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On Flanshaw Lane, in Alverthorpe & Flanshaw
What it's like at WF2 9JQ: every home that has sold on Flanshaw 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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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 Flanshaw Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 81 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 24, Flanshaw LaneTerraced | Jul 2001 | £37,750 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26, Flanshaw LaneTerraced | Mar 2023 | £150,000 | 88 m² | £1,705/m² | 2 |
| 28, Flanshaw LaneTerraced | Dec 1999 | £45,950 | 81 m² | £567/m² | 1 |
| 30, Flanshaw LaneTerraced | Nov 2002 | £67,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 32, Flanshaw LaneTerraced | Feb 2026 | £180,000 | 86 m² | £2,093/m² | 2 |
| Flat B, 37, Flanshaw LaneFlat | Feb 2024 | £37,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat A, 37, Flanshaw LaneFlat | May 2024 | £80,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Flanshaw LaneTerraced | Feb 2024 | £165,000 | 94 m² | £1,755/m² | 4 |
| 45, Flanshaw LaneSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 2022 | £235,000 | 101 m² | £2,327/m² | 2 |
| 51, Flanshaw LaneOther · company-owned | Jun 2018 | £285,000 | – | – | 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 (1.8 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Weavers Chase, 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 104); 17 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Jerry Clay Academy (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Trinity Academy Cathedral, 2.1 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 Aldi, 400 m away, with Mill View Stores closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Alverthorpe (950 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Creations is 900 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.
Back Of The Net/Cross Bar/Top Beans/Fun Factory is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The New Albion the nearest pub (150 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 Wrenthorpe Park & Alverthorpe Meadows, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Total Fitness (1.1 km).
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.
20 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%.
19 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 9JQ →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 81 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 57 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 7 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.