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Castleford Town
What it's like at WF10 4JB: every home that has sold on the street 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Castleford, about a 5-minute walk (500 m), with 487k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is St Joseph's School, 50 m away, with a bus about every 23 minutes on weekdays (routes 141, 144); 42 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 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Castleford Academy, 100 m away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 11.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 250 m away, with Slimming World Church Hall closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Castleford Medical Practice (600 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, His & Hers Cuts is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 9.7 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: 32 restaurants and cafés and 19 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Busy Bees Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Castlefields the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (41 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 219 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 6% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 59% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 215 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Valley Gardens, 100 m away; for exercise, Neo Shoot (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 26 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 74 km.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
60 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.
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley constituency: Yvette Cooper MP (Labour), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,630 (18.4%), turnout 48%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 29%, Conservative 15%, Green Party 5%.
14 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 WF10 4JB →
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: Cleethorpes · about 71 min
Nearest: Albert Avenue Pools · about 52 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.1% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.2% | 3.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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.
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