Priory Ridge Crofton, Wakefield
46 addresses across 1 postcode (WF4), about 320 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 41805936.
- 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: 45 homes have an energy certificate (B: 34, C: 10, D: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Abbotts Tip, is 300 m away.
- 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 D; 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 Streethouse, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 60 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 68 to 78 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 46 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Crofton And Sharlston Med Prac, about 590 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 370 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 21 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
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
45 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 105 m². Most common: House (30); House, detached (11); Maisonette (2). Built: 2016 (19); 2015 (17); 2012-2021 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7).
Each home's certificates and sales (45 addresses)
- 1 Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 2, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 3, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 4, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 5, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 6, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 7, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 8, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 9, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 10, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 11 Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 12 Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 14, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 15 Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 16, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 17, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 18, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 19, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 20, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 21 Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 22, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 23, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 24, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 25, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 26, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 27, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 28, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 29, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 30 Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 31, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 32, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 33, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 34, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 35, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 36, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 37, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 38, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 39, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 40, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 41, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 43, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 45, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 47, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 49, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
- 51, Oakdene Drive, Crofton
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 8,670 kWh of it on average in 2024, 26% less than the district's 11,680 kWh, and 2,873 kWh of electricity, 8% less than the district's 3,124 kWh. There are gas meters for about 96% 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 WF4.
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 D (32% of about 690 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.
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, 1 at medium risk and 6 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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
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
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 300 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotts Tip Crofton Towers, Tower Lane, Crofton, Wakefield | Not recorded | Not recorded | 300 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 46 addresses are between 68 m and 78 m above sea level (71 m on average); the ground rises about 11 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF4 1RH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Streethouse 26,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Fitzwilliam 273,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Sandal and Agbrigg 202,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ash Street New Crofton | 270 m |
| Bus or coach station | Peterson Road Wakefield | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 28.4 km (18 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Crofton And Sharlston Med Prac Good Apr 2025 | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lo's Pharmacy | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest R S Nicholson's Dental Surgery | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Pinderfields Hospital Requires improvement Mar 2024 | 6.2 km (3.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 30 Sunnyfield Good Dec 2023 | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Normanton Police Station | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Premier High Street Wakefield Cashzone | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 60 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 620 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Oak Street Allotment Gardens 5,110 m² | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade II*), 830 m (0.5 miles) north-west. 8 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 All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 830 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Dovecote 90m south of Hall Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Sharlston Common coal and ironstone workings | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Nostell Priory | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Waterton Park, Walton, Wakefield | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Windmill Hill | Hill | 380 m north-east |
| Hare Park High Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Hare Park Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| The Willows | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Brand Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Upper Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 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 | 44 | 46 |
2 of the street's 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crofton Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 510 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
| Crofton Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 550 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Crofton Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 730 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.3 (46.5 in 2025 and 50.0 in 2024); 47.8% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Shay Lane Primary (J and I) School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 62% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 65% in 2023) |
| Sharlston Community School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | 64% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 51% in 2023) |
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
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 320 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Learners Nursery Crofton WF4 1LF | Full day care | 49 | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 320 m |
| The Clubhouse WF4 1HF | Out-of-school day care | 35 | Not inspected yet | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Little Learners Crofton WF4 1NN | Full day care | 22 | Good (Nov 2016, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Learners Crofton @ WF4 1LG | Other catering premises | 250 m | 5 Very good | 24 Apr 2025 |
| Crofton Fisheries WF4 1LG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 260 m | 5 Very good | 13 Aug 2024 |
| New Crofton Premier WF4 1LG | Retailers - other | 260 m | 4 Good | 7 Jul 2026 |
| Manor Inn WF4 1LG | Pub/bar/nightclub | 260 m | Awaiting inspection |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Glenn Way (7); On or near Manor Gardens (5); On or near Lanark Rise (2); On or near Manorfields Avenue (2); On or near Wentworth Drive (2).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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 | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 31% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 74% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | under 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- WF4 1RH: 46 addresses
Nearby streets
Manor Gardens · White Court · Scott Drive · Grange View · Lovell View · Priory Ridge · Wentworth Drive · Windmill Fold · Richmond Court · Manorfields Avenue · Lanark Rise · Manorfields Court
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.