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HG2 8NZ

Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Postcode district
HG2
Postcode sector
HG2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HG2 8QZ 207 m
HG3 1DG 380 m
HG3 1DF 389 m
HG3 1DE 397 m
HG2 8PW 443 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG2 8NZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG2
Postcode sector
HG2 8
Latitude
53.983019
Longitude
-1.500137
British National Grid easting
432,878
British National Grid northing
454,221

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward
Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone · E05014324
Parish or community
E04013500
Westminster constituency
Harrogate and Knaresborough · E14001269
Output area
E00140870
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 017A · E01027660
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 017 · E02005777

Postcode source versions

Explore HG2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
25
Secondary
6

  1. Willow Tree Community Primary School

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    1.0 km

  2. Hookstone Chase Primary School

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    1.1 km

  3. St John Fisher Catholic Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
647
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 274
  • Anti social behaviour 103
  • Criminal damage and arson 55
  • Other theft 51
  • Shoplifting 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

9

within 5 km

  • KINGSWOOD SURGERY

    14 WETHERBY ROAD, HARROGATE, HG2 7SA

    ODS code B82014

    1.5 km

  • THE LEEDS ROAD PRACTICE

    49-51 LEEDS ROAD, HARROGATE, HG2 8AY

    ODS code B82012

    2.3 km

  • STRAYSIDE HEALTH

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

    ODS code B82016

    2.4 km

  • THE SPA SURGERY

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

    ODS code B82027

    2.4 km

  • MOSS HEALTHCARE HARROGATE

    28 KINGS ROAD, HARROGATE, HG1 5JP

    ODS code B82013

    3.1 km

  • CHURCH AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code B82059

    3.5 km

  • EASTGATE MEDICAL GROUP

    31B YORK PLACE, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0AD

    ODS code B82060

    3.6 km

  • BEECH HOUSE SURGERY

    1 ASH TREE ROAD, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0UB

    ODS code B82069

    3.8 km

  • STOCKWELL ROAD SURGERY

    21 STOCKWELL ROAD, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0JY

    ODS code B82067

    3.9 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

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Woodlands

    0.2 miles

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Woodlands

    0.2 miles

  • Stonefall Cemetery

    BCT · Crimple

    0.3 miles

  • Stonefall Cemetery

    BCT · Crimple

    0.3 miles

  • Eleanor Road

    BCT · Woodlands

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 017A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,835 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
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

40 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Willow Tree Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

647 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 274 events.

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