Ripon Road, Harrogate house prices are built from 390 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 26 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £249,998. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +32.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -4.3%.
Median price paid
£249,998
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+32.0%
Change in real terms
-4.3%
Median per m²
£2,428
HM Land Registry390 sales62 with floor areaLatest sale 26 May 2026
Section 01
How Ripon Road, Harrogate prices moved
The chart tracks the median Ripon Road, Harrogate house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | £80,750 | £179,303 |
| 2000s | 9 | £193,000 | £351,589 |
| 2010s | 10 | £271,000 | £382,110 |
| 2020s | 6 | £330,000 | £337,174 |
The highest yearly median on record for Ripon Road, Harrogate is £492,500 in 2020; the lowest is £73,500 in 1996. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £73,500 to £330,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £159,438, so the real change over the whole record is +111.5% — about +2.62% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +32.0% in cash against -4.3% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmlea | 26 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 48 | 22 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £382,500 | £382,500 |
| Apartment 5 Kingsley Court, 36 – 40 | 5 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £565,000 | £565,000 |
| 3 Kell Cottages | 15 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| 50 | 28 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £367,826 |
| 9 | 29 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £500,000 | £510,870 |
| 27 | 9 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £296,304 |
| 80 | 18 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £190,000 | £194,130 |
| 70 | 30 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| 50 | 16 May 2025 | Detached | £265,000 | £270,761 |
| Spruisty Hall Farm | 28 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| The Coach House Hazel Croft | 27 Mar 2025 | Detached | £950,000 | £970,652 |
| Flat 1 18 | 3 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £450,000 | £459,783 |
| Holmlea | 28 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £270,761 |
| 35 | 21 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £175,000 | £178,804 |
| 3 Westfield Grange | 10 Feb 2025 | Detached | £860,000 | £878,696 |
| Flat 2 18 | 3 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £640,000 | £653,913 |
| 16 | 18 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £1,350,000 | £1,420,522 |
| Park House | 13 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £432,000 | £454,567 |
| 1 Westfield Grange | 29 Nov 2024 | Detached | £1,100,000 | £1,157,463 |
| Ground Floor Flat Kell Grange | 29 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | £331,455 |
| Well House | 11 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £635,000 | £668,172 |
| Apartment 1 Windsor Lodge, 10 | 17 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £273,582 |
| Eyrie | 12 Sep 2024 | Detached | £500,000 | £526,119 |
| 18 | 23 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £540,000 | £568,209 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Ripon Road, Harrogate values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMLEA Ripon Road | £265,000 (2025) | £320,000 (2026) | +20.8% | +18.2% |
| 48 Ripon Road | £181,000 (2004) | £382,500 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
| APARTMENT 5 KINGSLEY COURT, 36 – 40 Ripon Road | £250,000 (2016) | £565,000 (2026) | +8.5% | +4.9% |
| 3 KELL COTTAGES Ripon Road | £162,550 (2015) | £205,000 (2025) | +2.3% | -0.9% |
| 50 Ripon Road | £73,500 (1996) | £360,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 9 Ripon Road | £400,000 (2012) | £500,000 (2025) | +1.7% | -1.2% |
| 27 Ripon Road | £402,500 (2003) | £290,000 (2025) | -1.5% | -4.2% |
| 70 Ripon Road | £16,000 (1997) | £300,000 (2025) | +11.0% | +8.2% |
| FLAT 1 18 Ripon Road | £51,500 (1996) | £450,000 (2025) | +7.8% | +5.0% |
| 35 Ripon Road | £133,500 (2006) | £175,000 (2025) | +1.4% | -1.5% |
| 3 WESTFIELD GRANGE Ripon Road | £765,000 (2019) | £860,000 (2025) | +2.0% | -2.1% |
| FLAT 2 18 Ripon Road | £197,500 (2002) | £640,000 (2025) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Ripon Road, Harrogate is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 162 | 41.5% | £235,000 | £35,000 – £800,000 |
| Detached | 92 | 23.6% | £415,000 | £73,500 – £1,100,000 |
| Semi-detached | 79 | 20.3% | £295,000 | £16,000 – £1,350,000 |
| Terraced | 57 | 14.6% | £141,000 | £35,500 – £650,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Ripon Road, Harrogate
149 of the sales on record are leasehold and 241 freehold — 38.2% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £242,000 and the median freehold sale £265,000 — a gap of +9.5%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 149 | 38.2% | £242,000 |
| Freehold | 241 | 61.8% | £265,000 |
| New build | 17 | 4.4% | £435,000 |
| Existing home | 373 | 95.6% | £246,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +76.8%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 29 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Ripon Road, Harrogate
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across North Yorkshire, 38.1% of 324,488 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 8.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2,546 | 0.8% |
| B | 37,477 | 11.5% |
| C | 83,448 | 25.7% |
| D | 117,825 | 36.3% |
| E | 55,738 | 17.2% |
| F | 20,519 | 6.3% |
| G | 6,935 | 2.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in North Yorkshire at £838 a month as of Jun 2026 — £586 for a one-bedroom home and £929 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £249,998 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.02% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Ripon Road, Harrogate
22 state and independent schools have a HG3 postcode: 21 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pannal Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 452 |
| Nidderdale High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 404 |
| Saltergate Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 211 |
| Killinghall Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 204 |
| Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 174 |
| Saltergate Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | 106 |
| Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 102 |
| Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 98 |
| All Saints Church of England School | Primary | Academy converter | 96 |
| Darley Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 88 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Harrogate Rail Station | Rail | 6.5 km |
| Hornbeam Park Rail Station | Rail | 8.0 km |
| Starbeck Rail Station | Rail | 8.3 km |
| Pannal Rail Station | Rail | 9.6 km |
Section 09
How Ripon Road, Harrogate compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Ripon Road, Harrogate sits above that national figure — +58.7%.
Within Harrogate the street ranks 549 of 1303 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £190,000 (+31.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,428 per square metre, across 62 of the 390 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £16,000 to £1,350,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Ripon Road, Harrogate sits in North Yorkshire, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in North Yorkshire at 7.9 times median local earnings of £34,785 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- St Johns Road£169,475 median
- Yarrow Drive£128,000 median
- Heather Way£157,000 median
- Walton Park£435,000 median
- Church Lane£453,750 median
- Park Road£185,700 median
- Main Street£340,000 median
- Hartwith Drive£147,000 median
- Pennywort Grove£130,000 median
- Hollins Lane£301,250 median
- Eavestone Grove£95,000 median
- Bluebell Meadow£125,000 median
- Lincoln Grove£128,000 median
- Bramham Drive£105,000 median
- Clover Way£121,995 median
- Norwood Grove£160,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 3, 18 Ripon Road6 sales
- FLAT 2, 18 Ripon Road5 sales
- PARK HOUSE Ripon Road5 sales
- GROUND FLOOR FLAT, KELL GRANGE Ripon Road5 sales
- 18 Ripon Road5 sales
- 19 Ripon Road5 sales
- GREEN LEA Ripon Road5 sales
- FLAT 1, 2 Ripon Road5 sales
- 6, ABBEY LODGE APARTMENTS 29-31 Ripon Road5 sales
- FLAT 4, 18 Ripon Road5 sales
- 14 Ripon Road5 sales
- 24 Ripon Road5 sales
- 48 Ripon Road4 sales
- 50 Ripon Road4 sales
- 70 Ripon Road4 sales
- FLAT 1, 18 Ripon Road4 sales
- 31 Ripon Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 6, KINGSLEY COURT, 36 – 40 Ripon Road4 sales
- FLAT 2, 32 Ripon Road4 sales
- 7, ABBEY LODGE APARTMENTS 29-31 Ripon Road4 sales
- 5, ABBEY LODGE APARTMENTS 29-31 Ripon Road4 sales
- RADWINTER Ripon Road4 sales
- CHRISTMAS COTTAGE, 60 Ripon Road4 sales
- FLAT 2, 22 Ripon Road4 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Ripon Road, Harrogate?
The median price paid in Ripon Road, Harrogate across every sale on the register is £249,998. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Ripon Road, Harrogate?
390 sales are on record for Ripon Road, Harrogate, the most recent completing on 26 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Ripon Road, Harrogate house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +32.0% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -4.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Ripon Road, Harrogate house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £492,500, set in 2020. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Ripon Road, Harrogate?
£2,428 per square metre, from the 62 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 26 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Ripon Road, Harrogate house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.