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On Vulcan Close, in Dewsbury Central & Westborough
What it's like at WF13 2PW: every home that has sold on Vulcan Close 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 Vulcan Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Vulcan CloseTerraced | Jul 2025 | £177,000 | 98 m² | £1,806/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Vulcan CloseTerraced | Dec 2012 | £71,500 | 82 m² | £872/m² | 2 |
| 5, Vulcan CloseTerraced | Mar 2001 | £43,000 | 91 m² | £473/m² | 2 |
| 7, Vulcan CloseTerraced | Sept 2003 | £73,000 | 94 m² | £777/m² | 1 |
| 9, Vulcan CloseFlat | Mar 2016 | £59,000 | 64 m² | £922/m² | 3 |
| 15, Vulcan CloseFlat | Feb 2006 | £70,000 | 75 m² | £933/m² | 1 |
| 16, Vulcan CloseTerraced | Oct 2004 | £62,500 | 83 m² | £753/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Dewsbury, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 947k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Wormald Street, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 213); 49 departures an hour from the 25 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Eastborough Academy, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 34.8 · 4.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (2.7 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 400 m away, with Mr juicy ice creams - van S300FTY closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Calder View Surgery (200 m), with Dewsbury Health Centre Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Angel Hair Studio is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 9.6 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 27 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
The Sapphire Banqueting Hall is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Beer Street the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (26 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 266 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 35% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Dewsbury Town Centre, Northfields).
There are 67 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 42% flats and 13% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Crow Nest Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Dewsbury Sports Centre (CLOSED) (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 19 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 57 km.
54 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Railway underbridge MDL1/16, George Street | II | 150 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Dewsbury and Batley constituency: Iqbal Mohamed MP (Independent), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Ind gain from Lab, majority 6,934 (18.2%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Independent 41%, Labour 23%, Reform UK 16%, Conservative 11%.
18 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 WF13 2PW →
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's young: 22% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Kirklees since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 7 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 6 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 64.5% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 32.3% | 4.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.8% | 0.2% | 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.
Nearest: Formby · about 82 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 53 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.