WF9 2WF
Last sold £112,950 in June 2001
2, Merlin Close, Pontefract
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 34m — higher than about 10% of homes in Pontefract
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Price history in context
- Jun 2001 — £112,950
What this home might be worth today
£343,000
Estimate range £326,000–£360,000
+203.5% since June 2001 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 103 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School 13-min walk
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe 18-min walk
- South Elmsall station 9-min walk
- Hooton Pagnell Wood 1.7km
- The coast (coastline) 13.1km
- Lake 1.7km
- Pond 694m
- Barnsley Canal 9.9km
- Hague Hall Beck 369m
- Public Park 119m
- Playing Field 52m
- Baltic Food Store 660m
- Carlton School (Opp) 184m
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 South Elmsall, 433m away
- 31 min Leeds
- 60 min Sheffield
- 98 min Manchester
- 106 min Nottingham
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 1,500 hours a year — sunnier than 20% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 178 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 6, Merlin Close, Pontefract £99,700 · 2001
- 8, Merlin Close, Pontefract £92,000 · 2001
- 9, Merlin Close, Pontefract £89,000 · 2001
- 16, Merlin Close, Pontefract £120,000 · 2001
- 25, Merlin Close, Pontefract £104,000 · 2002
- 20, Merlin Close, Pontefract £103,000 · 2002
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Single storey extension to rear Apr 2026 source
- Permitted C3 Residential dwelling to C4 HMO Certificate of proposed lawful development for the… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Single storey extension to side. Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Change of use of first floor to flat. Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Single-storey rear extension, preceded by the demolition of existing conservatory. Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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