WF8 2WF
Last sold £160,000 in February 2013
2, Elm Close, Pontefract
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 7 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,141 sq ft / 106 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 34m — higher than about 10% of homes in Pontefract
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Price history in context
- Feb 2013 — £160,000 · −15.1% · 27 pts behind the UK market
- Feb 2005 — £188,500 · +135.6% · 74 pts ahead of the UK market
- Mar 2001 — £80,000
What this home might be worth today
£280,000
Estimate range £266,000–£294,000
+74.8% since February 2013 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 30 nearby sales within a year · 7-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School 565m
- St Giles C of E Academy 941m
- Pontefract Monkhill station 304m
- Wake Wood 4.6km
- The coast (coastline) 12.3km
- Lake 1.6km
- Midgley Rise Pond 474m
- Canal 2.7km
- Wash Dike 531m
- Public Park 371m
- Playing Field 326m
- Lifestyle Express 1.0km
- Box Lane 141m
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 Monkhill, 304m away
- 33 min Leeds
- 68 min Sheffield
- 103 min Manchester
- 119 min Newcastle
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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,410 hours a year — sunnier than 10% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle north-west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 6% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 264 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 3, Elm Close, Pontefract £240,000 · 2020
- 1, Elm Close, Pontefract £208,000 · 2007
- 4, Elm Close, Pontefract £285,000 · 2021
- 5, Elm Close, Pontefract £265,000 · 2023
- 6, Elm Close, Pontefract £315,000 · 2020
- 17, Willow Bank Drive, Pontefract £290,000 · 2023
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Change of use of no.35 from residential dwelling to commercial (class E) use. External… Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Lawful development certificate for existing use of building as a dwellinghouse (use class… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Conversion of garden room to hair salon and extend dropped kerb, 5.0m to 6.5m wide May 2026 source
- Undecided Single storey side and rear extension Jun 2026 source
- Rejected Tree A - Cherry: Remove ivy from tree. Crown Reduce height and lateral spread by up to 6m… Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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