Oakleigh Rathmell, North Yorkshire
23 addresses across 3 postcodes (BD24), about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) long. USRN 9604261.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2, E: 3, F: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 89% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Giggleswick, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- 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 164 to 202 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 23 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Townhead Surgery, about 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 96 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (3); Bungalow, semi-detached (2); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (3); 1983-1990 (2); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 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 C (24% of about 890 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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
- HUGGON HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 11 January 2027 to 18 January 2027: NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (standard works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 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 0JX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BD24 0JY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
| BD24 0LA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 23 addresses are between 164 m and 202 m above sea level (174 m on average); the ground rises about 38 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD24 0JX | 89% | 89% | 89% | 11% |
| BD24 0JY | 93% | 93% | 93% | 7% |
| BD24 0LA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Giggleswick 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Settle 147,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Long Preston 18,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | The Courtyard GeniePoint | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 47.6 km (30 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Townhead Surgery | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Oasis Dental Care LTD | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Castleberg Hospital | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Police station | North Yorkshire Police - Settle Police Station | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Asda Settle - Church Street PFS, Church Street Cashzone | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
No parks, play areas, playing fields or allotments within 3 km (1.9 miles).
Landmarks
4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Goit Head | Lake or reservoir | 230 m south |
| Knot Plantation | Wood | 430 m (0.3 miles) north |
| High Green Wood | Wood | 540 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Rathmell Goit | Lake or reservoir | 570 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Scoutber Crag | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Dob Dale | Valley | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) west |
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) | 6.9 | 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 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 15 | 23 |
8 of the street's 23 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
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (north-yorkshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 32% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 29% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 11 January 2027 to 18 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- BD24 0JX: 11 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- BD24 0JY: 11 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- BD24 0LA: 1 address of 85 in the postcode
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.