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WF5 0QE

Last sold £238,000 in May 2025

259, Towngate, Ossett

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
764 sq ft / 71 sq m
Plot area
about 3,200 sq ft / 300 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 78m — higher than about 10% of homes in Ossett

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Price history in context

  • May 2025 — £238,000 · +25.3% · 2 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Nov 2019 — £190,000 · +245.5% · 27 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Jan 1999 — £55,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £238,000 £55,000 1999 2025

The life around it

  • South Ossett Infant Academy 22-min walk
  • Towngate Primary Academy 11-min walk
  • Station 3.5km
  • Dogloitch Wood 3.1km
  • The coast (coastline) 29.9km
  • River Calder 2.2km
  • Pond 132m
  • Canal 2.5km
  • Spring Mill Beck 151m
  • Public Park 186m
  • Play Area 226m
  • Station Road Off License 754m
  • Queens Drive Queens Walk 260m

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 Wakefield Westgate, 4.0km away

  • 13 min Leeds
  • 28 min Sheffield
  • 75 min Manchester
  • 90 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

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,400 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-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 64 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Planning activity nearby

  • Permitted Demolition of existing garage for the construction of brick garage and office Mar 2026 source
  • Undecided Demolition of existing pre-cast garage and construction of brick garage and office Dec 2025 source
  • Permitted Proposed double storey side extension Mar 2026 source
  • Permitted Proposed changes and enlargement to rear single storey extension. Re roof of garage with… Mar 2026 source
  • Permitted Two storey side extension, replacement detached garage to side, boundary wall and drop… May 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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