Ashbrook Close Ossett, Wakefield

42 addresses across 1 postcode (WF5), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 41805259.

  • Sales: 75 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £118,000 across 2 sales.
  • Energy: 26 homes have an energy certificate (C: 10, D: 15, E: 1).
  • Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Wakefield costs £2,297 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Dewsbury, about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 170 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 107 to 109 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 5 of its 42 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ossett Surgery, about 400 m (0.2 miles) away.
  • People: About 510 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 72 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20262£118,000£114,000£122,000
20242£303,750£237,500£370,000
20222£194,000£188,000£200,000
20201£172,500£172,500£172,500
20182£120,500£95,000£146,000
20173£180,000£165,000£182,500
20162£118,500£76,000£161,000
20141£95,000£95,000£95,000
20131£163,250£163,250£163,250
20124£127,500£124,000£138,000
20111£73,610£73,610£73,610
20101£136,000£136,000£136,000
Most recent sales (latest 50 of 75)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
15 May 202621 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£114,000Leasehold.
18 Feb 202619 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£122,000Leasehold.
25 Nov 20241 WF5 9DUDetached£370,000
2 May 202434 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£237,500
12 Dec 202233 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£188,000
11 Mar 202230 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£200,000
18 Dec 202028 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£167,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
28 Aug 202047 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£172,500
26 Feb 201825 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£146,000
2 Feb 20189 WF5 9DUDetached£95,000Leasehold.
6 Nov 20175 WF5 9DUDetached£182,500
1 Jun 20172 WF5 9DUDetached£180,000
27 Jan 201749 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£165,000
12 Dec 201628 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£161,000
17 Aug 20164 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£130,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
23 Mar 201621 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£76,000Leasehold.
5 Sep 201419 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£95,000Leasehold.
16 Aug 20132 WF5 9DUDetached£163,250
3 Oct 201230 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£138,000
3 Aug 201247 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£124,000
19 Jul 20128 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£125,000
16 May 201220 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£130,000
15 Dec 201123 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£73,610Leasehold.
21 Jun 201037 WF5 9DUDetached£136,000
9 Jun 200849 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£152,000
7 Apr 20081 WF5 9DUDetached£200,000
7 Apr 200827 WF5 9DUTerraced£134,000
4 Mar 20088 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£142,000
24 Aug 200719 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£124,000Leasehold.
27 Mar 20076 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£164,000
9 Feb 200725 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£119,000
12 Oct 200647 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£153,950
25 Jul 200618 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£131,500
17 May 20068 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£145,000
21 Oct 200545 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£146,500
20 Sep 200549 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£135,000
5 Aug 200510 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£131,000
29 Jul 200517 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£106,000Leasehold.
8 Nov 20045 WF5 9DUDetached£153,000
30 Jun 200441 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£115,000
3 Mar 200445 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£122,500
24 Nov 200317 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£72,950Leasehold.
24 Oct 200331 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£109,995
26 Sep 20037 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£73,000Leasehold.
22 May 20033 WF5 9DUDetached£175,000
17 Jan 200333 WF5 9DUSemi-detached£98,000
9 Sep 20022 WF5 9DUDetached£139,000
16 Aug 200237 WF5 9DUDetached£93,750
18 Jul 200223 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£54,950Leasehold.
14 Jun 200219 WF5 9DUFlat or maisonette£55,000Leasehold.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from September 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

26 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 65 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (15); Flat (7); House, detached (3). Built: 1991-1995 (13); 1983-1990 (7); 1996-2002 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (15); rented (private) (7).

Council tax

What each band costs in Wakefield in 2026-27: Band D £2,297 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,531£1,786£2,042£2,297£2,807£3,318£3,828£4,594

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (29% of about 800 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 8 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Height above sea level

The street's 42 addresses are between 107 m and 109 m above sea level (108 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
WF5 9DU100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsDewsbury 947,000 journeys in 2024–253.3 km (2.1 miles)
Batley 227,000 journeys in 2024–253.8 km (2.3 miles)
Ravensthorpe 31,000 journeys in 2024–254.8 km (3 miles)
Bus stops15 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 53 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Holy Trinity Church Ossett90 m
Bus or coach stationOssett Bus Station610 m (0.4 miles)
Car parks1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Towngate Car Park660 m (0.4 miles)
EV charging points2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest PoGo Charge670 m (0.4 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLeeds Bradford Airport LBA20.7 km (13 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ossett Surgery400 m (0.2 miles)
Pharmacies5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Giles & Ward Pharmacy320 m
NHS dentists3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ossett Dental Care740 m (0.5 miles)
HospitalDewsbury & District Hospital-Combined Elective Surgical Hub4.9 km (3 miles)
Police stationOssett Police Station760 m (0.5 miles)
Cash machines2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM360 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,860 m²170 m
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 810 m²290 m
Playing field3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.6 ha190 m
Allotments1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,080 m²390 m

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 0.5 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Church of the Holy Trinity, a listed building (Grade II*), 160 m north-east. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Church of the Holy TrinityListed building, Grade II*160 m north-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Holme Leas CloughValley720 m (0.4 miles) north-west
Lodge HillHill1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east
Giggal HillHill1.6 km (1 mile) south-east
Long CutLake or reservoir2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west
Storrs HillHill2.2 km (1.4 miles) south
Dogloitch WoodWood2.4 km (1.5 miles) north

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)11.74010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.4205
Particles (PM10)11.94015

All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.

Road and rail noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5950
Under 553742

5 of the street's 42 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.

Climate, daylight and earthquakes

Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Wakefield: see them on the Wakefield page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 1 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary3–11350 m No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Towngate Primary AcademyPrimary3–111 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection
Gawthorpe Community AcademyPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.1 km (0.7 miles) No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding
Orchard Primary AcademyPrimary2–111.2 km (0.7 miles) Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
Dimple Well Infant School and NurseryPrimary3–71.3 km (0.8 miles) Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary3–111.4 km (0.9 miles) No published inspection
Ossett South Parade PrimaryPrimary3–111.7 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection
South Ossett Infant AcademyPrimary3–71.8 km (1.1 miles) Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary11–191.8 km (1.1 miles) Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Earlsheaton Infant SchoolPrimary4–71.8 km (1.1 miles) Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
St Ignatius Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.9 km (1.2 miles) No published inspection

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 1 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Trinity Childcare Alpha & Omega Clubs WF5 9DWHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises70 m4 Good16 Jun 2025
Crumb & Co WF5 9EQTakeaway/sandwich shop170 mAwaiting inspection
Breakfast Club WF5 9DGSchool/college/university330 m5 Very good29 Sep 2025
Dolce WF5 9DGSchool/college/university330 mAwaiting inspection
Paxman's Bakery WF5 9DTRetailers - other390 m5 Very good4 Feb 2026
Tesco WF5 9NQRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets400 m (0.2 miles)5 Very good14 Feb 2024
Red Lion WF5 9NQPub/bar/nightclub400 m (0.2 miles)5 Very good17 Jan 2024
The Mews Hotel WF5 9HNPub/bar/nightclub460 m (0.3 miles)4 Good20 Apr 2026
Spurr's Quality Butchers WF5 9HERetailers - other470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good24 Jun 2025
Bobby's Salt & Pepper WF5 9HETakeaway/sandwich shop480 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good6 Aug 2024
Ossett Chinese WF5 9PATakeaway/sandwich shop480 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good21 Mar 2026
Nisa Local WF5 9PARetailers - other480 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good3 Jun 2024

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

72 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences42
Anti-social behaviour11
Vehicle crime7
Public order4
Burglary3
Criminal damage and arson3
Other theft1
Other crime1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Lavery Close (12); On or near Moorcroft Court (10); On or near Cross Ryecroft Street (9); On or near Ashbrook Close (8); On or near Prestwick Fold (6).

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 513 residents in 215 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4040
Children under 1522%17%
Aged 65 and over11%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)69%61%
Owned outright27%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented1%17%
Private rented29%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work72%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)4%6%
Retired (of adults)16%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)1%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)26%32%
Travel to work by car or van61%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including bus3%8%
On foot or by bicycle7%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)71%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away4%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)28%34%
No qualifications15%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification6%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)98%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Ryecroft Street · Cross Ryecroft Street · Wycliffe Street · Woodhead Close · Moorcroft Court · The Sidings · Ryecroft Street · Fearnley Drive · Prestwick Fold · Lavery Close · Moorcroft · Northfield Avenue

All the streets in WF5 and across Wakefield.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
  • How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
  • Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
  • How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.