High Close Guiseley, Leeds
9 addresses across 3 postcodes (LS20), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 23021020.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2013 the median was £420,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 Leeds costs £2,284 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Guiseley, about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Hawksworth Common Recreation Ground, is about 310 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 182 to 186 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 9 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Park Road & Menston, about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 98% of households owned their home and 60% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £446,000 | £446,000 | £446,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £345,000 | £345,000 | £345,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £210,000 | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £169,950 | £169,950 | £169,950 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 2013 | 2 LS20 8JG | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 9 May 2012 | 7 LS20 8JG | Detached | £446,000 | |
| 11 Dec 2009 | 3 LS20 8JG | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 15 May 2000 | 5 LS20 8JG | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 14 Aug 1998 | 5 LS20 8JG | Detached | £169,950 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 141 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Leeds in 2026-27: Band D £2,284 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,522 | £1,776 | £2,030 | £2,284 | £2,791 | £3,299 | £3,806 | £4,567 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (39% of about 590 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, TRANMERE PARK (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS20 8JG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LS20 8JE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LS20 8JQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 182 m and 186 m above sea level (185 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS20 8JE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LS20 8JG | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LS20 8JQ | 96% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Guiseley 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Menston 658,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) | |
| Baildon 211,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Southway Guiseley | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Otley Bus Station | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Car parks | LCS Parking | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Park Road & Menston | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cohen's Chemist | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Springfield Road (Dental Surgery) | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Optegra Yorkshire Hospital | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Police station | Otley Police Station | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Tranmere - Tranmere Court, Church Road | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hawksworth Common Recreation Ground 9,620 m² | 310 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 440 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.6 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,140 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Hawksworth Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 690 m (0.4 miles) west. 12 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hawksworth Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 690 m (0.4 miles) west |
| High Royds Hospital | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Carved rock in Hawksworth Spring | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Saltaire | World Heritage Site | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse Hill | Hill | 690 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Hawkstone Wood | Wood | 810 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Elm Wood | Wood | 820 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Guiseley Wells | Wetland | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| New Dam | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Horncliff Slade | Valley | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
1 of the street's 9 addresses is 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 Leeds: see them on the Leeds page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tranmere Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 520 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Guiseley School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Sep 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hawksworth Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Guiseley Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| St. Oswald's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Golf Club LS20 8NP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 330 m | 4 Good | 29 Oct 2025 |
| Bradford Golf Club Shop LS20 8NP | Retailers - other | 330 m | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hawksworth Lane (2); On or near Westgate (2); On or near High Close (1); On or near South Drive (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 98% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | under 1% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 52% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 60% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 5% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 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 10 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
- LS20 8JG: 7 addresses
- LS20 8JE: 1 address of 21 in the postcode
- LS20 8JQ: 1 address of 27 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Dales Drive · Westgate · South Drive · South Close · Ridgeway · Dales Way · Greenfield Lane · Thorpe Close · Thorpe Lane · Dale Close · Southway · Southgate
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.