St Matthews Close, Leyburn house prices are built from 21 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2026 and the most recent on 6 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £203,500.
Median price paid
£203,500
Median per m²
£2,454
HM Land Registry21 sales8 with floor areaLatest sale 6 May 2026
Section 01
How St Matthews Close, Leyburn prices moved
There are too few years of sales in St Matthews Close, Leyburn to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 6 May 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 15 | 25 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £229,891 |
| 3 | 24 Oct 2023 | Detached | £385,000 | £415,977 |
| 12 | 10 Jan 2023 | Detached | £320,000 | £345,747 |
| 6 | 29 Oct 2021 | Detached | £365,000 | £461,156 |
| Leyesholme | 28 Sep 2021 | Detached | £460,000 | £581,183 |
| 7 | 5 Aug 2020 | Detached | £181,000 | £234,353 |
| 2 | 7 Jan 2015 | Detached | £265,000 | £373,650 |
| 10 | 19 Dec 2012 | Detached | £165,000 | £246,451 |
| 1 | 2 Jun 2011 | Detached | £185,000 | £283,533 |
| 4 | 14 Jul 2006 | Detached | £217,500 | £387,216 |
| 3 | 19 May 2006 | Detached | £247,500 | £440,625 |
| 9 | 18 Nov 2005 | Detached | £240,000 | £437,209 |
| 2 | 29 Oct 2003 | Detached | £203,500 | £384,631 |
| 6 | 5 Aug 2003 | Detached | £145,000 | £274,062 |
| 11 | 6 Sep 2002 | Detached | £175,000 | £337,551 |
| 9 | 1 Aug 2002 | Detached | £159,000 | £306,689 |
| 3 | 28 Mar 2001 | Detached | £109,750 | £215,226 |
| 1 | 4 Aug 2000 | Detached | £88,000 | £176,000 |
| 4 | 9 Jan 1998 | Detached | £85,000 | £176,250 |
| 12 | 27 Aug 1997 | Detached | £73,000 | £154,782 |
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 St Matthews Close, Leyburn values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 St Matthews Close | £159,000 (2002) | £375,000 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
| 3 St Matthews Close | £109,750 (2001) | £385,000 (2023) | +5.9% | +3.0% |
| 12 St Matthews Close | £73,000 (1997) | £320,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 6 St Matthews Close | £145,000 (2003) | £365,000 (2021) | +5.3% | +2.9% |
| 2 St Matthews Close | £203,500 (2003) | £265,000 (2015) | +2.2% | -0.2% |
| 1 St Matthews Close | £88,000 (2000) | £185,000 (2011) | +7.0% | +4.4% |
| 4 St Matthews Close | £85,000 (1998) | £217,500 (2006) | +12.5% | +10.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. St Matthews Close, Leyburn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 20 | 95.2% | £185,000 | £73,000 – £460,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 4.8% | £225,000 | £225,000 – £225,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in St Matthews Close, Leyburn
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 21 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 21 | 100.0% | £203,500 |
Section 07
Living in St Matthews Close, Leyburn
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 £203,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.94% 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.
No street-level crime was published for DL8 in Jun 2026. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around St Matthews Close, Leyburn
13 state and independent schools have a DL8 postcode: 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedale High School | Secondary | Community school | 555 |
| Wensleydale School | Secondary | Community school | 407 |
| Bedale Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 316 |
| Leyburn Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 200 |
| Crakehall Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 121 |
| Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 119 |
| Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 86 |
| Spennithorne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 54 |
| Hawes Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 48 |
| Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 47 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Finghall (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 4.5 km |
| Redmire (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 9.9 km |
| Bedale (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 12.7 km |
| Leeming Bar (Wensleydale Railway) | Metro or underground | 14.5 km |
Section 09
How St Matthews Close, Leyburn compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. St Matthews Close, Leyburn sits above that national figure — +29.2%.
Within Leyburn the street ranks 63 of 137 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £200,000 (+1.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,454 per square metre, across 8 of the 21 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 £73,000 to £460,000. 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.
St Matthews Close, Leyburn 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
- Dale Grove£177,500 median
- Main Street£215,000 median
- Iddison Drive£90,500 median
- Bedale Road£201,250 median
- Peirse Close£109,450 median
- Moor Road£222,500 median
- Greendale Court£148,450 median
- Brentwood£190,500 median
- Stapleton Close£140,000 median
- Ascough Wynd£150,000 median
- South End£197,000 median
- Ash Tree Close£137,850 median
- West End£179,000 median
- The Springs£161,725 median
- Station Road£238,000 median
- Parker Drive£66,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 9 St Matthews Close3 sales
- 3 St Matthews Close3 sales
- 12 St Matthews Close2 sales
- 6 St Matthews Close2 sales
- 2 St Matthews Close2 sales
- 1 St Matthews Close2 sales
- 4 St Matthews Close2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in St Matthews Close, Leyburn?
The median price paid in St Matthews Close, Leyburn across every sale on the register is £203,500. 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 St Matthews Close, Leyburn?
21 sales are on record for St Matthews Close, Leyburn, the most recent completing on 6 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
What is the price per square metre in St Matthews Close, Leyburn?
£2,454 per square metre, from the 8 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 6 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, “St Matthews Close, Leyburn 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.