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On Dewsbury Road, in Lupset
What it's like at WF2 9BZ: every home that has sold on Dewsbury Road 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). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Dewsbury Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
18 of the 160 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 185, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Jan 2005 | £50,000 | 71 m² | £704/m² | 3 |
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| 187, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Dec 2001 | £38,250 | 70 m² | £546/m² | 1 |
| 189, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Mar 2022 | £130,000 | 74 m² | £1,757/m² | 5 |
| 191, Dewsbury RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2019 | £115,000 | 79 m² | £1,456/m² | 2 |
| 193, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | May 2004 | £104,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 195, Dewsbury RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £160,000 | 86 m² | £1,860/m² | 4 |
| 197, Dewsbury RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Apr 2026 | £110,000 | 82 m² | £1,341/m² | 1 |
| 199, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Sept 2017 | £113,500 | 92 m² | £1,234/m² | 4 |
| 201, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Sept 2016 | £107,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 203, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | May 2021 | £76,000 | 100 m² | £760/m² | 2 |
| 205, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Apr 1999 | £42,500 | 97 m² | £438/m² | 1 |
| 209, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Aug 2016 | £85,000 | 94 m² | £904/m² | 1 |
| 211, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Feb 2026 | £270,000 | 181 m² | £1,492/m² | 1 |
| 213, Dewsbury RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £101,250 | 130 m² | £779/m² | 1 |
| 217, Dewsbury RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £180,000 | 99 m² | £1,818/m² | 2 |
| 219, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Dec 2022 | £178,500 | 110 m² | £1,623/m² | 3 |
| 221, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Feb 2021 | £135,000 | 104 m² | £1,298/m² | 3 |
| 225, Dewsbury RoadOther | Jan 2022 | £170,000 | 67 m² | £2,537/m² | 1 |
| 227, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Dec 2001 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 231, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Oct 2016 | £100,000 | 90 m² | £1,111/m² | 1 |
| 233, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Nov 2022 | £165,001 | 164 m² | £1,006/m² | 3 |
| 239, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Jan 1995 | £49,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 241, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £190,000 | 139 m² | £1,367/m² | 1 |
| 243, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Dec 2019 | £153,500 | 166 m² | £925/m² | 4 |
| 245, Dewsbury RoadTerraced | Jan 2019 | £162,500 | 153 m² | £1,062/m² | 3 |
| 247, Dewsbury RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £170,000 | 121 m² | £1,405/m² | 1 |
| 249, Dewsbury RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2024 | £180,000 | 89 m² | £2,022/m² | 1 |
| 251, Dewsbury RoadDetached | May 2020 | £195,000 | 149 m² | £1,309/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wakefield Westgate, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is George A Green Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 122, 268); 45 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Michael's CofE Academy, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Trinity Academy Cathedral, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 48.7 · 12.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Horbury Academy (1.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (9.6 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 300 m away, with Dewsbury Road Post Office closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lupset Health Centre (650 m), with Horbury Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Lillywhite is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 3.6 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Pickle Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Magnet the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 138 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 11% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 53% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 166 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Thornes Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, The Gym (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 23 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 61 km.
Most households own their home, 7% 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.
30 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.
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%.
25 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 9BZ →
On this street: 2 of 116 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 | 0.8% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.8% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.3% | 3.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
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 160 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cleethorpes · about 78 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.