M1 Ossett, Wakefield
3 addresses across 3 postcodes (WF2), about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) long, classed as a motorway. USRN 41806384.
- Flood: 7 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 C; Band D in Wakefield costs £2,297 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 50% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wakefield Westgate, about 3.1 km (1.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 430 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 26 to 89 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 4 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Orchard Croft, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 570 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 86% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (29% of about 1,290 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 15.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST LEONARD, grade I
- HORBURY HALL, grade I
- 1, NORTHFIELD LANE, grade II
- 10 AND 12, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 18 AND 20, TWITCH HILL, grade II
- 203 and 205 Flanshaw Lane, grade II
- 25, NEW STREET, grade II
- 37,39, QUEEN STREET, grade II
- 47,49,51, TITHE BARN STREET, grade II
- CARR LODGE, grade II
- CHURCH OF ST MARY VIRGIN, grade II
- GROVE HOUSE, grade II
- HALL CROFT, HORBURY WORKING MENS CLUB, grade II
- SHEPHERDS ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
- Two grave covers approximately 1 metre west of north wing of Church of St. Peter and St. Leonard, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Springfield Centre St George's Road, Lupset, Wakefield: up to 44 homes, not permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
- Former Waterton J&I School, Wakefield: up to 29 homes, not permissioned (760 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 13 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF2 7UA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| WF2 8LB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| WF2 8LF | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 5 / 9 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 4 addresses are between 26 m and 89 m above sea level (47 m on average); the ground rises about 63 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF2 7UA | 58% | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| WF2 8LB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WF2 8LF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wakefield Westgate 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Wakefield Kirkgate 612,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Sandal and Agbrigg 202,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 25 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Spa Street Winfield Pl Ossett Spa | 370 m |
| Bus or coach station | Ossett Bus Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Car parks | Morrisons Car park-Wakefield | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest PoGo Charge | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 22.9 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Orchard Croft | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Horbury Dental Care | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Pinderfields Hospital | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police Forensic Unit | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Asda Lupset - Horbury Road PFS Cashzone | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 15 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 3,940 m² | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.1 ha | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,720 m² | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 15 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Thornes Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 2.5 km (1.5 miles) east. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Thornes Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Giggal Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| Storrs Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Thornes Cut | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Hartley Bank Wood | Wood | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Calder Island | Island | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) east |
| Holme Leas Clough | Valley | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.2 | 40 | 15 |
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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 4 |
4 of the street's 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Snapethorpe Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Horbury Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Ossett South Parade Primary | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Horbury Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Horbury St Peter's Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| South Ossett Infant Academy | Primary | 3–7 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Michael's CofE Academy Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Ignatius Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| Towngate Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (west-yorkshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 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) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 9 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 7UA: 1 address of 19 in the postcode
- WF2 8LB: 1 address of 26 in the postcode
- WF2 8LF: 1 address of 24 in the postcode
Nearby streets
M1 · Yarn Court · Yarn Close · Yarn Crescent · Needle Close · Spring End Road · St James Rise · Wool Chase · Weavers Court · Airedale Heights · Twine Road · Bobbin Way
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.