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On Marston Walk, in Altofts
What it's like at WF6 2SG: every home that has sold on Marston Walk 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.
Sales and extensions on Marston Walk; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 20 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Marston WalkFlat | Feb 2019 | £50,000 | 30 m² | £1,667/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Marston WalkFlat | Nov 2002 | £68,000 | 45 m² | £1,511/m² | 3 |
| 3, Marston WalkFlat | Jul 2021 | £45,000 | 33 m² | £1,364/m² | 2 |
| 4, Marston WalkTerraced | Oct 2013 | £87,500 | 46 m² | £1,902/m² | 4 |
| 6, Marston WalkDetached | Dec 2001 | £77,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Marston WalkSemi-detached | Oct 2000 | £52,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Marston WalkSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £273,000 | 54 m² | £5,056/m² | 4 |
| 9, Marston WalkSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £173,000 | 51 m² | £3,392/m² | 2 |
| 10, Marston WalkDetached | Mar 2006 | £162,500 | 98 m² | £1,658/m² | 2 |
| 11, Marston WalkSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2014 | £97,000 | 45 m² | £2,156/m² | 6 |
| 12, Marston WalkDetached | Jul 1999 | £66,750 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Marston WalkSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £180,000 | 69 m² | £2,609/m² | 5 |
| 19, Marston WalkSemi-detached | Sept 2008 | £138,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 21, Marston WalkDetached | Sept 2008 | £172,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 23, Marston WalkDetached | Aug 2011 | £129,000 | 66 m² | £1,955/m² | 5 |
| 25, Marston WalkSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £172,000 | 63 m² | £2,730/m² | 2 |
| 27, Marston WalkSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £76,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 29, Marston WalkSemi-detached | May 2001 | £51,950 | 52 m² | £999/m² | 1 |
| 31, Marston WalkSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £169,000 | 62 m² | £2,726/m² | 2 |
| 33, Marston WalkDetached | Nov 2014 | £165,000 | 78 m² | £2,115/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Normanton, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 202k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Church Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (routes 147, 157, TK2); 14 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Martin Frobisher Infant School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Outwood Academy Freeston, 2.3 km away; Attainment 8: 44.6 · 10.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Oulton Academy (3.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 1.5 km away, with Upper Altofts Post Office closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Patience Lane Surgery (600 m), with M&A Pharmacies the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, TK Nails & Spa is 1.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 4.4 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Horse & Jockey is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Tarn 51 Brewery the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Newland Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Normanton Leisure (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 23 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 69 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% 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.
14 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.
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley constituency: Yvette Cooper MP (Labour), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,630 (18.4%), turnout 48%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 29%, Conservative 15%, Green Party 5%.
10 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 WF6 2SG →
On this street: 0 of 12 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 | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.8% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.2% | 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 73 min
Nearest: Albert Avenue Pools · about 54 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 20 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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