Maple Close Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
19 addresses across 2 postcodes (HG5), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 16607973.
- Sales: 16 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £497,498 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 16 homes have an energy certificate (B: 16).
- Flood: 4 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 D; 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 Knaresborough, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 580 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 48 to 50 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Stockwell Road Surgery, about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 58% of households owned their home and 48% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | £497,498 | £495,000 | £499,995 |
| 2022 | 1 | £337,000 | £337,000 | £337,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £465,000 | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | £480,995 | £469,995 | £491,995 |
| 2017 | 9 | £459,995 | £294,995 | £516,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2023 | 10 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2023 | 12 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £499,995 | |
| 20 May 2022 | 6 HG5 0UJ | Terraced | £337,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 4 HG5 0UJ | Terraced | £325,000 | |
| 6 Aug 2020 | 16 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £465,000 | |
| 5 Oct 2018 | 13 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £469,995 | New build. |
| 9 Mar 2018 | 15 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £491,995 | New build. |
| 11 Dec 2017 | 14 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £465,995 | New build. |
| 17 Nov 2017 | 10 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £464,995 | New build. |
| 2 Nov 2017 | 11 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £516,995 | New build. |
| 29 Sep 2017 | 16 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £483,995 | New build. |
| 4 Aug 2017 | 12 HG5 0UJ | Detached | £459,995 | New build. |
| 30 Jun 2017 | 2 HG5 0UJ | Terraced | £299,995 | New build. |
| 30 Jun 2017 | 8 HG5 0UJ | Terraced | £299,995 | New build. |
| 30 Jun 2017 | 6 HG5 0UJ | Terraced | £294,995 | New build. |
| 27 Jun 2017 | 4 HG5 0UJ | Terraced | £294,995 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
16 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 117 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, end-terrace (4); House, mid-terrace (3). Built: 2015 (15); 2017 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (16 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 D (30% of about 1,420 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)
- Trelleborg Factory, Halfpenny Lane, Knaresborough: up to 29 homes, not permissioned (1 km (0.6 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HG5 0UJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| HG5 0UF | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 2 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 19 addresses are between 48 m and 50 m above sea level (48 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HG5 0UF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| HG5 0UJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Knaresborough 605,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Starbeck 267,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Harrogate 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Piccadilly Motors Calcutt | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Stn Stand 4 Harrogate | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 21.8 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Stockwell Road Surgery | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chain Lane Pharmacy | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Purely Dental Care | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Ripon Comm Hospital | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Police station | Harrogate Police Station | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 1,830 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Jacob Smith Park 12 ha | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,200 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | King George's Field 1.7 ha | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Field Garden Allotments 1.0 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 12 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Home Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 620 m (0.4 miles) west. 14 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Home Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 620 m (0.4 miles) west |
| High Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Knaresborough Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| The Long Walk, Knaresborough | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coney Garth | Hill | 590 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Dog Kennel Wood | Wood | 600 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Icehouse Wood | Wood | 850 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Guiseley Hill Plantation | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| The Basin | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Rudding Bottoms | Valley | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 19 |
9 of the street's 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowside Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| King James's School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homes Together Ltd HG5 9DP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 26 Mar 2018 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 17 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 8 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Chestnut Drive (9); On or near (6); On or near Willow Place (5); On or near Blackthorn Avenue (4); On or near Maple Close (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 32% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 58% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 11% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 10% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 77% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 7% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 48% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
Nearby streets
Rowan Way · Toll Bar Place · Snowdrop Mews · Blackthorn Avenue · Chestnut Drive · Lily Walk · Castle Garden Drive · Bluebell Drive · Daffodil Lane · Larch Close · Garten Close · Greengate View
All the streets in HG5 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.