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On Grove Street, in Ossett West
What it's like at WF5 8LP: every home that has sold on Grove Street 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 Grove Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 25 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Grove StreetSemi-detached | Apr 2012 | £108,000 | 65 m² | £1,662/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Grove StreetDetached | Aug 2001 | £85,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Grove StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £116,000 | 65 m² | £1,785/m² | 2 |
| 6, Grove StreetTerraced | Nov 2025 | £190,000 | 91 m² | £2,088/m² | 4 |
| 7, Grove StreetTerraced | Jul 2007 | £123,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 8, Grove StreetTerraced | Jan 2016 | £130,000 | 110 m² | £1,182/m² | 3 |
| 9, Grove StreetTerraced | Jun 2024 | £152,000 | 66 m² | £2,303/m² | 3 |
| 13, Grove StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £119,000 | 67 m² | £1,776/m² | 1 |
| 14, Grove StreetTerraced | Aug 2003 | £85,000 | 65 m² | £1,308/m² | 2 |
| 15, Grove StreetSemi-detached | May 2016 | £148,000 | 96 m² | £1,542/m² | 3 |
| 16, Grove StreetTerraced | Jul 2006 | £125,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Grove StreetSemi-detached | Jun 1998 | £34,950 | 59 m² | £592/m² | 1 |
| 19, Grove StreetTerraced | Oct 2002 | £60,000 | 66 m² | £909/m² | 3 |
| 20, Grove StreetDetached | Nov 2022 | £265,000 | 106 m² | £2,500/m² | 5 |
| 21, Grove StreetTerraced | Mar 2018 | £123,000 | 76 m² | £1,618/m² | 2 |
| 22, Grove StreetTerraced | Dec 2024 | £173,500 | 66 m² | £2,629/m² | 4 |
| 23, Grove StreetTerraced | Dec 2016 | £138,000 | 66 m² | £2,091/m² | 3 |
| 25, Grove StreetTerraced | Apr 2008 | £140,000 | 67 m² | £2,090/m² | 6 |
| 26, Grove StreetTerraced | May 2013 | £102,000 | 64 m² | £1,594/m² | 3 |
| 27, Grove StreetTerraced | Sept 1997 | £39,500 | 65 m² | £608/m² | 1 |
| 28, Grove StreetTerraced | Aug 2015 | £114,000 | 66 m² | £1,727/m² | 1 |
| 29, Grove StreetTerraced | Jun 2001 | £49,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Grove StreetTerraced | Dec 2015 | £90,000 | 61 m² | £1,475/m² | 1 |
| 31, Grove StreetTerraced | Oct 2023 | £174,995 | 76 m² | £2,303/m² | 4 |
| Grove Cottage, Grove StreetDetached | Apr 2004 | £227,500 | – | – | 1 |
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 (4.1 km), with 947k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Healey Road South St, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 120, 120A); 18 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (150 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College, 400 m 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 Iceland, 700 m away, with Slimming World closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Footprints Chiropody Clinic (650 m), with As Carlton the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Annabells is 400 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.
Ossett War Memorial Community Centre is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Ossett Cricket And Athletic Club the nearest pub (350 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 Illingworth Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Lews Fitness (1.1 km).
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.
34 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%.
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 WF5 8LP →
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: 0 of 20 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 89.9% | 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.
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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 25 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.