WF1 2GA
Last sold £320,000 in August 2025
55, Ruby Street, Wakefield
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 980 sq ft / 91 sq m
- Plot area
- about 3,200 sq ft / 300 sq m
- EPC rating
- B
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Price history in context
- Today — see what it's worth now
- May 2019 — £242,950
- Aug 2025 — £320,000 · +31.7% · 3 pts ahead of the UK market
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 95 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Outwood Grange Academy is 1.3km away.
- Newton Hill Community School is 687m away.
- Wakefield Westgate station is 1.6km away.
- Dogloitch Wood is 4.5km away.
- The coast (coastline) is 26.0km away.
- River Calder is 2.5km away.
- Pond is 637m away.
- Calder & Hebble Navigation is 2.8km away.
- Balne Beck is 592m away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
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, 1.6km 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.
Nearby schools
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Newton Hill Community School · primaryOfsted inspected Jul 2024 (ungraded framework — School remains Good)is 687m away.
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Ofsted inspected Sep 2023 (ungraded framework — School remains Good)is 737m away.
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Outwood Grange Academy · secondaryOfsted Good (inspected May 2024)Attainment 8: 49.4 — top 40% nationally (2023)is 1.3km away.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 269 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Planning activity nearby
- Extension to existing garage and addition on first floor above. — Permitted, Jun 2026 source
- Non-material amendment to planning permission 09/01248/REM (dated 28.10.2021) (previously… — Permitted, Dec 2025 source
- Proposed single storey rear extension — Permitted, Jan 2026 source
- Single-storey rear extension with garage conversion, including alterations to the roof;… — Permitted, Mar 2026 source
- Proposed garden room — Undecided, Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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