WF5 0QF
Last sold £54,250 in July 1997
296, Towngate, Ossett
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 76m
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Price history in context
- Jul 1997 — £54,250
What this home might be worth today
£244,000
Estimate range £232,000–£256,000
+350.0% since July 1997 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 99 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- South Ossett Infant Academy 21-min walk
- Ossett South Parade Primary 13-min walk
- Station 3.4km
- Dogloitch Wood 3.2km
- The coast (coastline) 29.8km
- River Calder 2.2km
- Pond 207m
- Canal 2.5km
- Spring Mill Beck 167m
- Public Park 319m
- Play Area 346m
- Station Road Off License 714m
- Queens Drive Queens Walk 146m
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, 3.9km 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 level ground; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 57 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 268, Towngate, Ossett £58,000 · 1998
- 288, Towngate, Ossett £79,950 · 2001
- 284, Towngate, Ossett £172,500 · 2007
- 286, Towngate, Ossett £240,000 · 2026
- 278, Towngate, Ossett £180,000 · 2018
- 292, Towngate, Ossett £175,000 · 2017
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 changes and enlargement to rear single storey extension. Re roof of garage with… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed double storey side extension Mar 2026 source
- Undecided Microgeneration PV panel array installed on part of the roof of the existing school. Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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