HG3 5JQ

Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale · 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 388 m
HG3 5JJ 1.3 km
HG3 5BN 1.4 km
HG3 5BJ 1.5 km
HG3 5BW 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG3 5JQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG3
Postcode sector
HG3 5
Latitude
54.074128
Longitude
-1.824008
British National Grid easting
411,614
British National Grid northing
464,257

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007311
Westminster constituency
Skipton and Ripon · E14001475
Output area
E00141038
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 006B · E01027693
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 006 · E02005766

Postcode source versions

Explore HG3

35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Goldlease Cottages, Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, HG3 5JQ 27 February 2025 £310,000
Thorgarth, Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, HG3 5JQ 12 November 2024 £800,000
Bowscale, Greenhow Hill, Harrogate, HG3 5JQ 27 June 2024 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
1
  1. Nidderdale High School

    Academy converter

    3.8 km
  2. St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley Bridge

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
96

49 female, 47 male

Postcode households
40
Residents per household
2.4
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 2.9% 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+
89.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
89.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
89.7%
Gigabit-capable
89.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
2.6%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
92.3%

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

1

within 5 km

  • NIDDERDALE GROUP PRACTICE

    FEASTFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, KING STREET, PATELEY BRIDGE, HARROGATE, HG3 5AT

    ODS code B82004

    4.4 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

  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Greenhow Hill

    0.2 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Greenhow Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Coldstones Cut

    BCT · Greenhow Hill

    0.8 miles
  • Coldstones Cut

    BCT · Greenhow Hill

    0.8 miles
  • Lily Green

    BCT · Greenhow Hill

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 006B, 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

22,177 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 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
2
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 £310,000 from 3 recorded sales in HG3 5JQ. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 1 secondary schools. Nidderdale High School is the nearest published school at 2.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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