HG5 0FJ

Knaresborough West · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Knaresborough
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
HG5
Postcode sector
HG5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HG5 0EF 24 m
HG5 0EA 26 m
HG5 0JA 50 m
HG5 0HB 61 m
HG5 0EY 62 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG5 0FJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG5
Postcode sector
HG5 0
Latitude
54.009377
Longitude
-1.467976
British National Grid easting
434,965
British National Grid northing
457,169

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007372
Output area
E00140914
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 009B · E01027669
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 009 · E02005769

Postcode source versions

Explore HG5

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Meadley Square, Knaresborough, HG5 0FJ 21 February 2024 £272,500
1, Meadley Square, Knaresborough, HG5 0FJ 31 March 2023 £285,000
4, Meadley Square, Knaresborough, HG5 0FJ 18 December 2020 £305,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
14
Secondary
4
  1. Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    299 m
  2. St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy

    Academy converter

    507 m
  3. King James's School

    Community school

    663 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
909
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 361
  • Anti social behaviour 192
  • Criminal damage and arson 98
  • Public order 49
  • Other theft 47

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

5 female, 8 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.9
HG5 0 residents
9,663

Age bands in HG5 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,650 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

885 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

2,160 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,545 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

2,014 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HG5 0 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
100%

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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEECH HOUSE SURGERY

    1 ASH TREE ROAD, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0UB

    ODS code B82069

    213 m

  • STOCKWELL ROAD SURGERY

    21 STOCKWELL ROAD, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0JY

    ODS code B82067

    304 m

  • EASTGATE MEDICAL GROUP

    31B YORK PLACE, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0AD

    ODS code B82060

    443 m

  • KINGSWOOD SURGERY

    14 WETHERBY ROAD, HARROGATE, HG2 7SA

    ODS code B82014

    3.8 km

  • STRAYSIDE HEALTH

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

    ODS code B82016

    4.3 km

  • THE SPA SURGERY

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

    ODS code B82027

    4.3 km

  • CHURCH AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code B82059

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Knaresborough Rail Station

    RLY · Knaresborough

    0.1 miles
  • Knaresborough Rail Station

    RSE · Knaresborough

    0.1 miles
  • Council Offices

    BCT · Knaresborough

    0.1 miles
  • Knaresborough Centre

    BCT · Carmires

    0.1 miles
  • Council Offices

    BCT · Knaresborough

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 009B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,758 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £278,750 from 2 recorded sales in HG5 0FJ. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools. Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 299 m.

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

Recorded crime

909 published events cover 12 months, averaging 75.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 361 events.

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