Knaresborough

6°CMist

• Today: 11° / 5° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:32

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

53 reported · August 2026▼ 28% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour15
• Shoplifting5
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Knaresborough Town · North Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

1,159 reported road collisions (2025)

331 killed or seriously injured · 1,530 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

156 food businesses within 2 miles

• 130 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Knaresborough (0.1 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,080 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£849 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £594
• 2 bed £769
• 3 bed £941

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

9,306 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.7p · Asda (4.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Chapel Street Car Park 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

615,491 residents in North Yorkshire

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK33,901
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,388
• Net moves+7,513

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 189 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 306,270)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

380 schools · 85,418 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 154 of 177 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

349 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Yorkshire

634 CQC-registered services

• Care homes205
• GP practices80
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire

• In a conservation area (Knaresborough)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 212 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

1,247 applications decided

90.3% granted · 1,126 granted, 121 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Tom Gordon

Liberal Democrat

Harrogate and Knaresborough

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 41
• LD 13
• Grn 5
• Ref 5
• Oth 16

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

146 jobs advertised · £38,344 avg

e.g. Multi Skilled Shift Engineer, Sales Assistant - Knaresborough, Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£731 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,703 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 57,421 certificates

14.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

62% low-carbon electricity

Imports 38% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 30%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.4 women · 64.5 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

3 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in HG5

• Eastgate Medical Group
• Stockwell Road Surgery
• Beech House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harrogate and Knaresborough:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND237 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation221 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks198 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills170 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth158 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Nidderdale Rural District · 0.0 km

  Nidderdale was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1938 to 1974. It was created from the combination of most of the disbanded rural districts of Great Ouseburn and Knaresborough.

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  Commercial Hotel, Knaresborough · 0.0 km

  The Commercial Hotel is a historic pub in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Knaresborough railway station · 0.1 km

  Knaresborough railway station is a Grade II listed station serving the town of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Harrogate Line 16 miles 50 chains (26.8 km) from York between Starbeck and…

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  Old Town Hall, Knaresborough · 0.1 km

  The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in the Market Place, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which was used as an events venue by Knaresborough Urban District Council, is a Grade II li…

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  Oldest Chemist Shop in England · 0.1 km

  The Oldest Chemist Shop in England is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.

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  Knaresborough House · 0.2 km

  Knaresborough House is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)