Knaresborough

12°CClear

• Today: 16° / 10° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:39

13h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

1,043 reported road collisions (2024)

266 killed or seriously injured · 1,441 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

150 food businesses within 2 miles

• 130 rated 4–5 ★ (119 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,569 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£844 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £590
• 2 bed £764
• 3 bed £935

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.7p · Asda (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (4.5 km)

9 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)

£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

379 schools · 85,538 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 48 other

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

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

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

639 CQC-registered services

• Care homes204
• GP practices80
• Dentists141
• Homecare agencies159
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 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)

1,070 applications decided

88.9% granted · 951 granted, 119 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

37,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

137 jobs advertised · £34,519 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Support Worker, Head of Housekeeping - Care Home

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

97% low-carbon electricity

Wind 73% · Nuclear 15% · Biomass 9% · Imports 3%

11 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harrogate and Knaresborough:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership376 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office300 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s269 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test231 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 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)