Valley Drive, Ilkley house prices are built from 190 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 27 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £249,950. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +17.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -15.0%.
Median price paid
£249,950
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+17.4%
Change in real terms
-15.0%
Median per m²
£3,375
HM Land Registry190 sales65 with floor areaLatest sale 27 May 2026
Section 01
How Valley Drive, Ilkley prices moved
The chart tracks the median Valley Drive, Ilkley 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 | £69,000 | £153,213 |
| 2000s | 5 | £154,625 | £281,681 |
| 2010s | 6 | £260,000 | £366,600 |
| 2020s | 5 | £306,975 | £313,648 |
The highest yearly median on record for Valley Drive, Ilkley is £335,000 in 2020; the lowest is £60,000 in 2001. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £74,000 to £306,975.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £160,523, so the real change over the whole record is +95.4% — about +2.34% 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: +17.4% in cash against -15.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 Emmandjay Court | 27 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £189,950 | £189,950 |
| 8 Emmandjay Court | 22 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 26 Emmandjay Court | 19 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 38 | 14 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £424,022 |
| 21 Emmandjay Court | 31 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £60,000 | £61,304 |
| 83 | 26 Sep 2025 | Detached | £557,000 | £569,109 |
| 32 | 15 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £610,000 | £623,261 |
| 86 | 9 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £539,950 | £551,688 |
| 7 Emmandjay Court | 6 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £299,950 | £306,471 |
| 56 Emmandjay Court | 29 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| 35 | 22 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £314,000 | £320,826 |
| 75 | 26 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £168,587 |
| 30 | 24 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £252,625 | £258,117 |
| 71 | 18 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £149,950 | £157,783 |
| 108 | 30 May 2024 | Terraced | £565,000 | £594,515 |
| 82 | 23 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £418,000 | £439,836 |
| 23 Emmandjay Court | 2 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £309,950 | £326,141 |
| 6 Emmandjay Court | 11 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £299,950 | £324,084 |
| 92 | 20 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £480,000 | £518,621 |
| 26 Emmandjay Court | 19 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £299,950 | £324,084 |
| 48 Emmandjay Court | 29 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £319,950 | £345,693 |
| 25 | 5 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £421,379 |
| 22 Emmandjay Court | 25 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £307,931 |
| 23 | 27 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £360,000 | £388,966 |
| 55 Emmandjay Court | 16 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £349,950 | £405,447 |
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 Valley Drive, Ilkley values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive | £217,500 (2018) | £189,950 (2026) | -1.7% | -5.1% |
| 8 EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive | £245,950 (2014) | £230,000 (2026) | -0.6% | -3.5% |
| 26 EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive | £263,200 (2014) | £265,000 (2026) | +0.1% | -2.9% |
| 38 Valley Drive | £248,500 (2005) | £415,000 (2025) | +2.6% | -0.3% |
| 21 EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive | £219,950 (2019) | £60,000 (2025) | -19.5% | -22.7% |
| 83 Valley Drive | £280,000 (2014) | £557,000 (2025) | +6.5% | +3.2% |
| 86 Valley Drive | £196,000 (2022) | £539,950 (2025) | +40.2% | +34.4% |
| 7 EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive | £305,950 (2013) | £299,950 (2025) | -0.2% | -3.1% |
| 56 EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive | £266,900 (2016) | £250,000 (2025) | -0.7% | -4.1% |
| 35 Valley Drive | £60,000 (2001) | £314,000 (2025) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 71 Valley Drive | £42,500 (2002) | £149,950 (2024) | +5.9% | +3.0% |
| 108 Valley Drive | £128,000 (1998) | £565,000 (2024) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Valley Drive, Ilkley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 87 | 45.8% | £190,000 | £42,500 – £610,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 79 | 41.6% | £259,200 | £22,000 – £349,950 |
| Terraced | 14 | 7.4% | £337,500 | £128,000 – £565,000 |
| Detached | 10 | 5.3% | £335,000 | £76,500 – £557,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Valley Drive, Ilkley
88 of the sales on record are leasehold and 102 freehold — 46.3% 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 £256,500 and the median freehold sale £230,000 — a gap of -10.3%. 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 | 88 | 46.3% | £256,500 |
| Freehold | 102 | 53.7% | £230,000 |
| New build | 44 | 23.2% | £263,075 |
| Existing home | 146 | 76.8% | £220,250 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +19.4%. 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 4 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 Valley Drive, Ilkley
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bradford, 33.4% of 286,120 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 422 | 0.1% |
| B | 18,442 | 6.4% |
| C | 76,666 | 26.8% |
| D | 115,020 | 40.2% |
| E | 60,186 | 21.0% |
| F | 10,848 | 3.8% |
| G | 4,536 | 1.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bradford at £750 a month as of Jun 2026 — £553 for a one-bedroom home and £814 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £249,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 3.60% 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 LS29, 31 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 10 violent, 3 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 3 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 5.4 times quieter.
Against the 546,412 residents the 2021 census counted in Bradford, that is 0.06 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 Valley Drive, Ilkley
The 2021 census counted 546,412 residents in Bradford across 209,867 households. 62.2% of those households own their home and 37.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a LS29 postcode: 8 primary, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilkley Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 2,219 |
| St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,211 |
| Menston Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 398 |
| Burley Oaks Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 393 |
| All Saints' CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 330 |
| Ashlands Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 266 |
| Burley and Woodhead CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 206 |
| Addingham Primary School | Primary | Community school | 192 |
| Ben Rhydding Primary School | Primary | Community school | 190 |
| The Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 118 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Rhydding Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
| Ilkley Rail Station | Rail | 1.7 km |
| Burley-in-Wharfedale Rail Station | Rail | 3.2 km |
| Menston Rail Station | Rail | 5.1 km |
Section 09
How Valley Drive, Ilkley compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Valley Drive, Ilkley sits above that national figure — +58.7%.
Within Ilkley the street ranks 312 of 623 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £225,000 (+11.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,375 per square metre, across 65 of the 190 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 £22,000 to £610,000. 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.
Valley Drive, Ilkley sits in Bradford, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bradford at 5.2 times median local earnings of £35,213 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
- Main Street£184,000 median
- Skipton Road£215,000 median
- Ben Rhydding Drive£375,000 median
- Bradford Road£220,000 median
- Leeds Road£182,250 median
- West Terrace£137,500 median
- Grove Road£357,500 median
- Springs Lane£138,500 median
- Bolling Road£187,500 median
- Kings Road£292,000 median
- Jackson Walk£161,750 median
- Parish Ghyll Road£192,000 median
- Crossbeck Road£198,500 median
- Railway Road£273,499 median
- Station Road£208,000 median
- Clifford Drive£157,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 71 Valley Drive5 sales
- 92 Valley Drive5 sales
- 65 Valley Drive5 sales
- 35 Valley Drive4 sales
- 96 Valley Drive4 sales
- 53 Valley Drive4 sales
- 22A Valley Drive4 sales
- 8, EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive3 sales
- 26, EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive3 sales
- 38 Valley Drive3 sales
- 83 Valley Drive3 sales
- 108 Valley Drive3 sales
- 22, EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive3 sales
- 15, EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive3 sales
- 14, EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive3 sales
- 24, EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive3 sales
- 114 Valley Drive3 sales
- 28, EMMANDJAY COURT Valley Drive3 sales
- 46A Valley Drive3 sales
- 29 Valley Drive3 sales
- 4 Valley Drive3 sales
- 9 Valley Drive3 sales
- 55 Valley Drive3 sales
- 74 Valley Drive3 sales
Back to Ilkley house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Valley Drive, Ilkley?
The median price paid in Valley Drive, Ilkley across every sale on the register is £249,950. 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 Valley Drive, Ilkley?
190 sales are on record for Valley Drive, Ilkley, the most recent completing on 27 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Valley Drive, Ilkley house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +17.4% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -15.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Valley Drive, Ilkley house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £335,000, 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 Valley Drive, Ilkley?
£3,375 per square metre, from the 65 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 27 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, “Valley Drive, Ilkley 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.