Penrose Place Wakefield
7 addresses across 1 postcode (WF2), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 41805723.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £212,500 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Wakefield cost £199,283 in August 2026 (+2.9% on a year); private rents averaged £810 a month.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: Its postcode is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 0 times (0 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- 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 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 220 m away, and Betty Eastwood Park (11 hectares) is about 230 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 50 to 53 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Chapelthorpe, about 880 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 30% of households owned their home and 21% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 94 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 2 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | £212,500 | £212,500 | £212,500 |
| 2010 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £142,000 | £142,000 | £142,000 |
| 1998 | 6 | £110,050 | £94,000 | £128,700 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 1998 | 1 WF2 7QG | Detached | £94,000 | New build. |
| 30 Jun 1998 | 2 WF2 7QG | Detached | £120,500 | New build. |
| 9 Sep 2016 | 3 WF2 7QG | Detached | £212,500 | |
| 31 Aug 2016 | 3 WF2 7QG | Detached | £220,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 19 Jul 2002 | 3 WF2 7QG | Detached | £142,000 | |
| 10 Jul 1998 | 3 WF2 7QG | Detached | £105,000 | New build. |
| 24 Apr 1998 | 4 WF2 7QG | Detached | £128,700 | New build. |
| 19 Aug 1998 | 5 WF2 7QG | Detached | £101,000 | New build. |
| 29 Oct 2010 | 6 WF2 7QG | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 27 Mar 1998 | 6 WF2 7QG | Detached | £115,100 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Wakefield
A typical home in Wakefield cost £199,283 in August 2026, 2.9% more than a year before. That is 19% more than five years earlier and 54% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £314,988 |
| Semi-detached | £200,459 |
| Terraced | £159,794 |
| Flat or maisonette | £100,645 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £178,078 |
Private renters in Wakefield paid £810 a month on average in September 2026, 5.9% more than a year before. That is 31% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £579 |
| Two bedrooms | £730 |
| Three bedrooms | £874 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,224 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 111 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: 1996-2002 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 14,523 kWh of it on average in 2024, 28% more than the district's 11,377 kWh, and 3,497 kWh of electricity, 15% more than the district's 3,044 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is WF2.
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 (75% of about 990 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)
- The Jolly Miller Ph,Hendal Lane,Wakefield, permissioned (260 m)
- Land to the south of Standbridge Lane, Kettlethorpe, Wakefield: up to 43 homes, not permissioned (710 m (0.4 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 0 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Chapelthorpe Bank Trib Owler B.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapelthorpe Cso Yorkshire Water | Chapelthorpe Bank Trib Owler B | 0 | 0 | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 50 m and 53 m above sea level (51 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF2 7QG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sandal and Agbrigg 202,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Wakefield Kirkgate 612,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Wakefield Westgate 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 34 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hendal Lane End Kettlethorpe | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Peterson Road Wakefield | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 26.9 km (17 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chapelthorpe Good Nov 2025 | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lo's Pharmacy | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Pinderfields Hospital Requires improvement Mar 2024 | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Care homes | Woodlands Residential Home Good Aug 2019 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police Forensic Unit | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Welcome, Hall Green | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,270 m² | 220 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Betty Eastwood Park 11 ha | 230 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 100 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 310 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 17 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Facade of Bridge Chapel in grounds of Kettlethorpe Hall, a scheduled monument, 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Facade of Bridge Chapel in grounds of Kettlethorpe Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Holmes Plantation | Wood | 390 m east |
| Boyne Hill | Hill | 600 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Humley Hill | Hill | 860 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Newmiller Dam | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (1 mile) east |
| The Clough | Valley | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Calder Island | Island | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.0 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 7 |
3 of the street's 7 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crigglestone Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 510 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | |
| Hendal Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 690 m (0.4 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good | 51% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 49% in 2023) |
| Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 710 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 64% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 54% in 2024 and 51% in 2023) |
| Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) | 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 45% in 2023) |
| Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 91% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 25% at the higher standard (2025; 70% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
| Kettlethorpe High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 48.8 (46.9 in 2025 and 46.6 in 2024); 57% grade 5+ in English and maths |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 460 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crigglestone Day Care WF2 7NP | Full day care | 44 | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| St James Playcare WF4 3HY | Out-of-school day care | Not inspected yet | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 190 childminders and 13 home childcarers (nannies) in Wakefield. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterplus @ Yorkshire Housing WF2 7LJ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 250 m | 5 Very good | 1 Apr 2025 |
| Massimo Pizza And Kebab WF2 7PL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 270 m | 4 Good | 5 Sep 2025 |
| St James Church WF4 3JB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jan 2016 |
| Sandal RUFC Ltd WF2 7NP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Oct 2025 |
| Crigglestone Daycare WF2 7NP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 8 Oct 2025 |
| Castle Padel Club @ WF2 7NP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Oct 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 52 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 17 |
| Public order | 11 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Flintoff Close (25); On or near Church Lane (24); On or near Handsworth Road (21); On or near Penrose Place (8); On or near Worrall Road (7).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 2 involved a pedestrian. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 2024 07:32 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 12 Apr 2024 18:40 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 6% | 1% |
| Social rented | 51% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
- WF2 7QG: 7 addresses of 8 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Fishpond Lane · Sherwood Drive · Bull Lane · Fairbrook Road · Flintoff Close · Allerton Road · Haveroid Lane · Worrall Road · Tavistock Way · Handsworth Road · Melton Road · Vaughan 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.