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On Blacker Lane, in Netherton & Middlestown
What it's like at WF4 4EZ: every home that has sold on Blacker 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 Blacker Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 68 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 131, Blacker LaneDetached | Jul 2010 | £385,000 | 200 m² | £1,925/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133, Blacker LaneDetached | Sept 2003 | £322,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 134, Blacker LaneDetached | Jun 2012 | £157,000 | 59 m² | £2,661/m² | 1 |
| 136, Blacker LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2011 | £140,000 | 59 m² | £2,373/m² | 2 |
| 137, Blacker LaneDetached | Apr 2026 | £220,000 | 207 m² | £1,063/m² | 2 |
| 139, Blacker LaneDetached | Oct 2013 | £187,000 | 74 m² | £2,527/m² | 1 |
| 140, Blacker LaneTerraced | Sept 2016 | £130,000 | 71 m² | £1,831/m² | 1 |
| 143, Blacker LaneTerraced | Feb 2023 | £95,000 | 43 m² | £2,209/m² | 4 |
| 145, Blacker LaneTerraced | Jul 2021 | £81,500 | 46 m² | £1,772/m² | 1 |
| 146, Blacker LaneTerraced | Nov 2024 | £185,000 | 85 m² | £2,176/m² | 6 |
| 147, Blacker LaneTerraced | Jul 2014 | £74,000 | 43 m² | £1,721/m² | 6 |
| 148, Blacker LaneTerraced | Oct 2020 | £165,000 | 72 m² | £2,292/m² | 5 |
| 150, Blacker LaneTerraced | Jun 1996 | £52,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 152, Blacker LaneTerraced | Apr 2023 | £144,424 | 69 m² | £2,093/m² | 2 |
| 154, Blacker LaneTerraced | Mar 1997 | £56,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 154a, Blacker LaneDetached | Apr 2022 | £308,815 | 106 m² | £2,913/m² | 1 |
| 155, Blacker LaneDetached | Jan 2007 | £577,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 158, Blacker LaneDetached | Jun 2025 | £575,000 | 275 m² | £2,091/m² | 1 |
| 162, Blacker LaneDetached | Jul 2015 | £415,000 | 218 m² | £1,904/m² | 2 |
| 164, Blacker LaneDetached | Mar 2025 | £760,000 | 233 m² | £3,262/m² | 2 |
| Strands Farm, 155, Blacker LaneDetached | Mar 2020 | £750,000 | – | – | 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 drive away (5.8 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Netherton School, 250 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 231, HA1); 2 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Sitlington Netherton Junior and Infant School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Middlestown Primary Academy (0.5 km).
The nearest secondary is Horbury Academy, 2.2 km away; Attainment 8: 48.7 · 12.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Academy Cathedral (5.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (8.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op Food, 1.7 km away, with Life Style Express closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Horbury Health Centre (1.6 km), with Netherton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, TwentyOne Nails and Beauty is 1.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 8.5 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
The Engine House is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Netherton Working Mens Club the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 70 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 10 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 4% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 26% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Reid Park, 1.3 km away; for exercise, Muscle World (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 25 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 56 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Andrew | II | 180 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 WF4 4EZ →
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.
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 68 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 59 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 10 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 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.8% | 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: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 65 min
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