Rakes Threshfield, North Yorkshire
37 addresses across 2 postcodes (BD23), about 480 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 9604353.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 8, E: 2).
- Flood: 2 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 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Gargrave, about 11.3 km (7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 181 to 191 m above sea level.
- Noise: 33 of its 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 110 m². Most common: House, detached (4); House, end-terrace (3); House, mid-terrace (2). Built: before 1900 (3); 1967-1975 (2); 1950-1966 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (3); rented (social) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 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 (23% of about 1,000 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 7.
- 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
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, grade II
- MANOR HOUSE BARN, grade II
- NO 1 THE OLD POST OFFICE, AND 2 AND 3, MAIN STREET, grade II
- STOCKS, grade II
- THE MANOR HOUSE, grade II
- THE OLD HALL, grade II
- THRESHFIELD BRIDGE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 10 September 2026 to 11 September 2026: NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
- 27 August 2026: NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 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: of the 16 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 2 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD23 5HB | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| BD23 5EZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 37 addresses are between 181 m and 191 m above sea level (187 m on average); the ground rises about 11 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD23 5EZ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BD23 5HB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Gargrave 41,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.3 km (7 miles) |
| Skipton 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 12 km (7.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Moor Lane Threshfield | 130 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 32.4 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Grassington Pharmacy | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Skipton Hospital | 12.3 km (7.7 miles) |
| Police station | North Yorkshire Police | 11.6 km (7.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Barclays ATM | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,180 m² | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 560 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.5 ha | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 930 m² | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Threshfield Henge 2 (southern), a scheduled monument, 850 m (0.5 miles) north. 18 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Threshfield Henge 2 (southern) | Scheduled monument | 850 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Threshfield Henge 1 (northern) | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Hydro-electric power house and associated weir 250m north west of Tin Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Well Field Plantation | Wood | 560 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Tarns Plantation | Wood | 580 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Manes Plantation | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Linton Falls | Waterfall | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Stickhaw Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) east |
| Hole Bottom | Valley | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 8 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 15 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 10 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 37 |
33 of the street's 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Wharfedale School | Secondary | 11–16 | 700 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Threshfield Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threshfield Primary School BD23 5NP | School/college/university | 380 m | 5 Very good | 25 Mar 2026 |
| Spar BD23 5PL | Retailers - other | 380 m | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2024 |
| Threshfield Court Care Home BD23 5ET | Other catering premises | 380 m | 5 Very good | 16 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Main Street (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 42% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 27% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 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
Main Street · Monkholme Lane · Home Croft
All the streets in BD23 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.