That is the middle of 479 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 4.5 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.
479 homes sold in three years: 108 detached houses, 139 semi-detached houses, 204 terraced houses and 28 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£350K
median sale · 108 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£405K
Last 12 months
£358K23 sold
New build
£397K
Semi-detached houses£266K
median sale · 139 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£300K
Last 12 months
£247K39 sold
New build
£308K
Terraced houses£182K
median sale · 204 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£159K–£230K
Last 12 months
£195K51 sold
Flats and maisonettes£127K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£105K–£152K
Last 12 months
£140K9 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 43% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses43%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Silsden’s homes sold for between £175K and £308K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £385K. 55% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £235,000, sits in the £200–250K band
479 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,500 in 1995 to £230,000 in the last 12 months (£211,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
122 sales in the last 12 months, against 260 in 2003, the busiest year, and 108 in 2012. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Silsden costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Silsden, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£74K
£86K
£195K
£200K
£242K
£278K
£358K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£64K
£148K
£150K
£179K
£213K
£247K
Terraced houses
£41K
£45K
£115K
£129K
£135K
£170K
£195K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£38K
£120K
—
£93K
£85K
£140K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 31% in 2019
624 new homes have been sold in Silsden since 1995; the share peaked at 31% in 2019.
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 £333,750
against £227,500 for a home sold on, 47% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Silsden. 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
Bolton Road is Silsden’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 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
Bolton Road
BD20
18
£215,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Skipton Road
BD20
11
£360,000
Mixed
3
Brunel Drive
BD20
11
£297,496
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
Cornwall Avenue
BD20
11
£260,000
Mixed
5
Hothfield Street
BD20
9
£167,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Tufton Street
BD20
9
£162,700
Mostly terraced houses
7
St Johns Street
BD20
9
£156,000
Mixed
8
Fulton Crescent
BD20
8
£307,497
Mixed · new builds
9
Stephenson Drive
BD20
8
£304,975
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Hainsworth Road
BD20
8
£214,975
Mixed
11
North Street
BD20
8
£173,475
Mostly terraced houses
12
Elliott Street
BD20
8
£164,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Old Rugby Way
BD20
7
£315,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
14
New Close Mill Fold
BD20
7
£222,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Woodside Road
BD20
7
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
High Banks: £370,000
Silsden median£235K
High Banks£370K
Skipton Road£360K
Lowfield Crescent£345K
Willows Lane£328K
Bolton Drive£319K
Cheapest streets
West View: £150,000
Silsden median£235K
West View£150K
St Johns Street£156K
Tufton Street£163K
Elliott Street£164K
Aire View£165K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.5 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
Silsden is the 36th most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Silsden is in the middle of West Yorkshire’s 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 Silsden
What is the average house price in Silsden?
The median home in Silsden sold for £235,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 479 standard sales (£230,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £350,000, semi-detached houses £266,000, terraced houses £182,250 and flats and maisonettes £127,250.
Are house prices going up in Silsden?
The median was £243,750 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£245,000), and £230,000 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 Silsden each year?
122 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 183 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Silsden?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: High Banks (BD20, £370,000), Skipton Road (BD20, £360,000) and Lowfield Crescent (BD20, £345,000).
How much does a new build cost in Silsden?
New homes sold for a median £333,750 over three years, against £227,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.9% of sales.
Is Silsden expensive for West Yorkshire?
Silsden is the 36th 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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