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Boston Spa & Bramham
What it's like at LS23 6RW: every home that has sold on the street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Nothing recorded on this street or nearby yet.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ulleskelf, a drive away (11 km), with 17k journeys a year; its busiest route is to York.
The nearest bus stop is Boston Spa Academy, 150 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (route 7); 5 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Primrose Lane Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 59% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Boston Spa Academy, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 55.6 · 20.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 3.4 km away, with Firths Butchers closer still (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Spa Surgery (1.3 km), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Wetherby Barbers is 3.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is St James's University Hospital, 15 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Michaelas Catering is the closest café or restaurant (850 m), and The Albion the nearest pub (1.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 49% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (BOSTON SPA, BRAMHAM).
There are 114 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Boston Spa Recreation Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Wetherby Leisure Centre (3.4 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 21 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 86 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
4 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Wetherby and Easingwold constituency: Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP (Conservative), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 4,846 (9.3%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Conservative 39%, Labour 30%, Reform UK 14%, Green Party 9%.
1 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near LS23 6RW →
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.9% | 88.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.4% | 10.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.6% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Marske Sands · about 62 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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