WF1 4TG

Last sold £150,000 in September 2015

38, Speak Close, Wakefield

Property type: Detached
Tenure: Freehold

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	vs UK market
Today	Show me today's estimate
September 2015	£150,000	+71.5%	0.5%	−14 pts
May 2002	£87,450		4.0%

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Sep 2015 — £150,000 · +71.5% · 14 pts behind the UK market
May 2002 — £87,450

paid well below the local norm at the time

vs 29 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km

The life around it

Outwood Academy City Fields 505m
Ivy Lane School 627m
Wakefield Kirkgate station 1.8km
Woodland 5.0km
The coast (coastline) 23.7km
Stanley Ferry Flash 651m
Pond 524m
Canal 602m
River Calder 992m
Public Park 600m
Play Area 164m
Stars Mini Market 951m
Harewood Road Garsdale Grove 81m

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 Kirkgate, 1.8km away

17 min Leeds
40 min Sheffield
63 min Manchester
95 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

1 Outwood Academy City Fields · Secondary 0.3 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 38.6 (2023)
2 Ivy Lane School 0.4 miles State
3 Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill · Primary 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good
4 Meadowcroft School 0.6 miles State Attainment 8: 2.6 (2023)
5 Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School · Primary 0.7 miles State
6 Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill · Primary 0.7 miles State
7 St Austin's Catholic Primary School · Primary · Roman Catholic 0.8 miles State
8 Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy · Primary 0.9 miles State
9 Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School · Primary · Church of England 1.0 miles State
10 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School · Boys 1.1 miles Independent

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Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 90 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Nearby sold homes

18, Speak Close, Wakefield £48,750 · 1997
24, Speak Close, Wakefield £55,000 · 1997
33, Speak Close, Wakefield £40,000 · 1998
14, Speak Close, Wakefield £54,000 · 1998
29, Speak Close, Wakefield £55,000 · 1998
31, Speak Close, Wakefield £44,000 · 1999

Planning activity nearby

Undecided Proposed pergola to rear Jul 2026 source
Permitted Two storey extension to rear Jun 2026 source
Permitted Single storey extension to rear Jan 2026 source
Permitted Single storey rear extension including basement May 2026 source
Permitted Single storey rear extension with a maximum projection of 4.1m, a maximum height of 3.9m… Mar 2026 source

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

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