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On Birchen Avenue, in Ossett West
What it's like at WF5 8HT: every home that has sold on Birchen 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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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 Birchen Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 32 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Birchen AvenueDetached | Apr 2015 | £192,000 | 89 m² | £2,157/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Birchen AvenueDetached | Aug 2013 | £153,000 | 75 m² | £2,040/m² | 1 |
| 3, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2010 | £157,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £133,000 | 61 m² | £2,180/m² | 4 |
| 5, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1996 | £62,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2005 | £124,000 | 60 m² | £2,067/m² | 2 |
| 7, Birchen AvenueDetached | Jul 2004 | £183,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £190,000 | 96 m² | £1,979/m² | 1 |
| 13, Birchen AvenueDetached | Oct 2005 | £246,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2000 | £66,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £103,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £545,000 | 240 m² | £2,271/m² | 1 |
| 19, Birchen AvenueDetached | May 2019 | £405,000 | 176 m² | £2,301/m² | 2 |
| 20, Birchen AvenueDetached | Apr 2005 | £220,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 1996 | £59,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £190,000 | 77 m² | £2,468/m² | 2 |
| 24, Birchen AvenueDetached | May 1996 | £69,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Birchen AvenueDetached | Dec 2002 | £162,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Birchen AvenueDetached | Jan 2026 | £475,000 | 136 m² | £3,493/m² | 2 |
| 30, Birchen AvenueDetached | May 1998 | £75,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Birchen AvenueDetached | May 1996 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £282,500 | 95 m² | £2,974/m² | 3 |
| 33, Birchen AvenueDetached | Aug 2025 | £266,000 | 112 m² | £2,375/m² | 2 |
| 35, Birchen AvenueDetached | Mar 1996 | £58,000 | 83 m² | £699/m² | 1 |
| 36, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £297,000 | 80 m² | £3,713/m² | 2 |
| 38, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1995 | £55,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £250,000 | 83 m² | £3,012/m² | 1 |
| 42, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £169,000 | 78 m² | £2,167/m² | 1 |
| 46, Birchen AvenueSemi-detached | May 2015 | £143,265 | 82 m² | £1,747/m² | 1 |
| 48, Birchen AvenueDetached | Apr 2013 | £225,000 | 94 m² | £2,394/m² | 1 |
| 50, Birchen AvenueDetached | Oct 2025 | £275,000 | 100 m² | £2,750/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Dewsbury, a drive away (3.1 km), with 947k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Westfield Drive, 150 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 126); 35 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 53% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 51 · 14.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Horbury Academy (2.9 km) and Trinity Academy Cathedral (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (6.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 550 m away; Candy Haus (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ossett Surgery (450 m), with Ossett Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Bank Street Barbers is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 6.3 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Kingsway Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The George the nearest pub (650 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 99 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 23% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Hazel Crescent Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Lews Fitness (950 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 22 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 58 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.
23 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 WF5 8HT →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Birchen Avenue in the last 12 months.
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.
On this street: 1 of 18 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 | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.8% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.6% | 3.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.