Long Close Clitheroe, Ribble Valley
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (BB7), about 40 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 31800426.
33 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £136,500 across 2 sales. 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 7). 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Ribble Valley costs £2,387 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Clitheroe, about 1.2 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden, Brungerley Park, is about 540 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 82 to 84 m above sea level. 1 of its 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Pendleside Medical Pract, about 1.1 km away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km. About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 67% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | £136,500 | £112,000 | £161,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £105,000 | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £110,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £96,000 | £96,000 | £96,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £110,500 | £110,500 | £110,500 |
| 2006 | 2 | £113,000 | £105,000 | £121,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | £102,000 | £102,000 | £102,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £76,250 | £73,000 | £79,500 |
| 2002 | 3 | £62,425 | £55,000 | £69,950 |
| 2001 | 1 | £52,500 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| 2000 | 3 | £49,000 | £41,250 | £59,950 |
| 1998 | 2 | £48,750 | £42,500 | £55,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2017 | 2 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £161,000 | |
| 15 Feb 2017 | 7 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £112,000 | |
| 4 Sep 2015 | 4 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £105,000 | |
| 28 Mar 2014 | 9 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £110,000 | |
| 12 Dec 2008 | 7 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £96,000 | |
| 12 Apr 2007 | 9 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £110,500 | |
| 20 Dec 2006 | 4 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £105,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2006 | 2 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £121,000 | |
| 20 Oct 2005 | 15 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £102,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2005 | 3 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £102,000 | |
| 19 Jun 2003 | 1 BB7 2ER | Semi-detached | £79,500 | |
| 31 Jan 2003 | 2 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £73,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2002 | 11 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £62,425 | |
| 23 Aug 2002 | 1 BB7 2ER | Semi-detached | £69,950 | |
| 19 Jul 2002 | 9 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £55,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2001 | 3 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £52,500 | |
| 8 Sep 2000 | 5 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £49,000 | |
| 2 Jun 2000 | 4 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £41,250 | |
| 8 May 2000 | 1 BB7 2ER | Semi-detached | £59,950 | |
| 12 Aug 1998 | 11 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £42,500 | |
| 23 Jul 1998 | 2 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £55,000 | |
| 26 Sep 1997 | 1 BB7 2ER | Semi-detached | £54,500 | |
| 8 Aug 1997 | 1 BB7 2ER | Semi-detached | £59,000 | |
| 7 Mar 1997 | 6 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £35,000 | New build. |
| 28 Feb 1997 | 9 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £39,950 | New build. |
| 19 Aug 1996 | 11 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £42,950 | New build. |
| 16 Aug 1996 | 4 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £39,950 | New build. |
| 28 Jun 1996 | 1 BB7 2ER | Semi-detached | £49,950 | New build. |
| 28 Jun 1996 | 2 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £49,950 | New build. |
| 28 Jun 1996 | 3 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £42,950 | New build. |
| 14 Jun 1996 | 15 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £43,950 | New build. |
| 7 Jun 1996 | 5 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £44,950 | New build. |
| 7 Jun 1996 | 7 BB7 2ER | Terraced | £39,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 57 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (4); House, mid-terrace (3). Built: 1991-1995 (4); 1996-2002 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Ribble Valley in 2026-27: Band D £2,387 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,591 | £1,856 | £2,121 | £2,387 | £2,917 | £3,447 | £3,978 | £4,773 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (24% 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land adjacent to Black Horse Inn, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, BB7 4PZ: up to 7 homes, permissioned (380 m)
- Black Horse Inn, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, BB7 4PZ: up to 6 homes, permissioned (410 m)
- Rossendale House, York Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2DL: up to 9 homes, permissioned (910 m)
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, 4 at medium risk and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB7 2ER | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB7 2EJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 4 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 82 m and 84 m above sea level (83 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB7 2EJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB7 2ER | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Clitheroe 265,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km |
| Whalley (Lancashire) 81,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km | |
| Langho 37,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 17 within 800 m; nearest Grammar School Chatburn Road | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Whalley | 6.8 km |
| Car parks | Edisford Road Car Park | 2.6 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 47.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Pendleside Medical Pract | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest The Clitheroe Pharmacy | 1.1 km |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Waddington Road (Dental Surgery) | 930 m |
| Hospital | Clitheroe Community Hospital | 1.1 km |
| Police station | Ribble Valley Police | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest MFG - Roundabout Cashzone | 660 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Brungerley Park 12 ha | 540 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 120 m² | 70 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 430 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,660 m² | 1.4 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 12 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 11 |
1 of the street's 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clitheroe Pendle Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 620 m | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Clitheroe Royal Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 860 m | Outstanding (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Clitheroe Brookside Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.0 km | Report card (Apr 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: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ribblesdale Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.6 km | No published inspection |
| Ribblesdale School | All-through | 4–16 | 1.7 km | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km | No published inspection |
| Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clitheroe Royal Grammar School BB7 2BA | School/college/university | 160 m | 5 Very good | 7 Jan 2025 |
| High Brake House BB7 2BD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 160 m | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2026 |
| Clitheroe Cricket Club BB7 2AS | Pub/bar/nightclub | 340 m | 5 Very good | 15 Mar 2018 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 14 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 8 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Moorland Avenue (6); On or near Chatburn Road (5); On or near Cringle Way (4); On or near Kiln Close (4); On or near Lime Close (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 67% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 32% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 73% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 14% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 71% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
Cringle Way · Crangle Fold · Colthirst Drive · Kiln Close · Moorland Crescent · Denbigh Drive · Dorset Drive · Lime Close · Moorland Avenue · Green Drive · Moorland Road · Bellman Way
All the streets in BB7 and across Ribble Valley.
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.