Edmonstone Close Walton, Wakefield
10 addresses across 1 postcode (WF2), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 41807198.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £235,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (B: 9).
- 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 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Walton Colliery Nature Park, is about 880 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 53 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Crofton And Sharlston Med Prac, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 420 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £311,750 | £311,750 | £311,750 |
| 2020 | 2 | £194,975 | £190,000 | £199,950 |
| 2019 | 7 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £258,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 2025 | 10 WF2 6UE | Semi-detached | £235,000 | Leasehold. |
| 18 Nov 2022 | 1 WF2 6UE | Semi-detached | £311,750 | Leasehold. |
| 16 Sep 2020 | 8 WF2 6UE | Semi-detached | £190,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 19 Jun 2020 | 10 WF2 6UE | Semi-detached | £199,950 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 11 Dec 2019 | 5 WF2 6UE | Detached | £230,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 31 Oct 2019 | 4 WF2 6UE | Semi-detached | £215,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 16 Oct 2019 | 3 WF2 6UE | Semi-detached | £215,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 13 Sep 2019 | 12 WF2 6UE | Detached | £230,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 19 Aug 2019 | 2 WF2 6UE | Detached | £258,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 14 Aug 2019 | 6 WF2 6UE | Semi-detached | £215,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 19 Jul 2019 | 1 WF2 6UE | Semi-detached | £215,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 72 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (4); Bungalow, detached (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 2019 (9).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
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 (32% of about 790 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)
- Former Walton Junior School, Walton, Wakefield: up to 11 homes, not permissioned (820 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
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 53 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF2 6UE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sandal and Agbrigg 202,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Wakefield Kirkgate 612,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Streethouse 26,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cherry Tree Road Walton | 370 m |
| Bus or coach station | Peterson Road Wakefield | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 330 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 27.8 km (17 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Crofton And Sharlston Med Prac | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bamboo Pharmacy | 100 m |
| NHS dentists | R S Nicholson's Dental Surgery | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Pinderfields Hospital | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police Forensic Unit | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Barclays ATM | 380 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Walton Colliery Nature Park 78 ha | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,510 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,860 m² | 80 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Iron Bridge Across Lake to Walton Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 690 m (0.4 miles) south-east. 16 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Bridge Across Lake to Walton Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 690 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Bridge and medieval gateway at Walton Hall | Scheduled monument | 700 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Walton Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 730 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Waterton Park, Walton, Wakefield | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 860 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Thorntree Hill | Hill | 770 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Stone Heaps Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Shay Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Cold Hiendley Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Stennard Island | Island | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-west |
| Applehaigh Clough | Valley | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 10 | 10 |
None of the street's 10 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walton Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 430 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel's Little Sunshine Cafe/Mel's Cakes WF2 6UA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 130 m | 4 Good | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Caterlink WF2 6LD | School/college/university | 260 m | 5 Very good | 28 Nov 2024 |
| Silvertini WF2 6QL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 340 m | 4 Good | 22 Aug 2025 |
| Golden Dragon WF2 6LG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 360 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 23 Jul 2026 |
| CTS Local WF2 6LG | Retailers - other | 360 m | 4 Good | 31 Mar 2026 |
| The New Inn WF2 6LA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 1 Aug 2025 |
| Shackletons Ice Cream Van @ The New Inn WF2 6LA | Mobile caterer | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 2 Nov 2023 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Grove (5); On or near Simpson Court (4); On or near Edmonstone Close (3); On or near Cherry Tree Crescent (1); On or near Cayman Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 68% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
- WF2 6UE: 10 addresses
Nearby streets
Cayman Close · Otter Close · Almond Avenue · Cherry Tree Road · Simpson Court · Nevile Drive · Pilkington Court · Waterton Gardens · Charles Court · Cherry Tree Crescent · Brooklands Avenue · Spurr Grove
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.