Last sold £248,500 in August 2011

Price history in context

• Show me today's estimate
• Aug 2011 — £248,500 · +82.7% · 51 pts ahead of the UK market
• Jun 2003 — £136,000 · +86.3% · 55 pts ahead of the UK market
• Oct 2001 — £73,000

The life around it

• The King's School 14-min walk crosses a major road
• Carleton Park Junior and Infant School 15-min walk
• Pontefract Baghill station 13-min walk
• Ackton Pasture Wood 4.4km
• The coast (coastline) 13.5km
• Lake 1.5km
• Pond 1.1km
• Canal 4.3km
• Wash Dike 1.9km
• Friarwood Valley Gardens 128m
• Play Area 278m
• Zabka 652m
• Mill Hill Road 102m

Broadband

• Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 9.1% of premises — not all
• Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 9.1% of premises — not all
• 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 Baghill, 810m away

• 73 min Leeds
• 107 min Newcastle

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 1,410 hours a year — sunnier than 10% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle south-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Among the highest for England & Wales — 1016 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Nearby sold homes

• Lyndhurst, Button Park, Pontefract £227,500 · 1997
• Claremont Lodge, 1, Button Park, Pontefract £60,000 · 2003
• Antoria, Button Park, Pontefract £275,000 · 2005
• St Andrews, Button Park, Pontefract £410,000 · 2007
• Old Coach House, Button Park, Pontefract £175,000 · 2009
• Courtyard Cottage, Button Park, Pontefract £170,000 · 2022

Planning activity nearby

• Undecided Demolition of existing garage. New boundary walling and vehicle entrance. New windows and… Jun 2026 source
• Rejected T1 Sycamore: Prune tree canopy to provide clearance from overhead service lines. Crown… Jul 2026 source
• Rejected Reduce 1 Sycamore Tree in its entirety by over 50% as shown in the submitted tree image… Apr 2026 source
• Undecided Two Storey Side Extension Dec 2025 source
• Rejected Area of existing motorcycle workshop to be dedicated to motorcycle MOT testing Jun 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.