Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield house prices are built from 244 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2005 and the most recent on 17 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £185,000. Across the 10 years from 2014 to 2024 the median moved +30.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -4.1%.
Median price paid
£185,000
Change in cash, 2014–2024
+30.7%
Change in real terms
-4.1%
Median per m²
£1,870
HM Land Registry244 sales60 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield prices moved
The chart tracks the median Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2005 to 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | £187,995 | £342,472 |
| 2010s | 9 | £185,123 | £261,023 |
| 2020s | 5 | £245,000 | £250,326 |
The highest yearly median on record for Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield is £255,000 in 2008; the lowest is £90,000 in 2018. Across the full 20-year record the cash median has moved from £187,995 to £245,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £342,472, so the real change over the whole record is -24.7% — about -1.48% 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: +30.7% in cash against -4.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44a | 17 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £117,500 |
| 95 | 26 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £255,000 | £260,543 |
| 87 | 1 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £238,000 | £243,174 |
| 54a | 10 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £119,500 | £122,098 |
| 47 | 19 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £256,000 | £269,373 |
| 113 | 29 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £298,250 | £313,830 |
| 64 | 4 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £131,530 |
| 85 | 2 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £250,000 | £263,060 |
| 103 | 19 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £278,843 |
| 77 | 31 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £121,007 |
| 69 | 22 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £118,000 | £124,164 |
| 59 | 19 Apr 2024 | Semi-detached | £235,500 | £247,802 |
| 93 | 21 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| 144 | 7 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £252,500 | £265,690 |
| 1 | 9 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £162,950 | £171,462 |
| 2 | 12 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £263,060 |
| 121 | 17 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £280,000 | £302,529 |
| 80 | 6 Oct 2023 | Detached | £329,995 | £356,546 |
| 79 | 7 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £114,000 | £123,172 |
| 73 | 26 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £116,000 | £125,333 |
| 52a | 25 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £121,250 | £131,006 |
| 99 | 15 May 2023 | Terraced | £252,000 | £272,276 |
| 52 | 15 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £129,655 |
| 94 | 14 Apr 2023 | Detached | £260,000 | £280,920 |
| 88 | 31 Mar 2023 | Detached | £420,000 | £453,793 |
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 Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44A Blackthorn Drive | £145,950 (2007) | £115,000 (2025) | -1.3% | -4.2% |
| 95 Blackthorn Drive | £174,995 (2010) | £255,000 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.5% |
| 87 Blackthorn Drive | £174,995 (2009) | £238,000 (2025) | +1.9% | -1.0% |
| 54A Blackthorn Drive | £90,000 (2019) | £119,500 (2025) | +4.8% | +0.6% |
| 47 Blackthorn Drive | £173,595 (2005) | £256,000 (2024) | +2.1% | -0.8% |
| 113 Blackthorn Drive | £220,000 (2017) | £298,250 (2024) | +4.4% | +0.7% |
| 64 Blackthorn Drive | £145,950 (2007) | £125,000 (2024) | -0.9% | -3.8% |
| 85 Blackthorn Drive | £179,995 (2010) | £250,000 (2024) | +2.4% | -0.6% |
| 103 Blackthorn Drive | £200,000 (2009) | £265,000 (2024) | +1.9% | -1.1% |
| 59 Blackthorn Drive | £174,999 (2009) | £235,500 (2024) | +2.0% | -1.0% |
| 93 Blackthorn Drive | £175,000 (2009) | £240,000 (2024) | +2.1% | -0.9% |
| 144 Blackthorn Drive | £185,245 (2011) | £252,500 (2024) | +2.4% | -0.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 112 | 45.9% | £187,995 | £110,000 – £298,250 |
| Flat or maisonette | 65 | 26.6% | £115,000 | £87,000 – £147,950 |
| Detached | 34 | 13.9% | £300,000 | £194,995 – £500,000 |
| Semi-detached | 33 | 13.5% | £198,000 | £131,950 – £297,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield
64 of the sales on record are leasehold and 180 freehold — 26.2% 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 £115,000 and the median freehold sale £195,250 — a gap of +69.8%. 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 | 64 | 26.2% | £115,000 |
| Freehold | 180 | 73.8% | £195,250 |
| New build | 102 | 41.8% | £187,995 |
| Existing home | 142 | 58.2% | £179,250 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +4.9%. 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 16 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 Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Calderdale, 34.0% of 111,312 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 6.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 251 | 0.2% |
| B | 6,612 | 5.9% |
| C | 30,952 | 27.8% |
| D | 43,917 | 39.5% |
| E | 22,673 | 20.4% |
| F | 4,831 | 4.3% |
| G | 2,076 | 1.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Calderdale at £752 a month as of Jun 2026 — £545 for a one-bedroom home and £812 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £185,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.88% 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.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of HD3, 203 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 78 violent, 9 burglary, 10 vehicle-related and 11 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times busier.
Against the 206,631 residents the 2021 census counted in Calderdale, that is 0.98 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield
The 2021 census counted 206,631 residents in Calderdale across 90,476 households. 65.0% of those households own their home and 34.9% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a HD3 postcode: 7 primary, 2 secondary, 1 16 plus. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salendine Nook High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,419 |
| Royds Hall, A Share Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 853 |
| Moorlands Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 627 |
| Lindley Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 495 |
| Lindley Church of England Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | 359 |
| Reinwood Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 354 |
| Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 332 |
| Reinwood Infant and Nursery School | Primary | Academy converter | 305 |
| Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School | Primary | Foundation school | 186 |
| Huddersfield New College | 16 plus | Further education | — |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lockwood Rail Station | Rail | 2.9 km |
| Huddersfield Rail Station | Rail | 3.2 km |
| Berry Brow Rail Station | Rail | 4.4 km |
| Slaithwaite Rail Station | Rail | 4.6 km |
Section 09
How Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield sits above that national figure — +17.5%.
Within Huddersfield the street ranks 528 of 2342 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £112,500 (+64.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,870 per square metre, across 60 of the 244 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 £87,000 to £500,000. 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.
Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield sits in Calderdale, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Calderdale at 5.4 times median local earnings of £34,966 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
- New Hey Road£104,000 median
- Leymoor Road£92,000 median
- Scar Lane£85,000 median
- Stoney Lane£101,750 median
- Quarmby Road£90,000 median
- Longwood Gate£106,500 median
- Laund Road£135,000 median
- Armitage Road£82,750 median
- Wellington Street£71,000 median
- Longwood Road£72,250 median
- Prospect Road£125,000 median
- Halifax Road£110,000 median
- Royd Street£80,000 median
- Equilibrium£107,500 median
- Woodlea Avenue£164,475 median
- Victoria Street£78,200 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 95 Blackthorn Drive4 sales
- 47 Blackthorn Drive4 sales
- 103 Blackthorn Drive4 sales
- 53 Blackthorn Drive4 sales
- 87 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 54A Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 85 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 2 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 52 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 88 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 51 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 123 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 122 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 34 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 15 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 57 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 142 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 146 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 64A Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 30 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 126 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 6 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 48 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
- 130 Blackthorn Drive3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield?
The median price paid in Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield across every sale on the register is £185,000. 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 Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield?
244 sales are on record for Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield, the most recent completing on 17 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +30.7% between 2014 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -4.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £255,000, set in 2008. 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 Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield?
£1,870 per square metre, from the 60 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 17 Oct 2025. 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, “Blackthorn Drive, Huddersfield 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.