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Thinking of living on Greenhill Road? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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26 crimes recorded on Greenhill Road in the last 12 months. The street →
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill | Primary | 100 m | 57% met the expected standard |
| Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School | Primary | 200 m | 60% met the expected standard |
| St Austin's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 300 m | 51% met the expected standard |
| Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill | Primary | 450 m | 63% met the expected standard |
| Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 700 m | 57% met the expected standard |
| Outwood Academy City Fields | Secondary | 800 m | Attainment 8: 38.8 · 7.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Trinity Academy Cathedral | Secondary | 2.6 km | Attainment 8: 48.7 · 12.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Outwood Grange Academy | Secondary | 2.8 km | Attainment 8: 47.2 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 2.9 km | Attainment 8: 46.3 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Kettlethorpe High School | Secondary | 4.6 km | Attainment 8: 46.9 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Ivy Lane School | Independent | 450 m | – |
| Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield | Independent |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Wakefield Crown Green Bowls Club | 550 m | 12 |
| Swimming | Sun Lane Leisure | 540 m | 8 |
| Tennis | Wakefield Sports Club | 540 m | 6 |
| Football | The Raven | 740 m | 6 |
| Cricket | Thornes Cricket Club | 2.2 km | 6 |
| Golf | Normanton Golf Club | 1.8 km | 4 |
| Billiards | Shooters Pool Bar | 750 m | 3 |
| Athletics | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Playing Field | 790 m | 3 |
| Cycling | BKCat Cycle Track | 2.9 km | 3 |
| Skateboard | Division 24 | 580 m | 2 |
| Sky sports | The Raven | 740 m | 2 |
| Rugby | The Raven | 740 m | 2 |
| Ten-pin bowling | tenpin | 450 m | 1 |
| Squash | Wakefield Sports Club | 540 m | 1 |
| Boxing | The Raven | 740 m | 1 |
| Tnt sports | The Raven | 740 m | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 30. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Wakefield Kirkgate, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 612k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Grantley Way, 100 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 157, 147); 54 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Outwood Academy City Fields, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 38.8 · 7.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Academy Cathedral (3 km) and Horbury Academy (5.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (12.6 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 100 m away; Eastmoor Post Office/Quidz In (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Warrengate Medical Centre (500 m), with Warrengate - Pharmacy Plus Health the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Supercuts is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 750 m 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Happy Frydays is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and 8 Ballers Sports Bar and Grill the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 131 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 26% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Queen Elizabeth Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Sun Lane Leisure (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 23 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 64 km.
59 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.
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| 900 m |
| 36.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Meadowcroft School | Independent | 1.0 km | Attainment 8: 1.7 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Every primary near WF1 4LY, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Most households own their home, 13% 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.