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HG5 8LJ

Knaresborough West · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Knaresborough
Ward
Knaresborough West
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Postcode district
HG5
Postcode sector
HG5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HG5 8QA 62 m
HG5 8ET 125 m
HG5 8QB 140 m
HG5 8NQ 177 m
HG5 8PJ 229 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HG5 8LJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HG
Postcode district
HG5
Postcode sector
HG5 8
Latitude
54.001845
Longitude
-1.445966
British National Grid easting
436,414
British National Grid northing
456,342

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Electoral ward
Knaresborough West · E05014289
Parish or community
E04007372
Westminster constituency
Harrogate and Knaresborough · E14001269
Output area
E00140929
Lower layer super output area
Harrogate 012B · E01027671
Middle layer super output area
Harrogate 012 · E02005772

Postcode source versions

Explore HG5

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Outfall House, Wetherby Road, Knaresborough, HG5 8LJ 22 May 1997 £75,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
10
Secondary
2

  1. Aspin Park Academy

    Academy converter

    531 m

  2. King James's School

    Community school

    1.0 km

  3. The Forest School

    Academy special converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
662
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 271
  • Anti social behaviour 127
  • Criminal damage and arson 57
  • Shoplifting 46
  • Other theft 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
4.0
HG5 8 residents
4,967

Age bands in HG5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.9%

605 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

442 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

913 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

1,628 residents

Age 65 and over
29.6%

1,510 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HG5 8 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+
90%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
90%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
90%
Gigabit-capable
90%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
90%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • EASTGATE MEDICAL GROUP

    31B YORK PLACE, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0AD

    ODS code B82060

    1.2 km

  • BEECH HOUSE SURGERY

    1 ASH TREE ROAD, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0UB

    ODS code B82069

    1.6 km

  • STOCKWELL ROAD SURGERY

    21 STOCKWELL ROAD, KNARESBOROUGH, HG5 0JY

    ODS code B82067

    1.8 km

  • KINGSWOOD SURGERY

    14 WETHERBY ROAD, HARROGATE, HG2 7SA

    ODS code B82014

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Grimbald Bridge

    BCT · Knaresborough

    0.2 miles

  • Grimbald Bridge

    BCT · Knaresborough

    0.2 miles

  • St James Retail Park

    BCT · Knaresborough

    0.2 miles

  • St James Retail Pk

    BCT · Knaresborough

    0.2 miles

  • Wetherby Road

    BCT · Knaresborough

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Harrogate 012B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,064 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
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

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Aspin Park Academy is the nearest published school at 531 m.

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

Recorded crime

662 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 271 events.

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