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Town Centre Performance Report

September 2025

Footfall

September’s total footfall was 396,155 which is 3.6% lower than September 2024 which was 410,8951. The busiest day was Saturday 13th September with a footfall total of 17,058.
September’s footfall was 11.8% higher than the previous month.

September 2025 YTD footfall is 3,604,901 compared September 2024 YTD footfall at
3,651,331 a 1.3% decrease.

Vacancy Rates

21* Vacant Units   6.6% of Total Units *

2 new business opened: The Foot Company & Bini Brew
1 business closed – The Sofa Lounge

* Ground Floor Units

Ilkley Gift card

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Total gift cards purchased:  34
Value of £1,980

£1,100.24 was redeemed in September –  34 transactions were made with 19 businesses.

Discover Ilkley

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Website | Unique visitors: 2,337 | Total page views: 5,303

Top Performing page views

Homepage:636
/win/:284
/event/ilkley-flower-show/:245
/ilkley-events/:241
/food-and-drink/restaurants/:175
/creative-arts-and-culture/:113
/ilkley-business-directory/:85
/be-our-guest/:84
/discover-things-to-do-in-ilkley/:66
/shopping/:65
/event/the-yorkshire-invitational-golf-tournament/:62
/food-and-drink/cafes/:60
/ilkley-gift-card/:59
/dog-friendly-ilkley/:57
/tag/dog-friendly/:55
/walkers-are-welcome/:55
/emporio-italia/:51
/brooks-sri-lankan-tapas/:48
/ilkley-literature-festival-offers/:46
/event/healing-alternatives-festival/:38
/food-and-drink/:38
/event/disco-for-grown-ups/:33

Social Media

Facebook | Interactions: 1,5220 | Followers: 4,730 (New followers: +109 ) | 149 posts

Instagram | Interactions: 1093 | Followers: 2,816 (New followers: +24 | 47 posts