The Green Ossett, Wakefield

83 addresses across 9 postcodes (WF5), about 660 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 41803984.

  • Sales: 69 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £328,500 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: 42 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 13, D: 20, E: 7).
  • Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are 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: 8 of its postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
  • Landfill: 3 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Dimple Gardens, is 190 m away.
  • Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 11 times (7 hours) in 2025.
  • Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Energy projects: 3 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Owlers Farm, Wakefield Road - Solar Farm, is 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
  • 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 Dewsbury, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Green Park, is about 90 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 78 to 93 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 55 of its 83 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ossett Surgery, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
  • People: About 1,300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 38 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 10 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 5 of them fatal or serious; 3 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20261£328,500£328,500£328,500
20253£182,000£120,000£195,000
20241£130,000£130,000£130,000
20233£72,500£72,500£72,500
20222£497,500£205,000£790,000
20194£146,500£70,000£458,125
20181£91,000£91,000£91,000
20173£69,995£65,000£92,500
20165£143,000£65,000£340,000
20144£194,000£95,000£315,000
20133£122,000£93,500£220,000
20112£135,000£125,000£145,000
All 69 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
10 Dec 20014 WF5 8JSSemi-detached£66,000
3 Oct 19974 WF5 8JSSemi-detached£49,950
2 Jun 19954 WF5 8JSSemi-detached£48,000
4 Mar 20256 WF5 8JSTerraced£182,000
30 Nov 20076 WF5 8JSTerraced£122,500
22 Apr 20058 WF5 8JSSemi-detached£121,000
28 Nov 202510 WF5 8JSTerraced£195,000
24 Oct 199712 WF5 8JSTerraced£47,950
9 Dec 201616 WF5 0ALDetached£340,000
22 Jan 201618 WF5 0ALDetached£235,000
29 Jul 201420B WF5 8JSDetached£265,000
26 Oct 200120B WF5 8JSDetached£140,000New build.
28 Jun 201320C WF5 8JSDetached£220,000
3 Jun 200520C WF5 8JSSemi-detached£203,000
19 Jul 200220C WF5 8JSSemi-detached£60,000
30 Jun 202326 WF5 0ALOther£100,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
3 Jul 201728 WF5 0ALOther£21,600Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
8 Jan 201628 WF5 0ALDetached£100,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
26 May 2017FLAT 1, 28 WF5 0ALFlat or maisonette£65,000Leasehold.
13 Jun 2023FLAT 2, 28 WF5 0ALFlat or maisonette£72,500Leasehold.
16 Dec 2020FLAT 2, 28 WF5 0ALFlat or maisonette£75,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
13 Jun 2023FLAT 3, 28 WF5 0ALFlat or maisonette£72,500Leasehold.
16 Dec 2020FLAT 3, 28 WF5 0ALFlat or maisonette£70,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
16 Jun 2023FLAT 4, 28 WF5 0ALFlat or maisonette£72,500Leasehold.
21 Apr 2017FLAT 4, 28 WF5 0ALFlat or maisonette£69,995Leasehold.
17 Sep 200435 WF5 8JXDetached£620,000
11 Jul 200847 WF5 0ALDetached£139,975
4 Nov 201651 WF5 0ALTerraced£143,000
5 Mar 200451 WF5 0ALTerraced£116,000
31 Oct 200055 WF5 0ALSemi-detached£43,500
1 Mar 199655 WF5 0ALSemi-detached£34,750
17 May 200257 WF5 0ALTerraced£131,500
25 May 200157 WF5 0ALTerraced£120,000
17 Apr 199857 WF5 0ALTerraced£73,500
21 Jul 202659 WF5 0ATDetached£328,500
14 Nov 201459 WF5 0ATDetached£152,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
23 May 201461 WF5 0ATTerraced£123,000
12 Aug 201061 WF5 0ATTerraced£117,500
25 Sep 200961 WF5 0ATTerraced£80,000
29 Aug 202563 WF5 0ATTerraced£120,000
23 Sep 201363 WF5 0ATTerraced£106,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
6 Oct 200663 WF5 0ATTerraced£103,400
27 Sep 201365 WF5 0ATTerraced£122,000
3 Aug 201677 WF5 0ATSemi-detached£65,000
2 Dec 201979 WF5 0ATSemi-detached£70,000
28 Oct 202281 WF5 0ATSemi-detached£205,000
1 Sep 201181 WF5 0ATSemi-detached£145,000
28 Mar 201183 WF5 0ATSemi-detached£125,000
24 Aug 200783 WF5 0ATSemi-detached£159,950
15 Mar 200183 WF5 0ATSemi-detached£58,000
4 Aug 199883 WF5 0ATSemi-detached£38,000
31 Mar 201685 WF5 0ATSemi-detached£125,000
8 Feb 2019BELMONT WF5 0ALTerraced£175,000
16 Feb 2018BELMONT WF5 0ALTerraced£91,000
15 Feb 2019CHILVERS CATTON WF5 0ALTerraced£118,000
1 Nov 2002CHILVERS CATTON WF5 0ALDetached£295,000
20 Jun 20241, HATHAWAY COTTAGES WF5 0ARTerraced£130,000
17 Aug 20171, HATHAWAY COTTAGES WF5 0ARTerraced£92,500
19 Dec 20131, HATHAWAY COTTAGES WF5 0ARTerraced£93,500
13 Dec 20051, HATHAWAY COTTAGES WF5 0ARTerraced£89,000
9 Feb 20011, HATHAWAY COTTAGES WF5 0ARTerraced£45,000
17 Oct 20032, HATHAWAY COTTAGES WF5 0ARTerraced£74,500
11 Dec 20002, HATHAWAY COTTAGES WF5 0ARTerraced£47,950
21 Aug 20143, HATHAWAY COTTAGES WF5 0ARTerraced£95,000
28 Nov 20053, HATHAWAY COTTAGES WF5 0ARTerraced£92,000
7 Jan 2022SOWOOD HOUSE WF5 0ALDetached£790,000
9 Feb 2004SOWOOD HOUSE WF5 0ALDetached£470,000
24 Oct 2019STATION HOUSE WF5 8JSDetached£458,125
20 May 2014STATION HOUSE WF5 8JSDetached£315,000

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.

HomeTypical 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.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£579
Two bedrooms£730
Three bedrooms£874
Four or more bedrooms£1,224

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from March 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

42 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 81 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (8); House, end-terrace (7); House, mid-terrace (7). Built: 1950-1966 (8); 1930-1949 (7); 1900-1929 (7). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (22); rented (social) (8); rented (private) (4).

Each home's certificates and sales (42 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 11,923 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 2,633 kWh of electricity, 9% less than the district's 2,892 kWh. There are gas meters for about 99% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
WF5 0AL222,690 kWh 1915,738 kWh
WF5 0AT172,142 kWh 178,671 kWh
WF5 8JS111,445 kWh 139,158 kWh
WF5 8JX61,194 kWh 65,957 kWh
WF5 0BL81,868 kWh 1311,063 kWh
WF5 8JZ51,207 kWh under 5

These are all the homes on each 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 WF5.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

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.

ABCDEFGH
£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 A (28% of about 2,200 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 3 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

4 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 3 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Owlers Farm, Wakefield Road - Solar Farm Wakefield 25/00579/FUL Solar farm 20 MW Permission granted, not yet built May 2026 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Dewsbury Sewage, Clough Lane - Solar Panels Wakefield 24/00835/CPL Solar farm 1 MW Permission granted, not yet built May 2026 1.6 km (1 mile)
Lady Ings Farm, Middlestown - Solar Photovoltaic Farm Wakefield 21/02792/FUL Solar farm 49.9 MW Permission granted, not yet built Nov 2022 2 km (1.2 miles)
Soothills Landfill Landfill Gas 1 MW Operational Jan 2004 4.9 km (3.1 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

Finished in the last three months

  • 30 October 2026: YORKSHIRE WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
  • 20 October 2026: YORKSHIRE WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 7 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
WF5 0ALnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
WF5 0ATnot in 2 or 3 0 / 1 / 1 unlikely
WF5 8JSnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 4 unlikely
WF5 8JXnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
WF5 0APnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
WF5 0ARnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
WF5 0ANnot in 2 or 3 1 / 0 / 0 unlikely
WF5 0BLnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
WF5 8JZnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 11 times, for 7 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Spring Mill Beck.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Ossett Towngate No 2 Cso Yorkshire Water Spring Mill Beck 11 7 1 km (0.6 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

8 of the street's 9 postcodes are 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. 1 more is elsewhere in the coalfield, at low risk.

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.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 3 to 5%: 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 that area 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.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

3 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 190 m away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Dimple Gardens Healey Road, Ossett 1990 to 1991 Inert, commercial 190 m
Football Ground Ossett Not recorded Not recorded 330 m
Runtlings Ossett until 1976 Household 430 m (0.3 miles)

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.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 86 addresses are between 78 m and 93 m above sea level (88 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
WF5 0AL100%100%100%0%
WF5 0AN100%100%100%0%
WF5 0AP100%100%100%0%
WF5 0AR100%100%100%0%
WF5 0AT100%100%100%0%
WF5 0BL100%100%100%0%
WF5 8JS100%100%100%0%
WF5 8JX100%100%100%0%
WF5 8JZ100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsDewsbury 947,000 journeys in 2024–254.2 km (2.6 miles)
Wakefield Westgate 2.3 million journeys in 2024–254.8 km (3 miles)
Batley 227,000 journeys in 2024–255.1 km (3.2 miles)
Bus stops11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 48 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Healey Road Ossett150 m
Bus or coach stationOssett Bus Station810 m (0.5 miles)
Car parks1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Towngate Car Park780 m (0.5 miles)
EV charging points2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ventnor Way GeniePoint690 m (0.4 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLeeds Bradford Airport LBA22.1 km (14 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ossett Surgery Good Sep 20161 km (0.6 miles)
Pharmacies4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest As Carlton LTD650 m (0.4 miles)
NHS dentists3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Practice640 m (0.4 miles)
HospitalDewsbury & District Hospital-Combined Elective Surgical Hub Requires improvement Mar 20245.9 km (3.7 miles)
Care homesDovecote Lodge Good Mar 20191.8 km (1.1 miles)
Police stationOssett Police Station630 m (0.4 miles)
Cash machinesThe Cooperative Food Ossett, Dale Street Cashzone880 m (0.5 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Green Park 2.7 ha90 m
Play area3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,700 m²230 m
Playing field6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.8 ha270 m
Allotments2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,130 m²600 m (0.4 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 3.0 hectares in all.

Landmarks

8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Giggal HillHill320 m south-east
Storrs HillHill860 m (0.5 miles) south
Long CutLake or reservoir1.7 km (1 mile) west
Holme Leas CloughValley2 km (1.3 miles) north-west
Coxley WoodWood2.8 km (1.7 miles) south
Calder IslandIsland4.9 km (3 miles) east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)11.14010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.2205
Particles (PM10)11.34015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
60 to 6440
55 to 59510
Under 552883

55 of the street's 83 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

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Dimple Well Infant School and NurseryPrimary3–7160 m Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) None published
Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior SchoolPrimary7–11290 m No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding 94% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 25% at the higher standard (2025; 88% in 2024 and 82% in 2023)
South Ossett Infant AcademyPrimary3–7430 m (0.3 miles) Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) None published
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary11–19430 m (0.3 miles) Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.8 (51.0 in 2025 and 52.1 in 2024); 51.3% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B-; 16.2% AAB or better; progress average
St Ignatius Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–11540 m (0.3 miles) No published inspection 79% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 21% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 45% in 2023)
Ossett South Parade PrimaryPrimary3–11930 m (0.6 miles) No published inspection 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 61% in 2024 and 58% in 2023)
Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 72% in 2023)
Towngate Primary AcademyPrimary3–111.1 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection 49% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 71% in 2024 and 70% in 2023)
Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary3–111.6 km (1 mile) No published inspection 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 87% in 2024 and 93% in 2023)
Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant AcademyPrimary3–111.7 km (1 mile) No published inspection 93% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 93% in 2024 and 86% 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

7 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 310 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Shooting Stars Out Of School Club WF5 8JT Out-of-school day care 48 Not inspected yet 310 m
Little Stars Day Nursery WF5 0BN Full day care 60 Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 450 m (0.3 miles)
Cloud9 Childcare WF5 8AL Full day care 90 Apr 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 580 m (0.4 miles)
Kip McGrath Ossett LLP WF5 8AD Full day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 650 m (0.4 miles)
Shooting Stars Out Of School Club WF5 0LQ Out-of-school day care 32 Not inspected yet 780 m (0.5 miles)
Horbury Day Nursery WF4 6JY Full day care 73 Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Trinity Alpha & Omega Clubs WF5 9DW Out-of-school day care 50 Not inspected yet 1.4 km (0.9 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.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Dickinson's Sandwiches WF5 0ALTakeaway/sandwich shop40 m5 Very good12 May 2026
Dolce WF5 8LBSchool/college/university200 mAwaiting inspection
The Dimple Well Lodge Hotel WF5 8JXHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house240 m3 Generally satisfactory17 Dec 2025
ISS WF5 8BASchool/college/university270 m5 Very good10 Dec 2025
Ossett Brewery Tap WF5 8JSPub/bar/nightclub310 m5 Very good4 Apr 2022
Little and Shooting stars LTD @ Ossett Cricket Club WF5 8JTSchool/college/university320 m5 Very good22 Apr 2024
Ossett Cricket And Athletic Club WF5 8JTPub/bar/nightclub320 m5 Very good23 Apr 2024
The Vic WF5 0AUPub/bar/nightclub350 m3 Generally satisfactory20 Mar 2025
Barracuda Fisheries Ltd WF5 0BLTakeaway/sandwich shop360 m5 Very good2 Jan 2025
Nisa WF5 0DLRetailers - other360 m5 Very good24 May 2018
Slimming World WF5 8LURetailers - other370 mExempt
Station Road Off Licence WF5 0JQRetailers - other410 m (0.3 miles)4 Good18 Aug 2026
Nice Nosh WF5 0JQTakeaway/sandwich shop410 m (0.3 miles)4 Good15 Apr 2025
Kam Chuan WF5 0JQTakeaway/sandwich shop410 m (0.3 miles)4 Good19 May 2026
The Thorn Tree Pub & Kitchen WF5 8ASPub/bar/nightclub420 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good29 Aug 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

38 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences20
Anti-social behaviour5
Other theft4
Criminal damage and arson4
Drugs1
Possession of weapons1
Public order1
Vehicle crime1
Burglary1

Most of these are attached to: On or near The Green (13); On or near Guildford Street (10); On or near Valley Road (4); On or near Grove Street (3); On or near Broomcroft Road (3).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

10 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 5 serious and 5 slight, in which 5 people were seriously hurt. 3 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 2 involved a motorcyclist; 3 involved a child under 16. 30% happened in the dark, and 40% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202142
202210
202353
202400
202500
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
9 Nov 2023 15:46 Serious 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child Minor road, 30 mph Wet road
9 Jul 2023 18:41 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Wet road
1 Jul 2023 23:21 Serious 1 person Minor road, 20 mph Dark, street lights on
12 Feb 2023 19:22 Serious 1 person: 1 motorcyclist Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on
17 Jan 2023 14:47 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
2 Feb 2022 18:30 Slight 1 person: 1 motorcyclist Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on
13 Jul 2021 16:13 Slight 3 people Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
12 Jul 2021 15:07 Serious 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child Minor road, 30 mph Wet road
28 Jun 2021 12:25 Serious 1 person: 1 cyclist Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
10 Feb 2021 15:24 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child Minor road, 20 mph Wet road

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.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 5 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 1,301 residents in 603 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4840
Children under 1515%17%
Aged 65 and over24%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)75%61%
Owned outright42%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented10%17%
Private rented15%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work59%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)3%6%
Retired (of adults)28%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)2%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)26%32%
Travel to work by car or van63%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including bus3%8%
On foot or by bicycle6%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)67%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away4%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)25%34%
No qualifications19%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification8%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)99%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Roadworks Street works permit: YORKSHIRE WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 30 October 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
  • Roadworks Street works permit: YORKSHIRE WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 20 October 2026 to 27 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • WF5 0AL: 30 addresses of 31 in the postcode
  • WF5 0AT: 18 addresses of 19 in the postcode
  • WF5 8JS: 17 addresses of 19 in the postcode
  • WF5 8JX: 7 addresses of 8 in the postcode
  • WF5 0AP: 4 addresses
  • WF5 0AR: 4 addresses
  • WF5 0AN: 1 address
  • WF5 0BL: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
  • WF5 8JZ: 1 address of 6 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Elder Lea · The Green · Rydale Court · Rydale Mews · Valley Road · Broomcroft Road · Priory Close · Lime Street · Grove Street · Cedar Avenue · Guildford Street · Dimple Wells Close

All the streets in WF5 and across Wakefield.

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.