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On Almshouse Lane, in Kettlethorpe & Chapelthorpe
What it's like at WF2 7ST: every home that has sold on Almshouse 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Almshouse Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 32 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Almshouse LaneDetached | Apr 2026 | £510,000 | 212 m² | £2,406/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Almshouse LaneDetached | Dec 2016 | £292,000 | 67 m² | £4,358/m² | 3 |
| 17, Almshouse LaneOther | Jan 2025 | £760,000 | 174 m² | £4,368/m² | 2 |
| 19, Almshouse LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £186,000 | 59 m² | £3,153/m² | 3 |
| 21, Almshouse LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £170,000 | 63 m² | £2,698/m² | 4 |
| 24, Almshouse LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2004 | £162,000 | 57 m² | £2,842/m² | 4 |
| 26, Almshouse LaneTerraced | Mar 2003 | £94,995 | 66 m² | £1,439/m² | 1 |
| 27, Almshouse LaneTerraced | Jul 2026 | £300,000 | 93 m² | £3,226/m² | 3 |
| 28, Almshouse LaneTerraced | Jan 2016 | £50,000 | 87 m² | £575/m² | 2 |
| 30, Almshouse LaneTerraced | Sept 2024 | £220,000 | 67 m² | £3,284/m² | 5 |
| 31, Almshouse LaneSemi-detached | Nov 1997 | £56,000 | 111 m² | £505/m² | 1 |
| 32, Almshouse LaneTerraced | Nov 2017 | £185,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 33, Almshouse LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £189,500 | 74 m² | £2,561/m² | 2 |
| 34, Almshouse LaneTerraced | Jun 1997 | £66,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Almshouse LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £89,695 | 73 m² | £1,229/m² | 3 |
| 39, Almshouse LaneDetached | May 2016 | £440,000 | 122 m² | £3,607/m² | 3 |
| 42, Almshouse LaneDetached | Nov 2022 | £650,000 | 167 m² | £3,892/m² | 1 |
| 44, Almshouse LaneTerraced | Dec 2016 | £200,000 | 76 m² | £2,632/m² | 2 |
| 46, Almshouse LaneTerraced | Apr 2015 | £257,400 | 131 m² | £1,965/m² | 3 |
| 48, Almshouse LaneDetached | Mar 2021 | £498,000 | 144 m² | £3,458/m² | 4 |
| 52, Almshouse LaneDetached | Apr 2015 | £170,000 | 84 m² | £2,024/m² | 4 |
| 55, Almshouse LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 62, Almshouse LaneDetached | Nov 2016 | £190,000 | 107 m² | £1,776/m² | 1 |
| 64, Almshouse LaneDetached | Jul 2006 | £395,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 66, Almshouse LaneTerraced | Dec 2018 | £415,000 | 125 m² | £3,320/m² | 1 |
| 68, Almshouse LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £372,500 | 187 m² | £1,992/m² | 1 |
| 75a, Almshouse LaneDetached | Feb 2003 | £245,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 77, Almshouse LaneDetached | Aug 2023 | £680,000 | 186 m² | £3,656/m² | 3 |
| 79, Almshouse LaneDetached | Oct 2024 | £585,000 | 170 m² | £3,441/m² | 1 |
| 81, Almshouse LaneDetached | Nov 2012 | £246,000 | 140 m² | £1,757/m² | 2 |
| 83, Almshouse LaneDetached | Aug 2013 | £81,959 | 269 m² | £305/m² | 1 |
| 85, Almshouse LaneDetached | Oct 2020 | £925,000 | 275 m² | £3,364/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Sandal & Agbrigg, a drive away (3.5 km), with 202k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Hotel St Pierre, 150 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 59, 59A); 11 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Hendal Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (900 m); 51% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Kettlethorpe High School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 46.9 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Horbury Academy (3.4 km) and Trinity Academy Cathedral (3.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (12.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 1.7 km away, with The Campus Shop closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chapelthorpe (1.0 km), with Lo'S Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Pure Hair and Beauty is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 6.2 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
La Fortezza is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Fox and Hounds the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 101 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 19% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Woodyard, 750 m away; for exercise, Pugneys (2.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 27 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 60 km.
Most households own their home, 10% 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.
10 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.
Ossett and Denby Dale constituency: Jade Botterill MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,542 (10.4%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 39%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 5%.
1 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 WF2 7ST →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Wakefield 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 32 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 27 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 3.8% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.4% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.9% | 3.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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.
Nearest: Cleethorpes · about 84 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 59 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.