WF8 4RH
Last sold £140,000 in August 2011
17, Apple Tree Close, Pontefract
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 70m — higher than about 90% of homes in Pontefract
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Price history in context
- Aug 2011 — £140,000
What this home might be worth today
£242,000
Estimate range £229,000–£254,000
+72.5% since August 2011 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 39 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- The King's School 12-min walk
- Larks Hill Junior and Infant School 3-min walk
- Pontefract Tanshelf station 26-min walk
- Ackton Pasture Wood 4.2km
- The coast (coastline) 14.2km
- Lake 1.9km
- Pond 848m
- Canal 5.1km
- Little Went 1.9km
- Public Park 706m
- Playing Field 326m
- Premier Wakefield Road Stores 586m
- Pinetree Avenue (Adj) 119m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Pontefract Tanshelf, 1.4km away
- 37 min Leeds
- 68 min Sheffield
- 109 min Manchester
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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2 The King's School · Secondary 0.3 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 49.0 — top 40% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,420 hours a year — sunnier than 10% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 90 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 5, Apple Tree Close, Pontefract £55,000 · 1995
- 19, Apple Tree Close, Pontefract £59,995 · 1996
- 24, Apple Tree Close, Pontefract £86,500 · 1998
- 22, Apple Tree Close, Pontefract £220,000 · 2004
- 20, Apple Tree Close, Pontefract £198,000 · 2008
- 15, Apple Tree Close, Pontefract £164,000 · 2011
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Childrens play area Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Two storey side extension Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed single storey rear extension with a maximum projection of 4.73m, maximum height… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Loft conversion with 2no dormers Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed front and side extensions, alterations to the roof, dormers to front and rear,… Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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