25 Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8AY
About 25 Ben Rhydding Drive
25 Ben Rhydding Drive is a six-bedroom detached house in Ilkley (LS29 8AY). It has a recorded floor area of 318 m² (around 3423 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 318 m² the property is well over the postcode median (221 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,700,000 is 21.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 45.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,400,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
25 Ben Rhydding Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Pine - Reduce the lowest branch on the east side from 9m to 7m. T2 Sycamore - Fell T3 Sycamore - Radially reduce the east spread from 4m to 3m. T4 Sycamore - Radially reduce the east spread from 4m to 3m.
- Agent
- Keighley Tree Services
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/03694/TPO
- Mar 2011Demolition And RebuildFullIn report
Demolition of existing garage and construction of new garage with matching materials to existing dwelling
- Agent
- Russ Thornton
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/00134/HOU
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 25 Ben Rhydding Drive
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,700,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,400,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 April 2022Most recent
£1,400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LS29 8AY: £880,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in LS29 8AY
6 Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8AY
Sold Nov 2024
£11,000,0009 Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8AY
Sold Nov 2023
£880,0007 Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8AY
Sold Sept 2022
£949,0001a, Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8AY
Sold Aug 2022
£795,00012 Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8AY
Sold Sept 2021
£845,000
Everything we know about 25 Ben Rhydding Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Ben Rhydding Drive homes
25 Ben Rhydding Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,403
Street avg £8,006
Floor Area
318 m²
Street avg 222 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
22.0 t/year
Street avg 11.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bolling Road Wheatley Ln — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Ben Rhydding Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB