That is the middle of 795 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 4.7 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
A third of Ilkley’s sales are flats and maisonettes
795 homes sold in three years: 178 detached houses, 170 semi-detached houses, 194 terraced houses and 253 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£785K
median sale · 178 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£647K–£925K
Last 12 months
£785K53 sold
Semi-detached houses£425K
median sale · 170 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£610K
Last 12 months
£490K48 sold
Terraced houses£370K
median sale · 194 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£287K–£520K
Last 12 months
£372K58 sold
Flats and maisonettes£260K
median sale · 253 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£350K
Last 12 months
£233K72 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses24%
Flats and maisonettes32%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Ilkley’s homes sold for between £281K and £650K
One sale in ten was under £212K and one in ten over £875K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £403,000, sits in the £400–500K band
795 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £84,250 in 1995 to £396,500 in the last 12 months (£343,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
231 sales in the last 12 months, against 457 in 2003, the busiest year, and 207 in 2008. Sales fell by 37% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 33% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ilkley costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ilkley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£180K
£221K
£390K
£473K
£550K
£638K
£785K
Semi-detached houses
£87K
£115K
£224K
£275K
£300K
£375K
£490K
Terraced houses
£63K
£87K
£220K
£205K
£243K
£305K
£372K
Flats and maisonettes
£62K
£84K
£175K
£228K
£197K
£243K
£233K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 16% in 2015
809 new homes have been sold in Ilkley since 1995; the share peaked at 16% in 2015.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £359,975
against £406,000 for a home sold on, 11% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
34% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.8% sold leasehold in Ilkley. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Ben Rhydding Drive is Ilkley’s busiest street, with 29 sales in three years
52 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 13 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Ben Rhydding Drive
LS29
29
£412,000
Mostly flats
2
Railway Road
LS29
26
£266,250
Mostly flats
3
Valley Drive
LS29
24
£311,975
Mixed
4
Skipton Road
LS29
23
£341,640
Mostly flats
5
Kings Road
LS29
19
£645,000
Mixed
6
Bolling Road
LS29
16
£657,500
Mixed
7
Springs Lane
LS29
16
£185,500
Mostly flats
8
Leeds Road
LS29
14
£360,000
Mixed
9
Parish Ghyll Drive
LS29
12
£302,500
Mostly flats
10
Cunliffe Road
LS29
12
£229,000
Mostly flats
11
Sedbergh Park
LS29
10
£511,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Parish Ghyll Road
LS29
10
£305,000
Mixed
13
Tivoli Place
LS29
10
£168,750
Mostly flats
14
Regent Road
LS29
9
£299,500
Mostly flats
15
Mornington Road
LS29
9
£280,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Denton Road: £1,050,000
Ilkley median£403K
Denton Road£1.1M
Gill Bank Road£963K
Clifton Road£855K
St James Road£777K
Manley Road£685K
Cheapest streets
Tivoli Place: £168,750
Ilkley median£403K
Tivoli Place£169K
Blackthorn Road£176K
Springs Lane£186K
St Marys Close£218K
Wells Promenade£218K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.2 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across West Yorkshire
Ilkley is the 3rd most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Ilkley is one of West Yorkshire’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Ilkley
What is the average house price in Ilkley?
The median home in Ilkley sold for £403,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 795 standard sales (£396,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £785,000, semi-detached houses £425,000, terraced houses £369,500 and flats and maisonettes £260,000.
Are house prices going up in Ilkley?
The median was £410,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£410,000), and £396,500 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Ilkley each year?
231 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 315 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ilkley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Denton Road (LS29, £1,050,000), Gill Bank Road (LS29, £962,500) and Clifton Road (LS29, £855,000).
How much does a new build cost in Ilkley?
New homes sold for a median £359,975 over three years, against £406,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.8% of sales.
Is Ilkley expensive for West Yorkshire?
Ilkley is the 3rd most expensive of 91 towns of 2,500 or more in West Yorkshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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