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On Dale Street, in Ossett North
What it's like at WF5 9HJ: every home that has sold on Dale 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Dale Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
10 of the 67 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 54, Dale StreetTerraced | Jul 2007 | £106,000 | 65 m² | £1,631/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56, Dale StreetTerraced | Oct 1996 | £27,000 | 63 m² | £429/m² | 1 |
| 64, Dale StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2023 | £220,000 | 97 m² | £2,268/m² | 1 |
| 66, Dale StreetTerraced | Mar 2016 | £69,000 | 45 m² | £1,533/m² | 1 |
| 68, Dale StreetTerraced | Jan 2024 | £115,000 | 45 m² | £2,556/m² | 2 |
| 72a, Dale StreetDetached | Oct 2010 | £499,950 | 250 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 72b, Dale StreetOther | Jan 2022 | £80,000 | 178 m² | £449/m² | 3 |
| 78, Dale StreetTerraced | Jun 2012 | £107,000 | 75 m² | £1,427/m² | 2 |
| 86, Dale StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2010 | £68,000 | 33 m² | £2,061/m² | 1 |
| 88, Dale StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £128,000 | 95 m² | £1,347/m² | 5 |
| Elder House, Dale StreetDetached | Jun 2010 | £400,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Elder House, 72, Dale StreetDetached | Sept 2023 | £550,000 | 262 m² | £2,099/m² | 1 |
| Lyndhurst, Dale StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 2024 | £280,000 | 130 m² | £2,154/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Dewsbury, a drive away (3.8 km), with 947k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Dale St Fire Station, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 116); 35 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 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, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 51 · 14.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Horbury Academy (3.7 km) and Trinity Academy Cathedral (4.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (6.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 500 m away, with Spurr's Quality Butchers closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ossett Surgery (450 m), with Giles & Ward Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, The Luxe Lounge is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 6.1 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: 5 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
The Recycle Yard is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Mews Hotel the nearest pub (50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Broadowler Play Area, 750 m away; for exercise, Lews Fitness (200 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 20 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 59 km.
Most households own their home, 16% 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.
45 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%.
6 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 9HJ →
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 67 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cleethorpes · about 77 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 52 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 50 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 18 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 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 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.