Townhead Kettlewell, North Yorkshire
16 addresses across 4 postcodes (BD23), about 210 m long. USRN 9604086.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £325,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 3, F: 2).
- Flood: 5 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 56% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Horton-In-Ribblesdale, about 16.8 km (10 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 212 to 225 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 46% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 4 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2025 | 2 BD23 5RL | Semi-detached | £325,000 | |
| 4 Dec 2020 | 2 BD23 5RL | Semi-detached | £300,000 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 101 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (3); 2007-2011 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (2).
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: yes, Kettlewell (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- 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
- DAM SIDE COTTAGE WITH OUTBUILDING TO RIGHT, grade II
- DAM SIDE HOUSE WITH FORECOURT RAILINGS AND GATES AND ATTACHED BARN TO RIGHT, grade II
- THE OLD HALL, grade II
- THE VICARAGE, grade II
- WEST GATE FARMHOUSE WITH BARN ATTACHED TO RIGHT, 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, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 6 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 44 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 5 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 5RN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BD23 5RL | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| BD23 5QX | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BD23 5QY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 212 m and 225 m above sea level (218 m on average); the ground rises about 13 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD23 5QX | 100% | 56% | 56% | 0% |
| BD23 5QY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BD23 5RL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BD23 5RN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Horton-In-Ribblesdale 23,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 16.8 km (10 miles) |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Post Office Kettlewell | 80 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 40.2 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacies | Grassington Pharmacy | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Castleberg Hospital | 18.3 km (11 miles) |
| Police station | Settle Police Station | 17.5 km (11 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 550 m² | 180 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,820 m² | 180 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade II*), 100 m south. 17 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 100 m south |
| Fold Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 140 m south-east |
| New Providence lead mine and ore works, 350m south of Moor End, north west of Kettlewell | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gain Bank Wood | Wood | 900 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Crookacre Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Scar Gill Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Rain Slack | Valley | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Diamond Hill | Hill | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north |
| Amerdale Dub | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) south |
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) | 6.8 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 16 |
7 of the street's 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettlewell Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 700 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Head Hotel BD23 5RD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 80 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Kettlewell Village Store BD23 5QX | Retailers - other | 80 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 9 Oct 2025 |
| The Kettlewell Hostel BD23 5QU | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 80 m | 5 Very good | 12 Nov 2025 |
| Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream Ltd BD23 5QX | Retailers - other | 180 m | 5 Very good | 29 May 2018 |
| Bluebell Inn BD23 5QX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 230 m | 4 Good | 20 Aug 2024 |
| Pennycroft Guest House BD23 5QY | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 260 m | 5 Very good | 17 Oct 2017 |
| The Racehorses Hotel BD23 5QZ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 270 m | 5 Very good | 9 Oct 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Green (3); On or near (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 14% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 39% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 46% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 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
- BD23 5RN: 11 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- BD23 5RL: 3 addresses of 36 in the postcode
- BD23 5QX: 1 address of 29 in the postcode
- BD23 5QY: 1 address of 27 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Far Lane · The Green · Middle Lane · Westgate · Conistone Lane · Langcliffe Garth · Cam Garth · Conistone Lane · Far Lane · Scabbate Gate · Langcliffe Cottage
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.