Grape Lane York
62 addresses across 3 postcodes (YO1), about 70 m long, classed as a local access road. USRN 45801428.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 1, F: 1).
- Flood: 3 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 A; Band D in York costs £2,287 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 46% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is York, about 820 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, College Green, is about 140 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 17 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Jorvik Gillygate Practice, about 340 m away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 45% of households owned their home and 50% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1,220 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jul 2021 | UNIT 1, NORMAN COURT YO1 7HU | Other | £25,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 11 Nov 2016 | 9 YO1 7HU | Other | £480,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 86 m². Most common: Maisonette, mid-terrace (1); Maisonette, enclosed mid-terrace (1); Flat (1). Built: before 1900 (1); 2012 (1); 1996-2002 (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in York in 2026-27: Band D £2,287 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,525 | £1,779 | £2,033 | £2,287 | £2,795 | £3,304 | £3,812 | £4,574 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (43% of about 1,100 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Central Historic Core Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 25.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): HMO.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 41 AND 43, LOW PETERGATE, grade II*
- 43, STONEGATE, grade II*
- 45 AND 47, STONEGATE, grade II*
- 49, STONEGATE, grade II*
- 55, LOW PETERGATE, grade II*
- 56, 58 AND 60, LOW PETERGATE, grade II*
- 73, 75 AND 77, LOW PETERGATE, grade II*
- 79, LOW PETERGATE, grade II*
- THE ADAMS HOUSE, grade II*
- 15, GRAPE LANE, grade II
- 19, GRAPE LANE, grade II
- 21, GRAPE LANE, grade II
- 37 AND 39, LOW PETERGATE (See details for further address information), grade II
- 45 AND 47, LOW PETERGATE, grade II
- 48, LOW PETERGATE, grade II
- 49 AND 51, LOW PETERGATE, grade II
- 50, LOW PETERGATE, grade II
- 57, LOW PETERGATE (See details for further address information), grade II
- 61 AND 63, LOW PETERGATE, grade II
- 65, LOW PETERGATE, grade II
- 67, LOW PETERGATE, grade II
- 69, LOW PETERGATE, grade II
- 71, LOW PETERGATE, grade II
- FRESHNEYS HOTEL, grade II
- JACKSON HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Barnett's 28A Colliergate: up to 12 homes, permissioned (130 m)
- 3-7 Coney Street: up to 7 homes, permissioned (250 m)
- The Entertainer 36 Coney Street York YO1 9ND: up to 7 homes, permissioned (300 m)
- Lakeland 9 - 10 High Ousegate York YO1 8RZ: up to 7 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- Site Of 19 To 33 Coney Street York: up to 248 homes, pending decision (320 m)
- Bank of Scotland 6 Nessgate: up to 15 homes, permissioned (380 m)
- Mack & Lawler Builders Ltd 2a Low Ousegate: up to 8 homes, permissioned (390 m)
- Rougier House 5 Rougier Street: up to 10 homes, permissioned (440 m (0.3 miles))
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YO1 7HU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 4 | unlikely |
| YO1 8AJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| YO1 7HT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 17 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YO1 7HT | 46% | 46% | 46% | 0% |
| YO1 7HU | 71% | 71% | 71% | 0% |
| YO1 8AJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | York 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Poppleton 120,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Hammerton 57,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 21 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 80 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Theatre Royal York | 250 m |
| Car parks | 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Monk Bar Car Park | 390 m |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 380 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 39.5 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Jorvik Gillygate Practice | 340 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Monkbar Pharmacy | 270 m |
| NHS dentists | 14 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Orthokind | 40 m |
| Hospital | York Hospital | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | North Yorkshire Police Mill House | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cash machine 47 Parliament Street Halifax | 290 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest College Green 800 m² | 140 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Museum Gardens 4.0 ha | 310 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 290 m² | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.4 ha | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Scarcroft Road Allotments 3.8 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 6 parks and gardens, 7.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is 55, Low Petergate, a listed building (Grade II*), 20 m. 947 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 63 of them Grade I and 145 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| 55, Low Petergate | Listed building, Grade II* | 20 m |
| 56, 58 and 60, Low Petergate | Listed building, Grade II* | 30 m |
| The Adams House | Listed building, Grade II* | 40 m |
| 73, 75 and 77, Low Petergate | Listed building, Grade II* | 40 m |
| Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate | Scheduled monument | 90 m north-west |
| York Minster cathedral precinct: including Bootham Bar and the length of City Walls extending round the precinct up to Monk Bar | Scheduled monument | 220 m north |
| St Peter's Hospital, part of undercroft beneath the Theatre Royal | Scheduled monument | 220 m west |
| Museum Gardens, York | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 430 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Rowntree Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wormald's Cut | Lake or reservoir | 560 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Brownie Dyke | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Clifton Long Reach | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Low Plantation | Wood | 2 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Heslington Hill | Hill | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Rawcliffe Ings | Cliff or slope | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 62 | 62 |
None of the street's 62 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 York: see them on the York page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 440 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Park Grove Primary Academy | Primary | 5–11 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Scarcroft Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Fishergate Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Haxby Road Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Tang Hall Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Clifton Green Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| All Saints Catholic School York Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Paul's Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish and Forest YO1 7HU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 20 m | 5 Very good | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Phranakhon Thai Tapas YO1 7HU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 20 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Polymath YO1 7HU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 20 m | 5 Very good | 26 May 2026 |
| Los Moros YO1 7HU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 20 m | 5 Very good | 18 Sep 2024 |
| The Cheese Trader YO1 7HU | Retailers - other | 20 m | 5 Very good | 23 Oct 2025 |
| YoYo Wings @ Polymath YO1 7HU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 20 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 23 Jul 2025 |
| Bird & Blend YO1 7HY | Retailers - other | 30 m | 5 Very good | 29 May 2026 |
| Cote Brasserie YO1 7HT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 5 Very good | 8 Nov 2024 |
| Neals Yard Remedies YO1 7HT | Retailers - other | 30 m | 5 Very good | 16 Apr 2021 |
| Five Guys YO1 7HT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 5 Very good | 25 Feb 2026 |
| Bora Bora YO1 8AJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 30 m | 5 Very good | 27 Feb 2020 |
| Lucia Wine Bar & Patisserie YO1 8AJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 4 Good | 20 May 2025 |
| Pig and Potato YO1 7HU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 5 Very good | 15 May 2025 |
| Cicchetti Lounge YO1 7HZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 40 m | 5 Very good | 12 Mar 2026 |
| Poundland YO1 7HZ | Retailers - other | 40 m | 4 Good | 20 Mar 2018 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 446 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 318 |
| Shoplifting | 174 |
| Public order | 78 |
| Other theft | 55 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 42 |
| Bicycle theft | 25 |
| Burglary | 23 |
| Drugs | 17 |
| Robbery | 17 |
| Theft from the person | 12 |
| Possession of weapons | 7 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Other crime | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near (590); On or near Blake Street (135); On or near Theatre/Concert Hall (102); On or near Shopping Area (79); On or near King'S Square (64).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 5% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 45% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 32% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 22% | 17% |
| Private rented | 33% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 14% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 34% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
- Food hygiene ratings Bee’s Khraw (takeaway/sandwich shop, YO1 9PB) is no longer listed; it was rated 3 Generally satisfactory found 30 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Foro (restaurant/cafe/canteen, YO1 9TF) is no longer listed; it was rated 1 Major improvement necessary found 30 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Popworld (pub/bar/nightclub, YO1 6JL) is no longer listed; it was rated 5 Very good found 30 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Ruby Rae's Country Bar (pub/bar/nightclub, YO1 6JG) now 5 Very good, was Awaiting inspection (rated 13 October 2026) found 30 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Baileys Cafe & Tea Rooms (restaurant/cafe/canteen, YO1 7DT) re-inspected, still 5 Very good (rated 22 October 2026) found 30 October 2026
Postcodes on this street
- YO1 7HU: 32 addresses of 33 in the postcode
- YO1 8AJ: 29 addresses of 30 in the postcode
- YO1 7HT: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Low Petergate · Coffee Yard · Lunds Court · Swinegate · Swinegate · Little Stonegate · Back Swinegate · Deangate · Precentor's Court · Minster Yard · Church Street · Finkle Street
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.