HG3 5JL

Wharfedale · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HG3 5JH 2.4 km
BD23 5ED 2.6 km
HG3 5JQ 2.8 km
BD23 6DG 3.0 km
HG3 5JJ 3.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG3 5JL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG3
Postcode sector
HG3 5
Latitude
54.067575
Longitude
-1.865399
British National Grid easting
408,907
British National Grid northing
463,522

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04012235
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00140262
Lower layer super output area
Craven 009D · E01027557
Middle layer super output area
Craven 009 · E02007041

Postcode source versions

Explore HG3

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Prim Gap House, Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, HG3 5JL 13 November 2025 £545,000
Lily Green Farm, Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, HG3 5JL 28 August 2020 £600,000
Chapel House, Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, HG3 5JL 2 April 2020 £537,500

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

26 female, 22 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.7
HG3 5 residents
3,324

Age bands in HG3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

434 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

287 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.8%

587 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

1,119 residents

Age 65 and over
30.7%

1,076 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HG3 5 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
64.7%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Stump Cross Caverns

    BCT · Stump Cross Caverns

    0.0 miles
  • Stump Cross Caverns

    BCT · Stump Cross Caverns

    0.1 miles
  • Lily Green

    BCT · Greenhow Hill

    0.9 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Greenhow Hill

    1.5 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Greenhow Hill

    1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Craven 009D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,755 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
1
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 £545,000 from 1 recorded sale in HG3 5JL. 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.