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On St Johns Square, in Wakefield St John's
What it's like at WF1 2QX: every home that has sold on St Johns Square 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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6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on St Johns Square; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
29 of the 64 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 5Semi-detached | Oct 1997 | £81,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3, 3, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2025 | £250,000 | 74 m² | £3,378/m² | 5 |
| Flat 4, 3, St Johns SquareFlat | Dec 2009 | £160,000 | 71 m² | £2,254/m² | 4 |
| The Garden Flat, 3, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Oct 2001 | £89,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, 3, St Johns SquareFlat | Dec 2009 | £180,000 | 61 m² | £2,951/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1a, 3, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2025 | £235,000 | 77 m² | £3,052/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1b, 3, St Johns SquareFlat | Dec 2024 | £200,000 | 53 m² | £3,774/m² | 2 |
| 4, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Jul 2026 | £199,950 | 83 m² | £2,409/m² | 6 |
| Flat 3, 5, St Johns SquareFlat | Jan 2014 | £179,000 | 120 m² | £1,492/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, 5, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | May 2026 | £230,000 | 56 m² | £4,107/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, 5, St Johns SquareFlat | Jul 2023 | £285,000 | 124 m² | £2,298/m² | 3 |
| Flat 5, 5, St Johns SquareFlat | Jul 2021 | £154,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat 1, 5, St Johns SquareFlat | Dec 2013 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 6, 5, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Mar 2023 | £265,000 | 111 m² | £2,387/m² | 1 |
| 6, St Johns SquareTerraced · company-owned | Jul 1999 | £170,000 | 354 m² | £480/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 6, St Johns SquareFlat | Jul 2021 | £148,000 | 58 m² | £2,552/m² | 3 |
| Flat 5, 6, St Johns SquareFlat | Nov 2020 | £143,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 6, St Johns SquareFlat | Aug 2020 | £144,500 | 92 m² | £1,571/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 6, St Johns SquareFlat | Jun 2022 | £143,000 | 68 m² | £2,103/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, 6, St Johns SquareFlat | Dec 2025 | £180,000 | 70 m² | £2,571/m² | 4 |
| 5, 7, St Johns SquareFlat | Jun 2005 | £120,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 3, 7, St Johns SquareFlat | Jun 2024 | £185,000 | 64 m² | £2,891/m² | 5 |
| Flat 2, 7, St Johns SquareFlat | Jul 2005 | £120,000 | 79 m² | £1,519/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 7, St Johns SquareFlat | Nov 2018 | £146,000 | 70 m² | £2,086/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 7, St Johns SquareFlat | Jul 2005 | £110,000 | 68 m² | £1,618/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 8, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £230,000 | 76 m² | £3,026/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 8, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £245,000 | 60 m² | £4,083/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, 8, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 2, 8, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £230,000 | 81 m² | £2,840/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 8, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £255,000 | 69 m² | £3,696/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, 9, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2020 | £144,000 | 102 m² | £1,412/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 9, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2025 | £220,000 | 77 m² | £2,857/m² | 3 |
| Flat 7, 9, St Johns SquareFlat · company-owned | Sept 2025 | £230,000 | 60 m² | £3,833/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 9, St Johns SquareFlat | Oct 2015 | £163,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 6, 9, St Johns SquareFlat | Dec 2018 | £176,000 | 87 m² | £2,023/m² | 3 |
| Flat 5, 9, St Johns SquareFlat | Sept 2021 | £115,000 | – | – | 6 |
| 9, St Johns SquareOther · company-owned | May 2020 | £15,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 9, St Johns SquareFlat | Dec 2020 | £162,000 | 113 m² | £1,434/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Wakefield Westgate, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Wentworth Street St Johns North, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 101); 33 departures an hour from the 11 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 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 48% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Trinity Academy Cathedral, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 48.7 · 12.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Horbury Academy (3.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (10.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Biedronka, 600 m away, with Graham Eyes High Class Butchers Ltd @ Spar closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is New Southgate Surgery (550 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Joseph Bespoke Hairdressing is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 1.4 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: 52 restaurants and cafés and 23 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Starbucks is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and College Inn the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 148 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 81 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 157 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Green, 400 m away; for exercise, Lightwaves Lesiure & Community Centre (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.3 µg/m³).
50 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 2-9 St John's Square | II | 0 m |
| Nos. 11-23 St John's Square, No. 15 Wentworth Street | II | 80 m |
| Church of St John the Baptist | II* | 100 m |
| 15a, Wentworth Street | II | 140 m |
| 5-13, WENTWORTH STREET (See details for further address information) | II | 140 m |
| Margaret Street Clinic the Cliff | II | 170 m |
| 2-24 St John's North | II* | 190 m |
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.
Wakefield and Rothwell constituency: Simon Lightwood MP (Labour (Co-op)), since June 2022. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 9,346 (23.0%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Reform UK 21%, Conservative 18%, Liberal Democrat 8%.
39 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 WF1 2QX →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 22 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 63 km.
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
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" St Johns Square in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Cleethorpes · about 81 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 56 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 44 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 88.2% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.2% | 3.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.1% | 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.