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On Slack Lane, in Kettlethorpe & Chapelthorpe
What it's like at WF2 7SW: every home that has sold on Slack 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Slack Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 31, Slack LaneSemi-detached | May 2006 | £125,000 | 242 m² | £517/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35, Slack LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £290,000 | 128 m² | £2,266/m² | 3 |
| 37, Slack LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £335,000 | 105 m² | £3,190/m² | 3 |
| 39, Slack LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2011 | £249,950 | 84 m² | £2,976/m² | 5 |
| 41, Slack LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £248,000 | 112 m² | £2,214/m² | 5 |
| 43, Slack LaneDetached | Aug 2022 | £405,000 | 99 m² | £4,091/m² | 3 |
| 45, Slack LaneTerraced | Mar 2023 | £325,000 | 110 m² | £2,955/m² | 5 |
| 47, Slack LaneTerraced | Jun 2014 | £179,000 | 100 m² | £1,790/m² | 5 |
| 49, Slack LaneTerraced | Feb 2022 | £300,000 | 91 m² | £3,297/m² | 2 |
| 51, Slack LaneTerraced | Mar 2000 | £62,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 74, Slack LaneDetached | Mar 2003 | £340,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 76, Slack LaneDetached | Feb 2008 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 82, Slack LaneDetached | Dec 2002 | £430,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Pug Cottage, 72a, Slack LaneDetached | Oct 2006 | £494,000 | 207 m² | £2,386/m² | 2 |
| Willow Cottage, 82, Slack LaneDetached | Sept 2020 | £950,000 | – | – | 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 short drive or bike ride (2.9 km), with 202k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Hill Top Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 59, 59A); 7 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Hendal Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 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, 750 m 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 Aldi, 1.1 km away, with A K Pugal Convenience Store closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chapelthorpe (650 m), with Lo'S Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Truffles Nails & Beauty is 650 m 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.
Durkar Football Club @ is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Dam Inn the nearest pub (300 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 Newmillerdam Country Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Pugneys (2.1 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.
16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 17, 19 and 21, Mill Farm Drive | II | 110 m |
| Former barn and attached dovecote | II | 120 m |
| 72, SLACK LANE (See details for further address information) | II | 130 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.
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%.
5 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 7SW →
On this street: 0 of 10 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 | 3.8% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| 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.
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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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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.