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On Wells Road, in Addingham & Ilkley Moor
What it's like at LS29 9JE: every home that has sold on Wells Road 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Wells Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 30 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 25, Wells RoadTerraced | Jul 2022 | £267,000 | 62 m² | £4,306/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27, Wells RoadTerraced | Jun 2008 | £186,000 | 61 m² | £3,049/m² | 2 |
| 29, Wells RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £160,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 31, Wells RoadTerraced | Jan 2011 | £174,000 | 62 m² | £2,806/m² | 1 |
| 33, Wells RoadTerraced | Nov 2005 | £171,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 1, Skelda Rise, Wells RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £285,000 | 81 m² | £3,519/m² | 2 |
| 3, Skelda Rise, Wells RoadTerraced | Sept 2004 | £225,000 | 82 m² | £2,744/m² | 2 |
| 5, Skelda Rise, Wells RoadTerraced | Jul 2018 | £307,000 | 83 m² | £3,699/m² | 2 |
| 7, Skelda Rise, Wells RoadTerraced | May 2026 | £325,000 | 82 m² | £3,963/m² | 2 |
| 9, Skelda Rise, Wells RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £297,000 | 83 m² | £3,578/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Skelda Grange, Wells RoadFlat | Dec 2020 | £364,000 | 154 m² | £2,364/m² | 6 |
| Flat 4, Skelda Grange, Wells RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2009 | £175,000 | 143 m² | £1,224/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, Skelda Grange, Wells RoadFlat | Jul 2014 | £335,000 | 121 m² | £2,769/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, Skelda Grange, Wells RoadFlat · company-owned | Jan 2023 | £231,000 | 85 m² | £2,718/m² | 1 |
| Whitton Lodge, Wells RoadOther | Nov 2017 | £1,031,120 | 333 m² | £3,096/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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ilkley, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 1.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Queens Road Linnburn Mews, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 961); 18 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is Ashlands Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Addingham Primary School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Ilkley Grammar School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 56.5 · 19.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Ermysted's Grammar School (11 km) and Skipton Girls' High School (11.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer - Simply Food, 250 m away; Ilkley Visitor Information Centre (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is I G Medical (400 m), with Springs Lane - Pharmacy Plus Health the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Vanilla Hair Salon is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Airedale General Hospital, 7.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Saimah's Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Olicana Bridge Club the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 38% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Addingham, Ilkley).
There are 153 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 30% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Mill Ghyll, 150 m away; for exercise, Clip 'n Climb (250 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
67 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%.
11 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 9JE →
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 15 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 70 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 54% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 36% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 49% 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Wells Road 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 22 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.2% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.3% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.6% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.7% | 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 72 min
Nearest: Tropical World · about 40 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.