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On Nell Gap Lane, in Netherton & Middlestown
What it's like at WF4 4QU: every home that has sold on Nell Gap 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.
Sales and extensions on Nell Gap Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 57 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 140, Nell Gap LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £180,000 | 76 m² | £2,368/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142, Nell Gap LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £66,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 148, Nell Gap LaneOther | Sept 2024 | £79,500 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ravensthorpe, a drive away (4.4 km), with 31k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Green Lane, 100 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 232, HA1, 232S); 5 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Middlestown Primary Academy, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 86% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 43.6 · 7.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Horbury Academy (3.4 km) and 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 Mullaco Dewsbury Supermarket, 3.0 km away, with Overton Convenience closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Middlestown (500 m), with Middlestown Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, 133 By El is 2.3 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.
Seed Room Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Black Swan the nearest pub (150 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 Thornhill Rectory Park, 1.9 km away; for exercise, Overthorpe Park (2.2 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.
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.
10 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.
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%.
7 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 4QU →
On this street: 0 of 42 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.9% | 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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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 57 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.