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On Victoria Grove, in Ilkley & Ben Rhydding
What it's like at LS29 9BN: every home that has sold on Victoria Grove 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Victoria Grove; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 15 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Victoria GroveSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £243,000 | 102 m² | £2,382/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Victoria GroveSemi-detached | Sept 2011 | £221,500 | 72 m² | £3,076/m² | 3 |
| 4, Victoria GroveSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £318,000 | 78 m² | £4,077/m² | 1 |
| 5, Victoria GroveDetached | Mar 2024 | £515,000 | 127 m² | £4,055/m² | 1 |
| 7, Victoria GroveSemi-detached | Mar 2018 | £315,000 | 100 m² | £3,150/m² | 4 |
| 8, Victoria GroveDetached | Feb 2009 | £225,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Victoria GroveSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £249,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Victoria GroveSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £292,500 | 110 m² | £2,659/m² | 2 |
| 11, Victoria GroveSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £430,000 | 70 m² | £6,143/m² | 4 |
| 12, Victoria GroveSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £315,000 | 93 m² | £3,387/m² | 3 |
| 14, Victoria GroveSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £260,000 | 107 m² | £2,430/m² | 2 |
| 16, Victoria GroveDetached | May 2022 | £456,000 | 79 m² | £5,772/m² | 2 |
| 17, Victoria GroveDetached | Aug 2018 | £347,000 | 118 m² | £2,941/m² | 1 |
| 18, Victoria GroveDetached | Oct 2018 | £365,000 | 78 m² | £4,679/m² | 2 |
| 19, Victoria GroveDetached | Sept 2024 | £488,000 | 122 m² | £4,000/m² | 3 |
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 Ilkley, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 1.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Victoria Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (routes 62, 64, G21, G22); 21 departures an hour from the 11 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 All Saints' CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 82% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ilkley Grammar School, 1.8 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 Co Op, 650 m away, with Go Express closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Ilkley Skin Clinic (1.0 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, for HIM is 750 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.
Hotel Chocolat is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Ilkley Lawn Tennis And Squash Club the nearest pub (250 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 Glenwood Gardens, 600 m away; for exercise, XO Fitness (850 m).
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.
19 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.
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%.
9 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 9BN →
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" Victoria Grove in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 13 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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% | 1.0% |
| 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 | 3.0% | 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.
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.