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On Ashleigh Avenue, in Alverthorpe & Flanshaw
What it's like at WF2 9DA: every home that has sold on Ashleigh Avenue 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Ashleigh Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 25 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £292,000 | 124 m² | £2,355/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2005 | £163,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | May 2017 | £193,000 | 113 m² | £1,708/m² | 2 |
| 9, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £271,000 | 106 m² | £2,557/m² | 2 |
| 11, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £172,950 | 87 m² | £1,988/m² | 2 |
| 12, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2012 | £157,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | May 2023 | £308,000 | 105 m² | £2,933/m² | 2 |
| 16, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £195,000 | 103 m² | £1,893/m² | 2 |
| 18, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £197,000 | 104 m² | £1,894/m² | 4 |
| 19, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £220,000 | 104 m² | £2,115/m² | 2 |
| 20, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £207,000 | 129 m² | £1,605/m² | 4 |
| 25, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £245,000 | 98 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 26, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £116,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £220,000 | 139 m² | £1,583/m² | 6 |
| 28, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2000 | £75,000 | 103 m² | £728/m² | 1 |
| 29, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £193,000 | 120 m² | £1,608/m² | 2 |
| 30, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 1999 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 1995 | £74,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £195,000 | 119 m² | £1,639/m² | 1 |
| 33, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £195,000 | 57 m² | £3,421/m² | 1 |
| 35, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | May 2021 | £200,000 | 88 m² | £2,273/m² | 3 |
| 36, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £97,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 37, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £278,500 | 127 m² | £2,193/m² | 2 |
| 38, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2011 | £155,000 | 110 m² | £1,409/m² | 1 |
| 39, Ashleigh AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £140,000 | 94 m² | £1,489/m² | 1 |
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 (1.6 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 16 minutes on weekdays (route 268); 39 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Michael's CofE Academy, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Jerry Clay Academy (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Trinity Academy Cathedral, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 48.7 · 12.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Horbury Academy (3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (9.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 150 m away; Dewsbury Road Post Office (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Homestead (800 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Lillywhite is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 2.8 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: 6 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Pickle Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Alverthorpe Working Mens Club the nearest pub (700 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 16% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Thornes Park, 1.5 km away; for exercise, The Gym (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 22 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 62 km.
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.
21 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%.
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 WF2 9DA →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
On this street: 0 of 19 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 | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.0% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.2% | 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.
Nearest: Cleethorpes · about 79 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 54 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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 25 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.