Grove Lane, Pontefract house prices are built from 128 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 17 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £107,500. Across the 11 years from 2013 to 2024 the median moved +18.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -14.5%.
Median price paid
£107,500
Change in cash, 2013–2024
+18.5%
Change in real terms
-14.5%
Median per m²
£1,633
HM Land Registry128 sales1 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Grove Lane, Pontefract prices moved
The chart tracks the median Grove Lane, Pontefract house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2024. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | £42,500 | £94,370 |
| 2000s | 1 | £53,500 | £97,461 |
| 2010s | 7 | £136,600 | £192,606 |
| 2020s | 2 | £128,000 | £130,783 |
The highest yearly median on record for Grove Lane, Pontefract is £163,000 in 2021; the lowest is £42,500 in 1999. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £53,995 to £128,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £111,960, so the real change over the whole record is +20.3% — about +0.71% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +18.5% in cash against -14.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 17 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £173,696 |
| 19 | 25 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £224,783 |
| 61 | 18 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £195,000 | £199,239 |
| 66 | 26 Feb 2025 | Detached | £345,000 | £352,500 |
| 94 | 26 Sep 2024 | Detached | £295,000 | £310,410 |
| 55 | 17 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £104,000 | £109,433 |
| 23 | 1 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £128,000 | £134,687 |
| Highcroft | 28 Jun 2024 | Detached | £550,000 | £578,731 |
| 62 | 26 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £80,000 | £84,179 |
| 28 | 1 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £183,678 |
| 33 | 27 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £183,678 |
| 60 | 18 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £80,000 | £86,437 |
| 86 | 14 Nov 2022 | Terraced | £200,000 | £231,717 |
| 8 | 29 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £156,000 | £180,740 |
| 84 | 24 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £170,000 | £196,960 |
| 28 | 16 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £100,000 | £126,344 |
| 37 | 27 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £202,151 |
| 75 | 16 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £182,500 | £230,578 |
| 9 | 29 Jul 2021 | Semi-detached | £147,000 | £185,726 |
| Invicta | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £561,000 | £708,790 |
| 65 | 28 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £166,000 | £209,731 |
| Stonehaven | 18 Mar 2021 | Detached | £535,000 | £675,941 |
| 25 | 24 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £140,000 | £176,882 |
| 60 | 29 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £55,000 | £71,212 |
| 68 | 18 Oct 2019 | Detached | £210,000 | £274,675 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Grove Lane, Pontefract values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Grove Lane | £43,500 (1997) | £220,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.2% |
| 61 Grove Lane | £105,000 (2014) | £195,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +2.6% |
| 66 Grove Lane | £197,000 (2019) | £345,000 (2025) | +9.8% | +5.4% |
| 94 Grove Lane | £180,000 (2011) | £295,000 (2024) | +3.9% | +0.9% |
| 55 Grove Lane | £66,000 (2014) | £104,000 (2024) | +4.7% | +1.5% |
| HIGHCROFT Grove Lane | £330,000 (2017) | £550,000 (2024) | +7.6% | +3.7% |
| 28 Grove Lane | £100,000 (2021) | £170,000 (2023) | +30.4% | +20.6% |
| 33 Grove Lane | £33,000 (1999) | £170,000 (2023) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 60 Grove Lane | £30,500 (2003) | £80,000 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.0% |
| 86 Grove Lane | £159,995 (2010) | £200,000 (2022) | +1.9% | -0.8% |
| 8 Grove Lane | £26,000 (1996) | £156,000 (2022) | +7.1% | +4.6% |
| 84 Grove Lane | £147,995 (2013) | £170,000 (2022) | +1.6% | -1.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Grove Lane, Pontefract is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 74 | 57.8% | £105,000 | £30,000 – £220,000 |
| Terraced | 35 | 27.3% | £82,000 | £16,000 – £200,000 |
| Detached | 19 | 14.8% | £210,000 | £84,995 – £890,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Grove Lane, Pontefract
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 128 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 128 | 100.0% | £107,500 |
| New build | 26 | 20.3% | £114,998 |
| Existing home | 102 | 79.7% | £106,125 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +8.4%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 7 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Grove Lane, Pontefract
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Wakefield, 42.4% of 207,299 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,703 | 0.8% |
| B | 21,377 | 10.3% |
| C | 64,757 | 31.2% |
| D | 92,936 | 44.8% |
| E | 21,178 | 10.2% |
| F | 4,191 | 2.0% |
| G | 1,157 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Wakefield at £797 a month as of Jun 2026 — £570 for a one-bedroom home and £859 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £107,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.90% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of WF9, 51 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 20 violent, 2 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 11 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.3 times quieter.
Against the 353,368 residents the 2021 census counted in Wakefield, that is 0.14 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Grove Lane, Pontefract
The 2021 census counted 353,368 residents in Wakefield across 153,075 households. 63.4% of those households own their home and 36.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
17 state and independent schools have a WF9 postcode: 15 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minsthorpe Community College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,609 |
| Outwood Academy Hemsworth | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,101 |
| South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School | Primary | Community school | 454 |
| Upton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 453 |
| Northfield Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 348 |
| Ash Grove Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 265 |
| Grove Lea Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 244 |
| King's Meadow Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 234 |
| Fitzwilliam Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 224 |
| Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource | Primary | Community school | 216 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Moorthorpe Rail Station | Rail | 1.7 km |
| South Elmsall Rail Station | Rail | 2.7 km |
| Fitzwilliam Rail Station | Rail | 4.5 km |
| Thurnscoe Rail Station | Rail | 6.9 km |
Section 09
How Grove Lane, Pontefract compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Grove Lane, Pontefract sits below that national figure — -31.7%.
Within Pontefract the street ranks 724 of 1302 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £109,950 (-2.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,633 per square metre, across 1 of the 128 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £16,000 to £890,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Grove Lane, Pontefract sits in Wakefield, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Wakefield at 5.6 times median local earnings of £35,838 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Wakefield Road£93,250 median
- Barnsley Road£74,300 median
- Victoria Street£60,000 median
- Cambridge Street£49,000 median
- Smeaton Road£59,750 median
- Harrow Street£36,500 median
- Brooksfield£64,000 median
- Richmond Road£85,000 median
- Tom Wood Ash Lane£80,000 median
- Doncaster Road£107,500 median
- West Street£52,750 median
- Conisborough Way£145,750 median
- Lynwood Crescent£150,000 median
- Broadway£67,750 median
- Northfield Drive£106,500 median
- High Street£91,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 7 Grove Lane5 sales
- 5 Grove Lane5 sales
- 60 Grove Lane4 sales
- 3 Grove Lane4 sales
- 15 Grove Lane4 sales
- 18 Grove Lane4 sales
- 94 Grove Lane3 sales
- 59 Grove Lane3 sales
- 11 Grove Lane3 sales
- 35 Grove Lane3 sales
- 1A Grove Lane3 sales
- 19 Grove Lane2 sales
- 61 Grove Lane2 sales
- 66 Grove Lane2 sales
- 55 Grove Lane2 sales
- HIGHCROFT Grove Lane2 sales
- 28 Grove Lane2 sales
- 33 Grove Lane2 sales
- 86 Grove Lane2 sales
- 8 Grove Lane2 sales
- 84 Grove Lane2 sales
- 37 Grove Lane2 sales
- 75 Grove Lane2 sales
- 9 Grove Lane2 sales
Back to Pontefract house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Grove Lane, Pontefract?
The median price paid in Grove Lane, Pontefract across every sale on the register is £107,500. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Grove Lane, Pontefract?
128 sales are on record for Grove Lane, Pontefract, the most recent completing on 17 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Grove Lane, Pontefract house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +18.5% between 2013 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -14.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Grove Lane, Pontefract house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £163,000, set in 2021. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Grove Lane, Pontefract?
£1,633 per square metre, from the 1 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 17 Oct 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Grove Lane, Pontefract house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.