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Long Marston (Harrogate)

Long Marston (Harrogate) is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It has 5 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Hammerton, 5.9 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Long Marston (Harrogate) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Yorkshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025).

Council
North Yorkshire
County
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Selby and Ainsty
Police force
North Yorkshire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 63rd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime89
Home affordability56
Affordable rents75
Good schools42
Life expectancy71
Low deprivation64
Low council tax23

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 90% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:23

9h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

1 reported · August 2026▼ 67% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Knaresborough Rural · North Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Offenders from outside of the county are coming over county lines and committing acquisitive crime offences such as burglary and theft of…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

9 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hammerton (5.9 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hammerton (5.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£270,080 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£431,122
Semi-detached£269,527
Terraced£219,836
Flat£142,783

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (7.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: The White Swan (4.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

615,491 residents in North Yorkshire

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,696
B £1,979
C £2,262
D £2,544
E £3,110
F £3,675
G £4,241
H £5,089

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Harrogate Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Outwood Academy EasingwoldOutstanding
  • Ryedale SchoolOutstanding
  • Ermysted's Grammar SchoolGood
  • Lady Lumley's AcademyGood
  • Malton SchoolGood
  • Northallerton School & Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • Norton SchoolGood
  • Outwood Academy RiponGood
  • Ripon Grammar SchoolGood
  • Scarborough University Technical CollegeGood
  • Skipton Girls' High SchoolGood
  • South Craven SchoolGood
  • St Aidan's Church of England High SchoolGood
  • St John Fisher Catholic AcademyGood
  • Stokesley SchoolGood
  • The Skipton AcademyGood
  • Wensleydale SchoolGood
  • Barlby High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Bedale High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Boroughbridge High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Graham SchoolRequires improvement
  • Harrogate High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Whitby SchoolRequires improvement
  • Brayton Academy
  • Filey Academy
  • George Pindar School
  • King James's School
  • Nidderdale High School
  • Richmond School & Sixth Form College
  • Risedale School
  • Rossett School
  • Scalby Academy
  • Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
  • Settle College
  • Sherburn High School
  • St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
  • St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
  • Tadcaster Grammar School
  • Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

1,247 applications decided

90.3% granted · 1,126 granted, 121 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

Conservative

Wetherby and Easingwold

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

37,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

63% low-carbon electricity

Imports 37% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 29%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in YO26

  • Springbank Surgery
  • Citywide Health-Water End Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wetherby and Easingwold:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Long Marston Manor · 0.0 km

    Long Marston Manor is a historic building in Long Marston, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

  • All Saints' Church, Long Marston · 0.2 km

    All Saints' Church is the parish church of Long Marston, a village in the county of North Yorkshire, in England.

  • Long Marston, North Yorkshire · 0.3 km

    Long Marston is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the B1224 road from Wetherby to York, 7 miles (11 km) west of…

  • Long Marston Hall · 0.5 km

    Long Marston Hall is a historic building in Long Marston, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

  • Battle of Marston Moor · 1.8 km

    The Battle of Marston Moor was fought on 2 July 1644, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms of 1639–1653. The combined forces of the English Parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester and the Scott…

  • All Saints' Church, Rufforth · 2.5 km

    All Saints' Church is the parish church of the village of Rufforth, in the rural western part of the City of York, in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Long Marston (Harrogate)?
Long Marston (Harrogate) is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the North Yorkshire local authority.
How deprived is Long Marston (Harrogate)?
The North Yorkshire local authority, which includes Long Marston (Harrogate), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.