Wellgate Clitheroe, Ribble Valley
54 addresses across 3 postcodes (BB7), about 180 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 31800998.
16 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £580,000 across 1 sale. 5 homes have an energy certificate (D: 4, E: 1). 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Ribble Valley costs £2,387 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 89% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Clitheroe, about 300 m away in a straight line. The nearest GP surgery is Pendleside Medical Pract, about 250 m away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km. About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 36% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 191 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £580,000 | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £255,000 | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £85,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £150,000 | £140,000 | £160,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £75,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £220,000 | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | £98,250 | £47,500 | £149,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £75,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £68,500 | £68,500 | £68,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2026 | VICTORIA HOUSE, 34 BB7 2DP | Other | £320,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 16 Dec 2022 | 31 BB7 2DP | Terraced | £580,000 | |
| 10 May 2019 | 6 BB7 2DP | Other | £375,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 3 Nov 2017 | 28 BB7 2DP | Terraced | £170,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 31 Aug 2016 | 8 - 10 BB7 2DP | Semi-detached | £235,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 12 Aug 2016 | 19 - 21 BB7 2DP | Other | £170,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 20 Oct 2015 | 33 BB7 2DP | Terraced | £255,000 | |
| 29 Jul 2005 | 28 BB7 2DP | Terraced | £85,000 | |
| 10 May 2004 | 4 BB7 2DP | Terraced | £140,000 | |
| 8 Apr 2004 | 7 BB7 2DS | Terraced | £160,000 | |
| 17 Jan 2003 | 7 BB7 2DS | Terraced | £75,000 | |
| 18 Jan 2002 | 31 BB7 2DP | Semi-detached | £220,000 | |
| 15 Nov 2001 | 8 - 10 BB7 2DP | Semi-detached | £149,000 | |
| 29 May 2001 | 37 - 39 BB7 2DP | Terraced | £47,500 | |
| 18 Jan 1999 | 23 BB7 2DP | Terraced | £75,000 | |
| 29 Aug 1997 | 39 BB7 2DP | Terraced | £68,500 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 170 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (2); Flat (2); House, end-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (4); Pre-1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Council tax
What each band costs in Ribble Valley in 2026-27: Band D £2,387 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,591 | £1,856 | £2,121 | £2,387 | £2,917 | £3,447 | £3,978 | £4,773 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (37% of about 650 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Clitheroe (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 16.
- 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
- 1, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 2 AND 4, DUCK STREET, grade II
- 2, SHAW BRIDGE STREET, grade II
- 29-33, WELLGATE, grade II
- 3 AND 5, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 3-13, DUCK STREET, grade II
- 33 AND 35, LOWERGATE, grade II
- 4, SHAW BRIDGE STREET, grade II
- 6, SHAW BRIDGE STREET, grade II
- 7 AND 9, WELLGATE (See details for further address information), grade II
- ANDREW CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY, grade II
- DOG AND PARTRIDGE PUBLIC HOUSE AND NUMBER 3, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE PREMISES OCCUPIED BY YORKSHIRE BANK, grade II
- PART OF PREMISES OCCUPIED BY NUMBER 27, grade II
- THE TOWNS WELL, grade II
- White Lion Hotel, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Rossendale House, York Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2DL: up to 9 homes, permissioned (200 m)
- Wilkin Square, Clitheroe: up to 5 homes, permissioned (290 m)
- Wilkin Square, Clitheroe, permissioned (300 m)
- Peel Street Business Estate Peel Street Clitheroe BB7 1RA: up to 7 homes, pending decision (330 m)
- 32 Hall Street, Clitheroe, BB7 1HJ: up to 6 homes, not permissioned (820 m)
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 21 September 2026: United Utilities Water Ltd, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - emergency works)
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB7 2DP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 3 | unlikely |
| BB7 2DS | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB7 2DA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB7 2DA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB7 2DP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB7 2DS | 100% | 89% | 89% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Clitheroe 265,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 300 m |
| Whalley (Lancashire) 81,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km | |
| Langho 37,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 27 stops within 400 m, 49 within 800 m; nearest Bowland Court Clitheroe Town Centre | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Whalley | 5.7 km |
| Car parks | Edisford Road Car Park | 1.7 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 110 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 48.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Pendleside Medical Pract | 250 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest The Clitheroe Pharmacy | 140 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Wellgate Dental Practice | 20 m |
| Hospital | Clitheroe Community Hospital | 2.1 km |
| Police station | Ribble Valley Police | 180 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 130 m |
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clitheroe Royal Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 240 m | Outstanding (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 290 m | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Clitheroe Brookside Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 490 m | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Clitheroe Pendle Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 500 m | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ribblesdale Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 510 m | No published inspection |
| Ribblesdale School | All-through | 4–16 | 650 m | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| St James' Church of England Primary School, Clitheroe | Primary | 4–11 | 670 m | No published inspection |
| Edisford Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colborne House Cafe BB7 2DP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 20 m | 5 Very good | 29 Oct 2025 |
| Romero's Clitheroe BB7 2DP | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 20 m | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2025 |
| Exchange Coffee Company Ltd. BB7 2DP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 20 m | 5 Very good | 21 Oct 2025 |
| Brioche BB7 2DP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 20 m | 5 Very good | 24 Sep 2025 |
| The Parlour BB7 2DP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 20 m | 5 Very good | 7 Jul 2025 |
| Solos BB7 2DP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 20 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jul 2025 |
| Wellgate Fisheries BB7 2DS | Retailers - other | 30 m | 5 Very good | 29 Apr 2026 |
| The Dog & Partridge BB7 2DS | Pub/bar/nightclub | 30 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| ESC.CC - Escape Coffee & Cocktails BB7 2DA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 50 m | 5 Very good | 6 Feb 2026 |
| The Ale House BB7 2DA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 50 m | 4 Good | 17 Aug 2018 |
| Dough Pizzeria BB7 2BZ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 70 m | 4 Good | 15 Nov 2024 |
| White Lion Hotel BB7 2BZ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 80 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jun 2024 |
| Buck Inn BB7 1AD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 80 m | 5 Very good | 5 Oct 2023 |
| Antico Deli BB7 1AD | Retailers - other | 90 m | 5 Very good | 4 Jun 2026 |
| Key Street Ltd BB7 1AD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 90 m | 5 Very good | 26 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 71 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 41 |
| Shoplifting | 21 |
| Public order | 18 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 |
| Other theft | 9 |
| Drugs | 6 |
| Possession of weapons | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Market Place (42); On or near Wellgate (27); On or near Shawbridge Street (20); On or near Castle Gate (16); On or near Duck Street (16).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 36% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 48% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 12% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 36% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 85% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
Market Place · King Lane · Back York Street · Lowergate · Church Street · Duck Street · Castle Street · Candlemakers Court · Candlemakers Croft · Shawbridge Street · Albion Street · Church Brow
All the streets in BB7 and across Ribble Valley.
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.
- Anything about planning applications, noise or air quality yet.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.