 | £178,000 | £178,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | £146,250 | £120,000 | £172,500 |
| 2000 | 1 | £117,000 | £117,000 | £117,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 2022 | 4 YO7 3LU | Detached | £410,555 | |
| 21 May 2021 | 2 YO7 3LU | Detached | £365,000 | |
| 19 May 2021 | 3 YO7 3LU | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 27 Aug 2020 | 8 YO7 3LU | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 2 Jul 2020 | 2 YO7 3LU | Detached | £370,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 18 Apr 2019 | 10 YO7 3LU | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2019 | 4 YO7 3LU | Detached | £347,000 | |
| 11 May 2018 | 7 YO7 3LU | Detached | £202,000 | |
| 24 Jul 2017 | 3 YO7 3LU | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 20 Jun 2014 | 8 YO7 3LU | Detached | £177,500 | |
| 7 Mar 2014 | 4 YO7 3LU | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 21 Feb 2014 | 5 YO7 3LU | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 1 Dec 2011 | 1 YO7 3LU | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 23 Nov 2011 | 3 YO7 3LU | Detached | £283,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2005 | FURLONG HOUSE, 3 YO7 3LU | Detached | £262,500 | |
| 23 Jul 2004 | 5 YO7 3LU | Detached | £178,000 | |
| 27 Jul 2001 | 1 YO7 3LU | Detached | £172,500 | |
| 4 Jul 2001 | FURLONG HOUSE, 3 YO7 3LU | Detached | £120,000 | |
| 1 Nov 2000 | 10 YO7 3LU | Detached | £117,000 | |
| 31 Jul 1996 | 10 YO7 3LU | Detached | £70,000 | |
| 25 Aug 1995 | 5 YO7 3LU | Detached | £77,000 | |
| 24 Mar 1995 | 6 YO7 3LU | Detached | £56,000 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 108 m². Most common: House, detached (4); Bungalow, detached (4). Built: 1976-1982 (4); 1967-1975 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (1).
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 (25% of about 830 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 street's 10 addresses are between 30 m and 31 m above sea level (31 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YO7 3LU | 100% | 78% | 78% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Thirsk 288,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 3 within 800 m; nearest Christ Church Dishforth | 200 m |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 6.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 35.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Topcliffe Surgery | 3.3 km |
| Pharmacies | Boroughbridge Pharmacy | 6.7 km |
| NHS dentists | Topcliffe Dental Centre | 5.6 km |
| Hospital | Ripon And District Community Hospital | 7.6 km |
| Police station | Ripon Police Station | 7.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,590 m² | 2.5 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 520 m² | 840 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Dishforth Recreation Ground 2.1 ha | 770 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,330 m² | 2.2 km |
Landmarks
12 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 10 |
2 of the street's 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 360 m | Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Craythorns Lane (5); On or near Forest Drive (2); On or near Clarke'S Croft (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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 7 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
- YO7 3LU: 10 addresses of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Thornfield Avenue · Gables Court · Gables Court · Pheasant Drive · Cray Thorns Crescent · Grouse Close · Partridge Close · Clarke's Croft · Grange Close · Poplar Gardens · Back Lane · Baynes Drive
All the streets in YO7 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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.