Howsons Lane Langcliffe, North Yorkshire
16 addresses across 2 postcodes (BD24), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 9600505.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £370,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 1, E: 2, F: 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 B; 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 Settle, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 60 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 194 to 203 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Townhead Surgery, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 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 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £220,000 | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £723,000 | £723,000 | £723,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £245,000 | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £122,000 | £122,000 | £122,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2025 | 4 BD24 9NG | Terraced | £370,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2023 | 1 BD24 9NG | Terraced | £220,000 | |
| 4 Mar 2022 | THE MEADOWS BD24 9NG | Detached | £723,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2018 | 5 BD24 9NG | Terraced | £245,000 | |
| 22 Jun 2018 | PALEYS FARM BD24 9NG | Other | £396,580 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Nov 2017 | PALEYS BARN BD24 9NG | Other | £40,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 10 Aug 2015 | 3 BD24 9NG | Terraced | £122,000 | |
| 30 Apr 2010 | 4 BD24 9NG | Terraced | £215,000 | |
| 25 Jan 2002 | 3 BD24 9NG | Terraced | £60,000 | |
| 20 Aug 1996 | 3 BD24 9NG | Terraced | £30,000 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 86 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (3); House, mid-terrace (1); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 1900-1929 (1); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
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 B (32% of about 1,200 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Langcliffe (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- OLD VICARAGE, 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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD24 9NG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BD24 9RD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 194 m and 203 m above sea level (197 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD24 9NG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BD24 9RD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Settle 147,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Giggleswick 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Long Preston 18,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green Langcliffe | 110 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 46.8 km (29 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Townhead Surgery | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Oasis Dental Care LTD | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Castleberg Hospital | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Settle Police Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Cash machines | Asda Settle - Church Street PFS, Church Street Cashzone | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 3,560 m² | 60 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 570 m² | 130 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.5 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Craven and Murgatroyd lime works 400m north east of Langcliffe Mill, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north. 20 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Craven and Murgatroyd lime works 400m north east of Langcliffe Mill | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Giggleswick market cross | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Jubilee Cave, Langcliffe Scar | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cow Close Plantation | Wood | 420 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Old Plantation | Wood | 470 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Springs Wood | Wood | 540 m (0.3 miles) south |
| High Cow Close Plantation | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Middle High Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Stainforth Force | Waterfall | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 16 |
2 of the street's 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settle College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Giggleswick Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near New Street (5); On or near Pike Lane (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 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
Nearby streets
Pike Lane · Buxton Park · The Green · New Street · St Johns Row · Main Street
All the streets in BD24 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.