Wren Green Close Wakefield
9 addresses across 2 postcodes (WF2), about 30 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 41807175.
- Sales: 13 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £275,000 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: 8 homes have an energy certificate (B: 8).
- 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: 2 of its postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Storm overflows: 4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 46 times (75 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.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A650, carries 25,542 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Outwood, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 430 m (0.3 miles) away, and Outwood Park (7.1 hectares) is about 770 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 71 to 73 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Outwood Park Medical Centre, about 860 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 780 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 86% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 47 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £255,000 | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £231,995 | £231,995 | £231,995 |
| 2018 | 7 | £314,995 | £209,995 | £319,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2024 | 1 WF2 0FX | Semi-detached | £275,000 | |
| 12 Jun 2023 | 3 WF2 0FX | Semi-detached | £270,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Sep 2022 | 3 WF2 0FX | Other | £290,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 2 Jul 2020 | 4 WF2 0FX | Semi-detached | £255,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2019 | 2 WF2 0FX | Semi-detached | £231,995 | |
| 27 Sep 2019 | 1 WF2 0FX | Semi-detached | £231,995 | |
| 30 Nov 2018 | 5 WF2 0FX | Detached | £307,000 | |
| 29 Mar 2018 | 6 WF2 0FX | Detached | £314,995 | |
| 16 Mar 2018 | 8 WF2 0FX | Detached | £317,995 | |
| 16 Mar 2018 | 4 WF2 0FX | Semi-detached | £209,995 | |
| 9 Mar 2018 | 7 WF2 0FX | Detached | £317,995 | |
| 23 Feb 2018 | 3 WF2 0FX | Semi-detached | £209,995 | |
| 13 Feb 2018 | 5 WF2 0FX | Detached | £319,995 |
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
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 114 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (4). Built: 2014 (8).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 7,390 kWh of it on average in 2024, 35% less than the district's 11,377 kWh, and 3,035 kWh of electricity, about the same as the district. There are gas meters for about 34% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF2 0FX | 8 | 3,102 kWh | under 5 | |
| WF2 0FU | 48 | 2,344 kWh | 19 | 6,073 kWh |
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 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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (28% of about 1,350 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, 0 at medium risk and 5 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 8 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 4 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF2 0FX | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| WF2 0FU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | 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.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 46 times, for 75 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Cut Beck, Carr Gate Beck, Balne Beck.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside Cso Yorkshire Water | Cut Beck | 0 | 0 | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Brandy Carr Road 252 Cso Yorkshire Water | Carr Gate Beck | 0 | 0 | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Carr Gate Beck Cso Yorkshire Water | Carr Gate Beck | 31 | 64 | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Wrenthorpe Lane Cso Yorkshire Water | Balne Beck | 15 | 11 | 930 m (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.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 2 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.
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 highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 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 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.
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 9 addresses are between 71 m and 73 m above sea level (72 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF2 0FU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WF2 0FX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Outwood 310,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Wakefield Westgate 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Wakefield Kirkgate 612,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 24 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Appleshawn Crescent Wrenthorpe | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Wakefield Bus Station Wakefield City Centre | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Former Pub Car Park - 5 mins from Westgag | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 20 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Outwood Park Medical Centre Good Sep 2016 | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lo's Pharmacy | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wrenthorpe Dental Care | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Fieldhead Hospital | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 4 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Lawrence Good Oct 2025 | 60 m |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police Training and Development Centre | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,700 m² | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Outwood Park 7.1 ha | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 480 m² | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 170 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,010 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 7.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Robin Hood Hill | Hill | 480 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Quarry Hill | Hill | 510 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Snow Hill | Hill | 770 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Stoney Lane Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Ardsley Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
| Stennard Island | Island | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 9 |
3 of the street's 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrenthorpe Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 550 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Outwood Grange Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 690 m (0.4 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Jerry Clay Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 880 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Newton Hill Community School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Rooks Nest Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
Nurseries and childcare
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 500 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterton Pre Schools - Wrenthorpe WF2 0LW | Full day care | 50 | Mar 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Little Wrens Nursery & Pre School WF2 0NL | Full day care | 32 | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wakefield WF1 2UN | Full day care | 112 | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Kings Camps WF2 0PD | Sessional day care (over fives) | 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.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lawrence WF2 0QH | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 90 m | 5 Very good | 22 Apr 2026 |
| Tesco Stores Limited WF2 0QH | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 100 m | 5 Very good | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Wrenthorpe Sports Club WF2 0LX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 190 m | 5 Very good | 26 Feb 2025 |
| Tillybods Sandwich Shop WF2 0LX | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 190 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jan 2025 |
| Wrenthorpe Sports And Social Club WF2 0LP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 320 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jun 2014 |
| Wheel Inn WF2 0LY | Pub/bar/nightclub | 370 m | 5 Very good | 1 Sep 2021 |
| Baxterstorey @ WY Met Ambulance WF2 0XQ | Other catering premises | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 1 Nov 2025 |
| Patel's Convenience Store WF2 0LP | Retailers - other | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Jan 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 20 |
| Shoplifting | 14 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Wren Green Avenue (18); On or near Bankfield Court (15); On or near Wren Green Close (6); On or near Mount Avenue (3); On or near Bankfield Drive (2).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 involved a cyclist. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 2023 07:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | 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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A650 between M1 and A61, with 25,542 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 330 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A650 | M1 to A61 | 25,542 estimated; counted 2022 | 3% | +21% since 2015 | 330 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 70% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 10 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
Nearby streets
Wren Green Avenue · Apple Shawn Crescent · Bankfield Court · Wren Green Way · Bankfield Drive · Mount Avenue · The Green · Gloucester Court · Bradford Road · Dunn Close · South Park Way · Melbourne Avenue
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.