WF8 4SH
Last sold £73,000 in September 2000
71, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 52m — higher than about 50% of homes in Pontefract
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Price history in context
- Sep 2000 — £73,000
What this home might be worth today
£235,000
Estimate range £224,000–£247,000
+222.4% since September 2000 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 59 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- The King's School 812m
- Larks Hill Junior and Infant School 406m
- Pontefract Tanshelf station 1.8km
- Ackton Pasture Wood 4.4km
- The coast (coastline) 14.3km
- Lake 2.2km
- Pond 615m
- Canal 5.4km
- Little Went 1.8km
- Public Park 527m
- Playing Field 624m
- Premier Wakefield Road Stores 896m
- Castlegate Drive Haven Court 51m
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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2 The King's School · Secondary 0.5 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: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 50 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 75, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £65,000 · 1999
- 79, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £207,000 · 2020
- 69, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £170,000 · 2018
- 67, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £165,000 · 2017
- 54, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £160,000 · 2020
- 65, Castlegate Drive, Pontefract £164,000 · 2016
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided First Floor Side Extension May 2026 source
- Permitted Two storey side extension Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Loft conversion with 2no dormers Feb 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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