5 Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8AY
About 5 Ben Rhydding Drive
5 Ben Rhydding Drive is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Ilkley (LS29 8AY). It has a recorded floor area of 295 m² (around 3175 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.
At 295 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. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,137,000 is 30.7% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £870,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Underfloor heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
5 Ben Rhydding Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Ben Rhydding Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 5 Ben Rhydding Drive
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- 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.
£1,137,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.1% per year over 14 years.
£870,000
Growth on file: 2.1% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
28 March 2021Most recent
£870,000
+34.9%over 14 years31 January 2007
£645,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LS29 8AY: £949,000 (2024–2022).
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
£795,00025 Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8AY
Sold Apr 2022
£1,400,000
Everything we know about 5 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
5 Ben Rhydding Drive outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,949
Street avg £8,118
Floor Area
295 m²
Street avg 224 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 11.9 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.
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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