View May 2026 Footfall report

Total Footfall for the month was 396,568 which is 4.3% lower than May 2025 which was 414,180. The busiest day was Saturday 9th May with a footfall total of 16,016.

The average weekend footfall for May 2026 was 13,215, 5.54% lower than the previous year and the average monthly weekday footfall was 12,591, 3.86% lower than last year.

May’s footfall was 3.2% higher than April 2026 and the year to date footfall is 3.9% lower than last year.

The busiest street was The Grove but had a decrease in footfall by 1.4% compared to the previous year.

Visitor Demographics Year to date totals

• 2,431 less visitors from 0-3 Miles than the previous year or -1.9%  
• 3,552 less visitors from 3-10 Miles than the previous year  -4.3%
• 1,649 more visitors from 10-25 Miles than the previous year or +10.5%
• 881 more visitors from 25-50 Miles than the previous year  +29.6%
• 430 more visitors from 50+ Miles than the previous year  +34.7%
• 3,023 less visitors from All Distances than the previous year  -1.3%

19 Vacant Units   6% of Total Units *

1 business closed – Clayful

* Ground Floor Units

£1,561.35 was redeemed in May –  61 transactions were made with 23 businesses.

Website | Unique visitors: 3,871 | Organic Visitors: 2,686, Direct Visitors: 833 | Total page views: 7,290

Top Performing Pages
Home: 976
Events: 739
Shopping: 350
Health & Wellbeing: 177
Parking in Ilkley: 150,
Ilkley Carnival: 143
Restaurants: 121
Walkers are Welcome: 101
Cafés: 99
Pubs & Bars: 98
The Lightning Seeds Event: 97
Ilkley Live Summer Festival: 91
Mood Boosting Walk Event: 86
Craig Charles Event: 77

Social Media

Facebook | Engagement: 22,000 | Views: 346,714 | Followers: 5,565 (New followers: +159)

Instagram | Interactions: 1,661 | Views: 55,739 | Followers: 3,180 (New followers: +59)