Heather Road Ripon, North Yorkshire
45 addresses across 1 postcode (HG4), about 250 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 85700406.
- Sales: 27 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £374,995 across 8 sales.
- Energy: 43 homes have an energy certificate (A: 5, B: 38).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- 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 93% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Knaresborough, about 13.1 km (8.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 950 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 50 to 52 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 Ripon Spa Surgery, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | £374,995 | £298,995 | £624,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2025 | 27 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £298,995 | New build. |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 26 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £211,552 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 28 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £211,552 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 30 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £211,552 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 32 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £211,552 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 36 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £211,552 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 38 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £211,552 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 40 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £211,552 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 42 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £211,046 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 17 Oct 2025 | 34 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £211,552 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 20 HG4 2FE | Detached | £173,013 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 21 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £173,012 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 12 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £172,510 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 23 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £134,681 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 25 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £134,681 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 14 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £114,068 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 16 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £114,068 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 18 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £114,068 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 24 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £114,068 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 22 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £114,068 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 26 Sep 2025 | 4 HG4 2FE | Detached | £389,995 | New build. |
| 19 Sep 2025 | 7 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £299,995 | New build. |
| 19 Aug 2025 | 2 HG4 2FE | Detached | £624,995 | New build. |
| 15 Aug 2025 | 8 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £304,995 | New build. |
| 27 Jun 2025 | 6 HG4 2FE | Detached | £624,995 | New build. |
| 26 Jun 2025 | 3 HG4 2FE | Detached | £470,995 | New build. |
| 20 Jun 2025 | 9 HG4 2FE | Semi-detached | £359,995 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
43 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 90 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (32); House, detached (7); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 2024 (43). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (43).
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 (19% of about 770 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Ripon Cathedral Choir School, Whitcliffe Lane, Ripon: up to 117 homes, permissioned (760 m (0.5 miles))
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
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 46 addresses are between 50 m and 52 m above sea level (51 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HG4 2FE | 100% | 93% | 93% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Knaresborough 605,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.1 km (8.2 miles) |
| Starbeck 267,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.7 km (8.5 miles) | |
| Harrogate 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14.2 km (8.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 16 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Quarry Road Ripon | 370 m |
| Car parks | St Marygate Car Park | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 29.5 km (18 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ripon Spa Surgery | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Morrisons Pharmacy | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Ripon And District Community Hospital | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Ripon Police Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rontec - Ripon Cashzone | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6,040 m² | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,590 m² | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hell Wath Playground 4.2 ha | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,340 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is St Anne's Chapel, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| St Anne's Chapel | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Ripon Minster Close | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Studley Royal | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey | World Heritage Site | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Old Spinney | Wood | 480 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Marl White Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Brown Cow Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Hungry Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| The Dale | Valley | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) west |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 46 | 46 |
None of the street's 46 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 North Yorkshire: see them on the North Yorkshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorside Primary School & Nursery | Primary | 4–11 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Outwood Primary Academy Greystone | Primary | 3–11 | 800 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Outwood Academy Ripon | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Southfield Road (10); On or near West Lane (3); On or near Southfield Avenue (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 69 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 58% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 79% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 34% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 59% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 34% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 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
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
- HG4 2FE: 45 addresses of 47 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Louts Grove · Daisy Chase · Sycamore Road · West Lane · Willow Walk · Cypress Gardens · Poppy Grove · Orchard Road · Westwood Road · Meadow Vale · Southfield Avenue · Rowan Close
All the streets in HG4 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.