West Road, Skipton house prices are built from 126 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2003 and the most recent on 26 Aug 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £176,000. Across the 17 years from 2007 to 2024 the median moved -24.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -54.4%.
Median price paid
£176,000
Change in cash, 2007–2024
-24.6%
Change in real terms
-54.4%
Median per m²
£1,934
HM Land Registry126 sales31 with floor areaLatest sale 26 Aug 2025
Section 01
How West Road, Skipton prices moved
The chart tracks the median West Road, Skipton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2003 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 | £179,950 | £327,816 |
| 2010s | 2 | £190,250 | £268,253 |
| 2020s | 2 | £147,000 | £150,196 |
The highest yearly median on record for West Road, Skipton is £196,750 in 2017; the lowest is £123,750 in 2003. Across the full 22-year record the cash median has moved from £123,750 to £147,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £233,897, so the real change over the whole record is -33.9% — about -1.95% 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: -24.6% in cash against -54.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 39 Carleton Mill | 26 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £240,109 |
| Apartment 3 Carleton Mill | 24 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £173,696 |
| Apartment 2 Carleton Mill | 22 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | £226,231 |
| Apartment 16 Carleton Mill | 22 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £147,000 | £154,679 |
| Apartment 21 Carleton Mill | 9 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £126,000 | £132,582 |
| Apartment 37 Carleton Mill | 16 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £242,000 | £254,642 |
| Apartment 18 Carleton Mill | 2 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £142,052 |
| Apartment 45 Carleton Mill | 22 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £221,500 | £239,322 |
| Apartment 47 Carleton Mill | 15 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £243,303 |
| Apartment 37 Carleton Mill | 19 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | £249,096 |
| Apartment 36 Carleton Mill | 29 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £222,000 | £257,206 |
| Apartment 27 Carleton Mill | 28 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £217,000 | £274,167 |
| Apartment 52 Carleton Mill | 22 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £232,000 | £293,118 |
| Apartment 39 Carleton Mill | 23 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £246,371 |
| 5 | 16 Jul 2021 | Semi-detached | £216,250 | £273,219 |
| Apartment 24 Carleton Mill | 18 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £151,613 |
| Apartment 11 Carleton Mill | 2 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £128,000 | £161,720 |
| Apartment 21 Carleton Mill | 11 Jan 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £157,930 |
| Apartment 51 Carleton Mill | 14 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £192,500 | £249,242 |
| Apartment 1 Carleton Mill | 11 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £192,000 | £251,132 |
| Apartment 15 Carleton Mill | 18 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £163,497 |
| Apartment 2 Carleton Mill | 1 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £248,516 |
| 5 | 25 Apr 2019 | Semi-detached | £186,500 | £243,938 |
| Apartment 19 Carleton Mill | 31 Aug 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £118,500 | £157,925 |
| Apartment 34 Carleton Mill | 18 Jun 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £253,214 |
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 West Road, Skipton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 39 CARLETON MILL West Road | £130,000 (2013) | £235,000 (2025) | +5.1% | +2.0% |
| APARTMENT 2 CARLETON MILL West Road | £159,950 (2003) | £215,000 (2024) | +1.4% | -1.4% |
| APARTMENT 16 CARLETON MILL West Road | £125,000 (2003) | £147,000 (2024) | +0.8% | -2.0% |
| APARTMENT 21 CARLETON MILL West Road | £135,000 (2006) | £126,000 (2024) | -0.4% | -3.3% |
| APARTMENT 37 CARLETON MILL West Road | £215,000 (2005) | £242,000 (2024) | +0.6% | -2.2% |
| APARTMENT 18 CARLETON MILL West Road | £115,000 (2003) | £135,000 (2024) | +0.8% | -2.0% |
| APARTMENT 45 CARLETON MILL West Road | £159,000 (2010) | £221,500 (2023) | +2.6% | -0.5% |
| APARTMENT 47 CARLETON MILL West Road | £230,500 (2017) | £210,000 (2022) | -1.8% | -5.0% |
| APARTMENT 36 CARLETON MILL West Road | £215,000 (2005) | £222,000 (2022) | +0.2% | -2.4% |
| APARTMENT 27 CARLETON MILL West Road | £205,000 (2004) | £217,000 (2021) | +0.3% | -1.9% |
| APARTMENT 52 CARLETON MILL West Road | £275,000 (2007) | £232,000 (2021) | -1.2% | -3.4% |
| 5 West Road | £94,000 (2004) | £216,250 (2021) | +5.0% | +2.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. West Road, Skipton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 108 | 85.7% | £177,000 | £99,950 – £285,000 |
| Terraced | 11 | 8.7% | £100,000 | £45,000 – £205,000 |
| Semi-detached | 4 | 3.2% | £186,500 | £148,000 – £320,000 |
| Detached | 3 | 2.4% | £290,000 | £213,000 – £395,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in West Road, Skipton
108 of the sales on record are leasehold and 18 freehold — 85.7% 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 £177,250 and the median freehold sale £165,000 — a gap of -6.9%. 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 | 108 | 85.7% | £177,250 |
| Freehold | 18 | 14.3% | £165,000 |
| New build | 34 | 27.0% | £186,250 |
| Existing home | 92 | 73.0% | £172,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +8.3%. 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 1 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 West Road, Skipton
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 £176,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.71% 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 BD23 in Jun 2026 by North Yorkshire. 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 West Road, Skipton
25 state and independent schools have a BD23 postcode: 18 primary, 4 secondary, 2 nursery, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skipton Girls' High School | Secondary | Academy converter | 862 |
| Ermysted's Grammar School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 836 |
| The Skipton Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 736 |
| Upper Wharfedale School | Secondary | Community school | 351 |
| Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 221 |
| Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 215 |
| Greatwood Community Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 208 |
| St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 148 |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 140 |
| Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 120 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Gargrave Rail Station | Rail | 3.6 km |
| Skipton Rail Station | Rail | 4.3 km |
| Embsay (Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway) | Metro or underground | 4.6 km |
| Cononley Rail Station | Rail | 8.8 km |
Section 09
How West Road, Skipton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. West Road, Skipton sits above that national figure — +11.7%.
Within Skipton the street ranks 275 of 547 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £162,000 (+8.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,934 per square metre, across 31 of the 126 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 £45,000 to £395,000. 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.
West Road, Skipton 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
- Moorview Way£165,000 median
- Broughton Road£148,125 median
- Main Street£175,000 median
- Keighley Road£105,000 median
- Burnside Crescent£129,725 median
- Castle Street£115,000 median
- Clitheroe Street£110,000 median
- Brook Street£125,000 median
- Hurrs Road£175,000 median
- Otley Road£165,000 median
- Raikes Road£162,500 median
- Church Street£175,000 median
- Skipton Road£197,625 median
- Greatwood Avenue£99,250 median
- Regent Drive£206,500 median
- Westmoreland Street£116,750 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- APARTMENT 2, CARLETON MILL West Road5 sales
- APARTMENT 1, CARLETON MILL West Road5 sales
- APARTMENT 52, CARLETON MILL West Road4 sales
- 5 West Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 19, CARLETON MILL West Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 9, CARLETON MILL West Road4 sales
- 4 West Road4 sales
- PLOT 12, CARLETON MILL West Road4 sales
- APARTMENT 39, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 16, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 21, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 37, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 18, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 36, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 11, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 15, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 34, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- 6 West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 33, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 4, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 40, CARLETON MILL West Road3 sales
- 2 West Road3 sales
- APARTMENT 45, CARLETON MILL West Road2 sales
- APARTMENT 47, CARLETON MILL West Road2 sales
Back to Skipton house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in West Road, Skipton?
The median price paid in West Road, Skipton across every sale on the register is £176,000. 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 West Road, Skipton?
126 sales are on record for West Road, Skipton, the most recent completing on 26 Aug 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have West Road, Skipton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -24.6% between 2007 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -54.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were West Road, Skipton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £196,750, set in 2017. 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 West Road, Skipton?
£1,934 per square metre, from the 31 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 26 Aug 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, “West Road, Skipton 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.