WF4 2QE
Last sold £85,600 in November 2003
9, Birch Close, Wakefield
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Elevation
- About 101m — higher than about 80% of homes in Wakefield
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Price history in context
- Nov 2003 — £85,600 · +58.7% · 31 pts ahead of the UK market
- Mar 2002 — £53,950
What this home might be worth today
£188,000
Estimate range £179,000–£198,000
+119.7% since November 2003 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 91 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green 5-min walk
- Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School 10-min walk
- Fitzwilliam station 2.9km
- Haw Park 2.3km
- The coast (coastline) 21.5km
- Wintersett Reservoir 1.1km
- Pond 190m
- Barnsley Canal 2.3km
- Hemp Dike 2.1km
- Public Park 240m
- Play Area 80m
- Ryhill Village Store 488m
- Havercroft Green C 128m
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 Fitzwilliam, 2.9km away
- 25 min Leeds
- 46 min Sheffield
- 90 min Manchester
- 111 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 1,470 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 — 103 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 18, Birch Close, Wakefield £69,950 · 2001
- 20, Birch Close, Wakefield £69,950 · 2001
- 6, Birch Close, Wakefield £110,000 · 2003
- 17, Birch Close, Wakefield £140,000 · 2016
- 22, Birch Close, Wakefield £100,000 · 2011
- 24, Birch Close, Wakefield £58,950 · 2001
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Conversion of existing agricultural barn to dwelling and associated works. Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Proposed Boundary Treatments, Proposed Driveways and Removal of Trees and Hedges. May 2026 source
- Undecided Proposed two storey rear extension May 2026 source
- Permitted Single storey extension to side Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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