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On Wheatley Lane, in Ilkley & Ben Rhydding
What it's like at LS29 8BW: every home that has sold on Wheatley Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Wheatley Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 46 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Wheatley LaneOther | Aug 2024 | £576,000 | 274 m² | £2,102/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Dec 2013 | £310,000 | 200 m² | £1,550/m² | 3 |
| 5, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Jan 2005 | £264,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Feb 2019 | £369,950 | 183 m² | £2,022/m² | 1 |
| 9, Wheatley LaneTerraced | May 2018 | £339,950 | 176 m² | £1,932/m² | 3 |
| 11, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Jan 2020 | £555,000 | 251 m² | £2,211/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, 13, Wheatley LaneOther | Nov 2016 | £152,500 | 92 m² | £1,658/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 13, Wheatley LaneFlat | Apr 2017 | £174,500 | 100 m² | £1,745/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 13, Wheatley LaneFlat | Feb 2026 | £420,000 | 223 m² | £1,883/m² | 2 |
| 15, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Apr 2021 | £364,000 | 119 m² | £3,059/m² | 2 |
| 17, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Jun 2006 | £183,000 | 47 m² | £3,894/m² | 1 |
| 19, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Mar 2019 | £292,500 | 105 m² | £2,786/m² | 1 |
| 21a, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Apr 2016 | £325,000 | 104 m² | £3,125/m² | 1 |
| 21b, Wheatley LaneTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £525,000 | 124 m² | £4,234/m² | 4 |
| 23, Wheatley LaneTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2018 | £585,000 | 202 m² | £2,896/m² | 2 |
| 25, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Dec 2023 | £510,000 | 177 m² | £2,881/m² | 3 |
| 29, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Aug 2019 | £435,000 | 184 m² | £2,364/m² | 3 |
| 31, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Sept 2006 | £299,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Oct 2016 | £340,000 | 183 m² | £1,858/m² | 1 |
| 35, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Mar 2025 | £513,500 | 186 m² | £2,761/m² | 1 |
| 37, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Jan 2016 | £357,000 | 196 m² | £1,821/m² | 1 |
| 41, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Sept 2013 | £335,000 | 168 m² | £1,994/m² | 2 |
| 43, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Oct 2015 | £328,000 | 163 m² | £2,012/m² | 2 |
| 47, Wheatley LaneTerraced | Dec 2020 | £540,000 | 201 m² | £2,687/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ben Rhydding, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 219k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Wheatley Lane, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 962, SK3); 11 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
The nearest primary school is Ben Rhydding Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ilkley Grammar School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 56.5 · 19.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Ermysted's Grammar School (13.9 km) and Skipton Girls' High School (14.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 150 m away; Furniss Butchers (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is LFW Podiatry (Chiropody) & Wellness Clinic (1.2 km), with Springs Lane - Pharmacy Plus Health the closest pharmacy (1.5 km).
For a haircut, Unique Hair Studio is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Airedale General Hospital, 9.9 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 58% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 71% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 50 restaurants and cafés and 20 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Starbucks is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Hollygarth Social Club (Wet sales) the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 40% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Ilkley, Middleton).
There are 46 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 24% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is East Holmes Field, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Nell Bank (1.2 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 12 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 70 km.
23 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Keighley and Ilkley constituency: Robbie Moore MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,625 (3.5%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Labour 37%, Reform UK 10%, Green Party 5%.
6 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near LS29 8BW →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 52% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Wheatley Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 36 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.7% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.5% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.9% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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Nearest: Morecambe South · about 77 min
Nearest: Tropical World · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.