Waterside Skipton, North Yorkshire
18 addresses across 2 postcodes (BD23), about 120 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 9608080.
- Energy: 17 homes have an energy certificate (C: 11, D: 6).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 B; 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 Skipton, about 810 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 190 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 106 to 111 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 18 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Dyneley House Surgery, about 860 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 30% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 42 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 56 m². Most common: Bungalow, mid-terrace (6); Bungalow, end-terrace (5); Bungalow, semi-detached (3). Built: 1996-2002 (10); 2003-2006 (6); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (12); rented (social) (4); 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 B (58% of about 500 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)
- BusinesspremisesandlandwestofFirthStreet: up to 123 homes, permissioned (260 m)
- WhitakersFactorySite,KeighleyRoad: up to 16 homes, permissioned (340 m)
- LandtoeastofmineralrailwayoffBroughamSt, not permissioned (660 m (0.4 miles))
- JNBentleyLtd,SnaygillIndustrialEstate,WestofKeighleyRoad, not permissioned (670 m (0.4 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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 18 addresses are between 106 m and 111 m above sea level (109 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD23 2PF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BD23 2PZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Skipton 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cononley 183,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Gargrave 41,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 28 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Railway Bridge Skipton | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Earby | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Car Park - Skipton | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 25.4 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dyneley House Surgery | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Belle Vue Dental Practice | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Skipton Hospital | 300 m |
| Police station | North Yorkshire Police | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.2 ha | 190 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 130 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 320 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,220 m² | 290 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 3.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Christ Church, a listed building (Grade II*), 570 m (0.4 miles) north. 51 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Christ Church | Listed building, Grade II* | 570 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Rock with at least 15 cups 240m south of Great Wood Laithe, Horse Close Hill | Scheduled monument | 740 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill 250m north of Horse Close Farm | Scheduled monument | 800 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Devonshire Hotel | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Rock with one cup at the base of a wall, 250m NNE of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Horse Close Hill | Hill | 820 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Great Wood Plantation | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Whinny Gill Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| The Wilderness | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Jenny Gill Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Jenny Gill | Valley | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 18 |
6 of the street's 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatwood Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 460 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 530 m (0.3 miles) | Requires improvement (Dec 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 770 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Brougham Street Nursery School | Nursery | 0–5 | 800 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Otley Street Community Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ermysted's Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Skipton Girls' High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Skipton Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Craven College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklands Community Special School BD23 2DB | School/college/university | 300 m | 5 Very good | 15 Apr 2026 |
| The Mill House Care Home BD23 2PR | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Carleton Court Care Home BD23 2BE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ashfield Elderly Persons Home BD23 2BE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Highfield Guest House BD23 2NB | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Jun 2018 |
| Churros Bar BD23 2QR | Retailers - other | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2024 |
| Spar BD23 2PS | Retailers - other | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Mar 2019 |
| Westmoreland Fisheries BD23 2DY | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Phillipe's Bakery BD23 2DX | Retailers - other | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 4 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 20 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Waterside (11); On or near Roughaw Road (10); On or near Beamsley Court (7); On or near Firth Street (5); On or near Henry Street (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 17% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 57% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 12% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 27% | 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 | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 31% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
Roughaw Close · Alexandra Terrace · Alexandra Court · Sharphaw Avenue · Henry Street · Beamsley Court · Lindley Street · Roughaw Road · Firth Street · Pinhaw Road · Bold Venture Street · Walton Street
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.