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On Raikes Lane, in Birstall
What it's like at WF17 9QU: every home that has sold on Raikes Lane 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Raikes Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 73 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 18, Raikes LaneDetached | Dec 2020 | £430,000 | 104 m² | £4,135/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20, Raikes LaneTerraced | Mar 2025 | £125,000 | 62 m² | £2,016/m² | 1 |
| 22, Raikes LaneTerraced | Dec 2025 | £125,000 | 56 m² | £2,232/m² | 4 |
| 24, Raikes LaneTerraced | Jun 2006 | £117,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Raikes LaneTerraced | Jun 2006 | £117,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Raikes LaneTerraced | Dec 2025 | £172,500 | 69 m² | £2,500/m² | 4 |
| 36, Raikes LaneTerraced | Apr 2015 | £180,000 | 148 m² | £1,216/m² | 1 |
| 40, Raikes LaneTerraced | Apr 2021 | £127,500 | 80 m² | £1,594/m² | 1 |
| 42, Raikes LaneTerraced | Jul 2024 | £168,000 | 67 m² | £2,507/m² | 6 |
| 44, Raikes LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £160,000 | 65 m² | £2,462/m² | 2 |
| 48, Raikes LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £118,000 | 68 m² | £1,735/m² | 2 |
| 50, Raikes LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £55,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 52a, Raikes LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £181,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 60, Raikes LaneTerraced | Nov 2024 | £194,950 | 92 m² | £2,119/m² | 3 |
| 62, Raikes LaneTerraced | May 2012 | £125,000 | 107 m² | £1,168/m² | 1 |
| 68, Raikes LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £202,000 | 122 m² | £1,656/m² | 3 |
| Hill View, 54, Raikes LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £185,000 | 114 m² | £1,623/m² | 2 |
| Hill View, 54a, Raikes LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £225,000 | 113 m² | £1,991/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Batley, a drive away (3.9 km), with 227k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Foxglove Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 281, AL6, AL7); 14 departures an hour from the 8 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 St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior, Infant and Early Years School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 83% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Batley Girls' High School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 46.9 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Farnley Academy (5.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (3.1 km) and The Crossley Heath School (14.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Nisa Local, 450 m away, with MP Fit Gym closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blackburn Rd.Medical Ctr. (600 m), with Winer Chemist the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Trim it is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Leeds General Infirmary, 10 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 24 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Ellie Flynn is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Bronte Lounge the nearest pub (450 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 111 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Oakwell Country Park, 650 m away; for exercise, MPGyms (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 15 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 59 km.
44 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highfield Farmhouse and Cottage | II* | 170 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.
Spen Valley constituency: Kim Leadbeater MP (Labour), since July 2021. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 6,188 (15.1%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 39%, Reform UK 24%, Conservative 24%, Green Party 6%.
11 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 WF17 9QU →
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
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.
On this street: 0 of 58 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.6% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.9% | 4.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
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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 73 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Formby · about 77 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 46 min
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