Briary Close Wakefield
52 addresses across 1 postcode (WF1), about 230 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 41805976.
- Sales: 101 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £173,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 42 homes have an energy certificate (C: 25, D: 17).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 Sandal and Agbrigg, about 360 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Castle Grove Park, is about 570 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 24 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 52 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Maybush Medical Centre, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 51% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 115 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £173,000 | £173,000 | £173,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | £205,000 | £200,000 | £210,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | £176,250 | £167,500 | £210,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £140,000 | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £135,000 | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £147,000 | £147,000 | £147,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | £151,000 | £147,000 | £155,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | £129,000 | £116,000 | £135,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | £134,000 | £116,500 | £135,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £134,500 | £134,000 | £135,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £113,500 | £113,500 | £113,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar 2026 | 10 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £173,000 | |
| 1 Dec 2025 | 9 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 29 Aug 2025 | 26 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £210,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2024 | 11 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £210,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2024 | 21 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £185,000 | |
| 26 Jun 2024 | 11 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £210,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 5 Apr 2024 | 27 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £167,500 | |
| 9 Feb 2024 | 4 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £167,500 | |
| 11 Aug 2023 | 30 WF1 5TS | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 15 Jul 2022 | 12 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £140,000 | |
| 29 Jan 2021 | 14 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £114,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 Sep 2020 | 26 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 4 May 2020 | 18 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £115,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 11 Jan 2019 | 39 WF1 5TS | Detached | £147,000 | |
| 9 Oct 2018 | 2 WF1 5TS | Detached | £155,000 | |
| 26 Jan 2018 | 15 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £147,000 | |
| 20 Dec 2017 | 17 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2017 | 35 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £131,000 | |
| 10 May 2017 | 39 WF1 5TS | Detached | £128,000 | |
| 17 Mar 2017 | 9 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £130,000 | |
| 16 Jan 2017 | 16 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £116,000 | |
| 6 Jan 2017 | 6 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £120,000 | |
| 13 May 2016 | 17 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £134,000 | |
| 14 Mar 2016 | 24 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £116,500 | |
| 12 Feb 2016 | 3 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 29 Jan 2016 | 3 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £134,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Aug 2015 | 29 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 6 Feb 2015 | 17 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £134,000 | |
| 11 Apr 2012 | 16 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £113,500 | |
| 1 Jul 2011 | 32 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £94,500 | |
| 20 Apr 2011 | 9 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £115,000 | |
| 25 Feb 2011 | 12 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £88,000 | |
| 21 Jul 2010 | 29 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £132,000 | |
| 12 Jun 2009 | 11 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £122,000 | |
| 30 Jul 2007 | 39 WF1 5TS | Detached | £139,500 | |
| 10 May 2007 | 7 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £140,000 | |
| 4 May 2007 | 16 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 23 Mar 2007 | 26 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 20 Dec 2006 | 18 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £127,000 | |
| 18 Dec 2006 | 14 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £117,995 | |
| 30 Nov 2006 | 15 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £140,000 | |
| 1 Nov 2006 | 10 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 14 Aug 2006 | 31 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £134,500 | |
| 30 Jun 2006 | 24 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £127,000 | |
| 24 Mar 2006 | 29 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £129,950 | |
| 27 Jan 2006 | 5 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £119,995 | |
| 27 Oct 2005 | 28 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £126,250 | |
| 29 Jul 2005 | 22 WF1 5TS | Semi-detached | £116,500 | |
| 25 May 2005 | 1 WF1 5TS | Detached | £146,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2005 | 2 WF1 5TS | Detached | £144,500 |
Energy performance certificates
42 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 75 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (40); House, detached (2). Built: 1996-2002 (36); 1991-1995 (5); 2012-2021 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (16); rented (social) (11); rented (private) (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (29 addresses)
- 2, Briary Close
- 3, Briary Close
- 4, Briary Close
- 5, Briary Close
- 6, Briary Close
- 15, Briary Close
- 16, Briary Close
- 17, Briary Close
- 18, Briary Close
- 20, Briary Close
- 23, Briary Close
- 24, Briary Close
- 25, Briary Close
- 29, Briary Close
- 32, Briary Close
- 34, Briary Close
- 35, Briary Close
- 36 Briary Close
- 38 Briary Close
- 40, Briary Close
- 42, Briary Close
- 43 Briary Close
- 44 Briary Close
- 45 Briary Close
- 46 Briary Close
- 48, Briary Close
- 49 Briary Close
- 50 Briary Close
- 52 Briary Close
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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £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 (58% of about 650 homes).
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)
- 91 Agbrigg Road, Wakefield, permissioned (310 m)
- Belle Vue Stadium, Doncaster Road, Wakefield: up to 106 homes, not permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- 25-81 Sparable Lane, permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- Former B Power Station Site, Wakefield, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
- Castle Mount Residential Home, Wakefield: up to 14 homes, permissioned (860 m (0.5 miles))
- Manygates Adult Education Centre, Wakefield, permissioned (880 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 17 September 2026 to 22 September 2026: YORKSHIRE WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway, verge (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 24 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF1 5TS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sandal and Agbrigg 202,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 360 m |
| Wakefield Kirkgate 612,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | |
| Wakefield Westgate 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 24 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Agbrigg Park | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Peterson Road Wakefield | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Storage King Wakefield Car Park | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 25.4 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Maybush Medical Centre | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Space Dental | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Pinderfields Hospital | 3.1 km (2 miles) |
| Police station | Police & Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Castle Grove Park 6.6 ha | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 920 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,120 m² | 110 m |
| Allotments | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church View Allotments 1.7 ha | 130 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 6.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Helen, a listed building (Grade II*), 690 m (0.4 miles) south-west. 21 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Helen | Listed building, Grade II* | 690 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Sandal Castle: motte and bailey castle and shell keep castle | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Wakefield Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Thornes Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Oakenshaw Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Fall Ings Cut | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Stennard Island | Island | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Old Cut | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Black Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 50 | 52 |
2 of the street's 52 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandal Magna Community Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 390 m | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Castle Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 500 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–16 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Good |
| Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Happy WF1 5AS | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 190 m | 4 Good | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Euro Fresh Foods WF1 5AS | Retailers - other | 190 m | 5 Very good | 21 Nov 2023 |
| Monty's Cafe WF1 5BB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 200 m | 4 Good | 8 Jul 2025 |
| Wine Cellar WF1 5AY | Retailers - other | 200 m | 5 Very good | 30 Jan 2020 |
| Luma WF1 5AP | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 230 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Agbrigg Off Licence WF1 5AP | Retailers - other | 230 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 24 Feb 2026 |
| Jhelum Super Store WF1 5AU | Retailers - other | 230 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jul 2026 |
| Zaika Pizza And Curry Bar WF1 5AU | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 230 m | 4 Good | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Shanices WF1 5AU | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 230 m | 5 Very good | 17 Feb 2026 |
| GTB Agbrigg Convenience Store WF1 5AB | Retailers - other | 270 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 23 May 2025 |
| Lucky House & Mel's Cakes WF1 5BL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 280 m | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2023 |
| Top Shop WF1 5AQ | Retailers - other | 300 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 22 Apr 2026 |
| International Sirine Market WF1 5BT | Retailers - other | 310 m | 4 Good | 21 Mar 2024 |
| Heathcotes Sandal WF1 5NF | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 320 m | 5 Very good | 13 Jan 2025 |
| Heathcotes Agbrigg WF1 5NF | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 320 m | 5 Very good | 13 Jan 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 66 |
| Other theft | 10 |
| Public order | 9 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 8 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sports/Recreation Area (25); On or near Newland Street (18); On or near Parking Area (15); On or near Back Gordon Street (13); On or near Bowman Street (8).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 29% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 51% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 12% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 32% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 13% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 69% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 81% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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.
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.
Postcodes on this street
- WF1 5TS: 52 addresses
Nearby streets
Montague Street · Gordon Street · Back Gordon Street · Back Church View · Altinkool Street · Bowman Street · Back Bowman Street · Newland Street · Harlock Street · Church View · Back Montague Street · Lord Street
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.