HG1 2QU

Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harrogate
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
HG1
Postcode sector
HG1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HG1 2QY 29 m
HG1 2QZ 34 m
HG1 2RA 49 m
HG1 1PN 59 m
HG1 2RB 59 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG1 2QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG1
Postcode sector
HG1 2
Latitude
53.993238
Longitude
-1.542951
British National Grid easting
430,063
British National Grid northing
455,339

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04013500
Output area
E00140960
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 015E · E01027678
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 015 · E02005775

Postcode source versions

Explore HG1

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
13 - 15, Parliament Street, Harrogate, HG1 2QU 29 February 2020 £1,785,000
13 - 15, Parliament Street, Harrogate, HG1 2QU 5 June 2018 £2,080,000
7, Parliament Street, Harrogate, HG1 2QU 14 July 2017 £4,100,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
20
Secondary
5
  1. Harrogate Language Academy

    Miscellaneous

    232 m
  2. St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    444 m
  3. Western Primary School

    Academy converter

    515 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,805
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 959
  • Anti social behaviour 448
  • Shoplifting 426
  • Other theft 205
  • Criminal damage and arson 173

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HG1 2 residents
7,297

Age bands in HG1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

967 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

640 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

1,729 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

2,211 residents

Age 65 and over
25.7%

1,915 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
62.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
62.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
62.5%
Gigabit-capable
62.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
62.5%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
37.5%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • MOSS HEALTHCARE HARROGATE

    28 KINGS ROAD, HARROGATE, HG1 5JP

    ODS code B82013

    263 m

  • STRAYSIDE HEALTH

    MOWBRAY SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE, MYRTLE SQUARE, HARROGATE, HG1 5AR

    ODS code B82016

    930 m

  • THE SPA SURGERY

    MOWBRAY SQUARE MEDICAL CENTRE, MYRTLE SQUARE, HARROGATE, HG1 5AR

    ODS code B82027

    930 m

  • CHURCH AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

    THE SURGERY, 54 CHURCH AVENUE, HARROGATE, HG1 4HG

    ODS code B82059

    1.5 km

  • THE LEEDS ROAD PRACTICE

    49-51 LEEDS ROAD, HARROGATE, HG2 8AY

    ODS code B82012

    1.5 km

  • KINGSWOOD SURGERY

    14 WETHERBY ROAD, HARROGATE, HG2 7SA

    ODS code B82014

    1.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • War Memorial

    BCT · West Park

    0.1 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · West Park

    0.1 miles
  • Montpellier Hill

    BCT · West Park

    0.1 miles
  • White Hart Hotel

    BCT · West Park

    0.1 miles
  • White Hart Hotel

    BCT · West Park

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 015E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,730 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. Harrogate Language Academy is the nearest published school at 232 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,805 published events cover 12 months, averaging 233.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 959 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.