HG3 2BF

Washburn & Birstwith · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harrogate
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon
Postcode district
HG3
Postcode sector
HG3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HG3 2LQ 345 m
HG3 2JJ 374 m
HG3 2JN 399 m
HG3 2JL 420 m
HG3 2JH 561 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG3 2BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG3
Postcode sector
HG3 2
Latitude
54.022218
Longitude
-1.654545
British National Grid easting
422,731
British National Grid northing
458,522

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007313
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140976
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 018A · E01027682
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 018 · E02005778

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Grasmere House, High Lane, High Birstwith, Harrogate, HG3 2BF 3 January 2025 £2,300,000
Grasmere House, High Lane, High Birstwith, Harrogate, HG3 2BF 15 March 2018 £1,800,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. Belmont Grosvenor School

    Other independent school

    1.2 km
  2. Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km
  3. Birstwith Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Drugs 1
  • Public order 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

2 female, 4 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
HG3 2 residents
13,668

Age bands in HG3 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

2,320 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.7%

2,238 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

3,123 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

3,417 residents

Age 65 and over
17.2%

2,312 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HG3 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
50%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

  • Sleights Lane

    BCT · Staupes

    0.7 miles
  • Langer Hill Lane

    BCT · Staupes

    0.7 miles
  • Elton Bank Top

    BCT · Clapham Green

    0.9 miles
  • Elton Bank Top

    BCT · Clapham Green

    0.9 miles
  • Holme Farm

    BCT · Darley

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 018A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,605 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £2,300,000 from 1 recorded sale in HG3 2BF. 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

Published establishments

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Belmont Grosvenor School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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