HG2 8BB

Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone · 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
HG2
Postcode sector
HG2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HG2 8AZ 59 m
HG2 8JJ 101 m
HG2 8JD 124 m
HG2 8JH 124 m
HG2 8BA 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG2 8BB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG2
Postcode sector
HG2 8
Latitude
53.981184
Longitude
-1.533400
British National Grid easting
430,698
British National Grid northing
454,002

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
E00141221
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 019E · E01027732
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 019 · E02005779

Postcode source versions

Explore HG2

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Wheatlands Road, Harrogate, HG2 8BB 17 March 2026 £1,300,000
7, Wheatlands Road, Harrogate, HG2 8BB 13 January 2023 £650,000
11, Wheatlands Road, Harrogate, HG2 8BB 13 September 2022 £1,721,750

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
22
Secondary
5
  1. Oatlands Infant School

    Academy converter

    300 m
  2. Oatlands Community Junior School

    Academy converter

    661 m
  3. St Aidan's Church of England High School

    Academy converter

    844 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,627
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 536
  • Shoplifting 304
  • Anti social behaviour 293
  • Other theft 114
  • Public order 90

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

15 female, 10 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.3
HG2 8 residents
8,250

Age bands in HG2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,518 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

816 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

1,674 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

2,564 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

1,978 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HG2 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

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

  • THE LEEDS ROAD PRACTICE

    49-51 LEEDS ROAD, HARROGATE, HG2 8AY

    ODS code B82012

    140 m

  • KINGSWOOD SURGERY

    14 WETHERBY ROAD, HARROGATE, HG2 7SA

    ODS code B82014

    1.6 km

  • MOSS HEALTHCARE HARROGATE

    28 KINGS ROAD, HARROGATE, HG1 5JP

    ODS code B82013

    1.7 km

  • STRAYSIDE HEALTH

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

    ODS code B82016

    1.7 km

  • THE SPA SURGERY

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

    ODS code B82027

    1.7 km

  • CHURCH AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code B82059

    2.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Mark's Church

    BCT · Oatlands

    0.1 miles
  • St Mark's Church

    BCT · Oatlands

    0.1 miles
  • Carlton Road

    BCT · Oatlands

    0.2 miles
  • Carlton Road

    BCT · Oatlands

    0.2 miles
  • St George's Rd Bottom

    BCT · Oatlands

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 019E, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,989 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Property market

The five-year median is £975,000 from 4 recorded sales in HG2 8BB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Yorkshire is £270,569 in June 2026, up 3.1% year on year.

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Oatlands Infant School is the nearest published school at 300 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,627 published events cover 12 months, averaging 135.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 536 events.

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