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Thinking of living at WF10 5BA? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy | Primary | 200 m | – |
| Glasshoughton Infant Academy | Primary | 650 m | – |
| Half Acres Primary Academy | Primary | 800 m | 65% met the expected standard |
| Castleford Park Junior Academy | Primary | 800 m | 61% met the expected standard |
| Castleford Academy | Secondary | 1.0 km | Attainment 8: 48.5 · 11.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 46.7 · 10.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Airedale Academy | Secondary | 2.6 km | Attainment 8: 33.8 · 2.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Ark The King's School | Secondary | 3.9 km | Attainment 8: 49.9 · 13.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Featherstone Academy | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 41.6 · 5.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Grange School | Independent | 2.0 km | – |
Every primary near WF10 5BA, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Glasshoughton Welfare Crown Green Bowls Club | 290 m | 17 |
| Football | The Glasshoughton Centre | 320 m | 7 |
| Rugby league | Castleford Tigers Sports Superstore | 820 m | 5 |
| Swimming | Swim (Castleford) | 870 m | 5 |
| Cricket | The Glasshoughton Centre | 320 m | 4 |
| Golf | Volcano Falls | 850 m | 3 |
| Tennis | Aspire@Thepark | 2.8 km | 3 |
| Skiing | Snowzone | 750 m | 2 |
| Billiards | Castleford Cue Club | 1.0 km | 2 |
| Gymnastics | Jesters Gymnastics | 3.3 km | 2 |
| Badminton | Pontefract Squash & Leisure Club | 3.4 km | 2 |
| Martial arts | Combat Base | 3.9 km | 2 |
| Trampoline | Gravity Trampoline Park | 780 m | 1 |
| Climbing | ClimbZone | 810 m | 1 |
| Ten-pin bowling | tenpin | 820 m | 1 |
| Laser tag | Laserzone | 890 m | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 26. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Glasshoughton, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 109k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Lisheen Avenue Larch Court, 100 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (routes 146, 177); 29 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Smawthorne Henry Moore Academy, a few minutes' walk (200 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Castleford Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 11.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 350 m away, with News & Food closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Henry Moore Clinic (600 m), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Hinds and Bark is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 10 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 42 restaurants and cafés and 6 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Battye's Fish and Chip Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Glasshoughton Working Mens Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 199 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Leeds Road Recreational Park, 200 m away; for exercise, The Glasshoughton Centre (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 27 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 74 km.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
41 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.
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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.