WF1 2GE
Last sold £175,000 in July 2022
51, Carnforth Avenue, Wakefield
- Property type
- Terraced
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 721 sq ft / 67 sq m
- EPC rating
- B
- Elevation
- About 44m — higher than about 30% of homes in Wakefield
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Price history in context
- Jul 2022 — £175,000 · +15.9% · 10 pts behind the UK market
- May 2018 — £150,995
What this home might be worth today
£180,000
Estimate range £171,000–£189,000
+2.7% since July 2022 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 184 nearby sales within a year · terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- St Michael's CofE Academy 1.6km
- Heart of Yorkshire Education Group 246m
- Wakefield Westgate station 236m
- Kings/Bushcliff Woods 5.2km
- The coast (coastline) 25.9km
- River Calder 1.2km
- Pond 1.2km
- Calder & Hebble Navigation 1.5km
- Balne Beck 408m
- Balne Lane Fields 311m
- Play Area 570m
- Wakefield Mini Mart 379m
- Westgate H (At) 100m
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, 236m 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
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,420 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
Above average for England & Wales — 700 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 58, Carnforth Avenue, Wakefield £149,995 · 2018
- 52, Carnforth Avenue, Wakefield £150,995 · 2018
- 50, Carnforth Avenue, Wakefield £153,995 · 2018
- 59, Carnforth Avenue, Wakefield £152,995 · 2018
- 53, Carnforth Avenue, Wakefield £149,995 · 2018
- 56, Carnforth Avenue, Wakefield £149,995 · 2018
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Change of use from offices to a 9 bedroom House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) for 9 people Nov 2025 source
- Undecided Discharge of Condition 3 (Crime), Condition 4 (EVCP), Condition 6 (Bin), Condition 7… May 2026 source
- Undecided Discharge of Condition 2 (repairs to windows) from approved application 25/00779/LBC May 2026 source
- Undecided Discharge of Condition 25 (Proposed lift machinery) from approved application 25/00779/LBC Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Discharge of Condition 17 (protection measures for work that affects the fire, acoustic… Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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