WF8 4SG
Last sold £216,500 in December 2013
55, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 6 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,195 sq ft / 111 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 51m — higher than about 50% of homes in Pontefract
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Price history in context
- Dec 2013 — £216,500
What this home might be worth today
£357,000
Estimate range £339,000–£375,000
+64.8% since December 2013 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 23 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- The King's School 887m
- Larks Hill Junior and Infant School 485m
- Pontefract Tanshelf station 1.8km
- Ackton Pasture Wood 4.5km
- The coast (coastline) 14.3km
- Lake 2.3km
- Pond 548m
- Canal 5.4km
- Little Went 1.7km
- Public Park 481m
- Play Area 585m
- Premier Wakefield Road Stores 982m
- Castlegate Drive Haven Court 36m
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 Pontefract Tanshelf, 1.8km away
- 37 min Leeds
- 68 min Sheffield
- 109 min Manchester
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
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3 The King's School · Secondary 0.6 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 49.0 — top 40% nationally (2023)
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: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 50 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 59, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £82,000 · 1995
- 42, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £148,000 · 2003
- 51, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £189,950 · 2007
- 61, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £238,000 · 2025
- 49, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £212,500 · 2016
- 8, Windsor Rise, Pontefract £195,000 · 2016
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided First Floor Side Extension May 2026 source
- Permitted Two storey side extension Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Variation of Conditions 1 (Approved Plans), 5 (Visibility Splays), 7 (Drive Gradients),… Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Non-material amendment to approved application 22/01265/S7302 dated 19/12/2025 (Variation… Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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