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WF4 5EH

Last sold £172,000 in January 2023

28, Forge Lane, Wakefield

Property type
Terraced
Bedrooms
3 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
624 sq ft / 58 sq m
EPC rating
C
Elevation
About 31m

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Price history in context

  • Jan 2023 — £172,000 · +37.6% · 35 pts behind the UK market
  • Aug 2009 — £125,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £172,000 £125,000 2009 2023

The life around it

  • Horbury Primary Academy 11-min walk
  • Horbury St Peter's and Clifton CofE (VC) Primary School 17-min walk
  • Pugneys Lakeside station 2.0km
  • Bullcliff North Wood 2.2km
  • The coast (coastline) 28.9km
  • Lake 329m
  • Pond 462m
  • Canal 683m
  • River Calder 354m
  • Carr Lodge Park 781m
  • Playing Field 188m
  • Horbury Local 958m
  • Calder Vale Road Millfield Rd 198m

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, 3.7km 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.

Rail noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — trains are audible.

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

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,430 hours a year — sunnier than 10% 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

Around average for England & Wales — 152 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Planning activity nearby

  • Undecided Single storey extension and dormer to rear May 2026 source
  • Permitted Non-material change to approved application ref: 24/01964/FUL dated 06/02/2025 (Rear and… Jun 2026 source
  • Permitted Erection of a single storey rear porch, loft conversion with rear dormer and detached… May 2026 source
  • Undecided Construction of a new external canopy, ramps and deck, formation of a new door and… Jun 2026 source
  • Undecided New self-build detached dwelling with associated parking, access with hard and soft… May 2026 source

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

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