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On Northfield Lane, in Horbury
What it's like at WF4 5DW: every home that has sold on Northfield 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Northfield Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 60 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Northfield LaneDetached | May 2017 | £200,000 | 117 m² | £1,709/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Northfield LaneFlat | May 2023 | £775,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Beautiful Fireside Designs, Northfield LaneDetached | Jan 2006 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Wakefield Westgate, a drive away (3.8 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Horbury WMC, 100 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 126, 116, 120, 120A); 49 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Horbury Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 78% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Horbury Academy, 250 m away; Attainment 8: 48.7 · 12.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Academy Cathedral (2.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (9.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op Food, 500 m away, with Lockwood's Convenience Store closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Orchard Croft (200 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, The Beauty Spa is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 5.5 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Cluntergate Centre is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Horbury Working Members Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 95 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Carr Lodge Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Muscle World (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 59 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% 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.
42 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Northfield Lane | II | 70 m |
| Hall Croft, Horbury Working Mens Club | II | 140 m |
| Grove House | 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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 5DW →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 60 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 45 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.3% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 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 82 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 57 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.