Main Street Stainforth, North Yorkshire
35 addresses across 2 postcodes (BD24), about 190 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 9600507.
- Sales: 30 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £420,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 17 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4, E: 10, F: 2).
- Flood: 6 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 C; 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 3.9 km (2.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 220 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 198 to 204 m above sea level.
- Noise: 16 of its 35 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Townhead Surgery, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 210 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 39% 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 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £252,500 | £225,000 | £280,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £242,500 | £242,500 | £242,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | £210,000 | £158,750 | £250,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | £184,000 | £120,000 | £222,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | £286,000 | £286,000 | £286,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | £221,000 | £171,000 | £271,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £173,500 | £173,500 | £173,500 |
| 2006 | 2 | £243,475 | £237,000 | £249,950 |
| 2004 | 2 | £128,000 | £120,000 | £136,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £170,000 | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 2025 | THE BARN BD24 9PE | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 7 Jul 2023 | 1 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £215,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Nov 2022 | 2 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £280,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2022 | NOOK HOUSE FARM BD24 9PE | Other | £725,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 8 Jun 2022 | INGLE BYRE COTTAGE BD24 9PE | Semi-detached | £225,000 | |
| 19 Sep 2018 | BROOKSIDE COTTAGE BD24 9PE | Terraced | £242,500 | |
| 1 Dec 2017 | INGLE BYRE COTTAGE BD24 9PE | Semi-detached | £150,000 | |
| 2 Sep 2016 | NOOK HOUSE FARM BD24 9PE | Other | £510,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 28 Jul 2016 | BROOK HOUSE BD24 9PE | Terraced | £250,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2016 | BROOKSIDE COTTAGE BD24 9PE | Terraced | £210,000 | |
| 28 Apr 2016 | 1 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £158,750 | |
| 17 Nov 2014 | 2 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £184,000 | |
| 24 Jul 2014 | 1 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £120,000 | |
| 6 Mar 2014 | GLENHAVEN BD24 9PE | Detached | £222,500 | |
| 30 Nov 2012 | THE BARN BD24 9PE | Detached | £286,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2011 | THE OLD READING ROOM BD24 9PE | Detached | £271,000 | |
| 27 May 2011 | 2 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £171,000 | |
| 8 Oct 2007 | 1 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £173,500 | |
| 27 Sep 2006 | CROFT HOUSE BD24 9PE | Detached | £237,000 | |
| 3 May 2006 | THE BARN BD24 9PE | Detached | £249,950 | |
| 21 May 2004 | 2 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £120,000 | |
| 5 Mar 2004 | 1 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £136,000 | |
| 5 Jul 2002 | CROFT HOUSE BD24 9PE | Detached | £170,000 | |
| 9 Jun 2000 | 1 BD24 9PE | Terraced | £67,500 | |
| 31 Mar 2000 | CROFT HOUSE BD24 9PE | Detached | £131,950 | |
| 13 Mar 2000 | THE OLD READING ROOM BD24 9PE | Detached | £69,000 | |
| 24 Jul 1998 | INGLE BYRE BD24 9PE | Detached | £68,000 | |
| 22 May 1998 | GLENHAVEN BD24 9PE | Detached | £79,500 | |
| 27 Jun 1997 | RISTON BD24 9PE | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 20 Jul 1995 | THE OLD READING ROOM BD24 9PE | Detached | £47,000 |
Energy performance certificates
17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 95 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, mid-terrace (5); House, end-terrace (3). Built: before 1900 (8); 1996-2002 (4); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (16); rented (private) (1).
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 (24% of about 970 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- BROOKHOUSE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- BROOKSIDE, grade II
- BURNSIDE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- RISTON HOUSE FORMER STABLES, grade II
- STAINFORTH BRIDGE, grade II
- VICARAGE, grade II
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 11 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 36 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 6 medium, 11 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD24 9PE | zone 2 | 1 / 0 / 10 | unlikely |
| BD24 9PB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 5 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 35 addresses are between 198 m and 204 m above sea level (200 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD24 9PB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BD24 9PE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Settle 147,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Giggleswick 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) | |
| Horton-In-Ribblesdale 23,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Main Street Stainforth | 60 m |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 48 km (30 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Townhead Surgery | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Oasis Dental Care LTD | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Castleberg Hospital | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Police station | Settle Police Station | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Asda Settle - Church Street PFS, Church Street Cashzone | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,470 m² | 220 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 570 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cairn on Stainforth Scar, 180m east of Hawes Close Barn, a scheduled monument, 550 m (0.3 miles) south-east. 19 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cairn on Stainforth Scar, 180m east of Hawes Close Barn | Scheduled monument | 550 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Craven and Murgatroyd lime works 400m north east of Langcliffe Mill | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) W of Leys Barn | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stainforth Force | Waterfall | 400 m (0.2 miles) west |
| Force Wood | Wood | 450 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Catrigg Force | Waterfall | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Riseber Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Bargh Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Silverdale | Valley | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 14 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 35 |
16 of the street's 35 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craven Heifer at Stainforth BD24 9PB | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 70 m | 5 Very good | 12 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Allen Close (3); On or near Church Lane (1); On or near Main Road (1); On or near Main Street (1); On or near Goat Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 7% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 31% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 35% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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
The Hollies · Hollies Cottages · Brook House Croft · Town Head · Main Road · Church Lane
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.