West Street, Pontefract house prices are built from 142 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2002 and the most recent on 22 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £52,750. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +69.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +23.0%.
Median price paid
£52,750
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+69.7%
Change in real terms
+23.0%
HM Land Registry142 salesLatest sale 22 May 2026
Section 01
How West Street, Pontefract prices moved
The chart tracks the median West Street, Pontefract house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2002 to 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 | £34,475 | £62,803 |
| 2010s | 5 | £59,000 | £83,190 |
| 2020s | 1 | £92,500 | £94,511 |
The highest yearly median on record for West Street, Pontefract is £92,500 in 2025; the lowest is £21,160 in 2002. Across the full 24-year record the cash median has moved from £21,160 to £92,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £40,815, so the real change over the whole record is +131.6% — about +3.72% 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: +69.7% in cash against +23.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 65 | 16 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 27 | 30 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £117,500 | £120,054 |
| 53 | 16 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £92,500 | £94,511 |
| 53 | 4 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £142,000 | £145,087 |
| 30 | 16 May 2025 | Terraced | £85,000 | £86,848 |
| 15 | 31 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £90,000 | £91,957 |
| 92 | 20 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £125,000 | £131,530 |
| 28 | 13 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £110,000 | £115,746 |
| 55 | 9 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £100,000 | £105,224 |
| 53 | 8 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £90,000 | £94,701 |
| 2 | 1 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £112,500 | £121,552 |
| 31 | 7 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £70,000 | £81,101 |
| 12 | 7 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £60,000 | £69,515 |
| 20 | 16 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £84,995 | £107,386 |
| 37 | 8 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £135,000 | £170,565 |
| 4 | 20 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £45,500 | £58,912 |
| 27 | 13 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £127,000 | £164,435 |
| 37 | 19 Jul 2019 | Terraced | £56,250 | £73,574 |
| 27 | 28 Feb 2019 | Semi-detached | £72,000 | £94,174 |
| 6 | 21 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £62,950 | £82,337 |
| 73 | 31 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £80,000 | £104,638 |
| 57 | 11 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £74,000 | £96,790 |
| 85 | 7 Dec 2018 | Semi-detached | £85,000 | £113,280 |
| 27 | 13 Jul 2018 | Terraced | £65,000 | £86,626 |
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 West Street, Pontefract values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 West Street | £57,995 (2003) | £100,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -0.4% |
| 27 West Street | £40,000 (2004) | £117,500 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.3% |
| 53 West Street | £21,500 (1995) | £92,500 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 15 West Street | £10,000 (2000) | £90,000 (2025) | +9.2% | +6.3% |
| 92 West Street | £88,000 (2006) | £125,000 (2024) | +2.0% | -1.0% |
| 28 West Street | £34,950 (2004) | £110,000 (2024) | +5.9% | +2.9% |
| 55 West Street | £22,500 (2002) | £100,000 (2024) | +7.0% | +4.1% |
| 2 West Street | £8,500 (2000) | £112,500 (2023) | +11.9% | +8.9% |
| 31 West Street | £75,000 (2003) | £70,000 (2022) | -0.4% | -2.9% |
| 37 West Street | £56,250 (2019) | £135,000 (2021) | +54.9% | +52.3% |
| 4 West Street | £47,250 (2006) | £45,500 (2020) | -0.3% | -2.5% |
| 6 West Street | £25,000 (1995) | £62,950 (2019) | +3.9% | +1.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. West Street, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 117 | 82.4% | £49,000 | £8,500 – £130,000 |
| Semi-detached | 24 | 16.9% | £72,500 | £21,500 – £142,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 0.7% | £63,500 | £63,500 – £63,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in West Street, Pontefract
6 of the sales on record are leasehold and 136 freehold — 4.2% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £50,750 and the median freehold sale £53,000 — a gap of +4.4%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 6 | 4.2% | £50,750 |
| Freehold | 136 | 95.8% | £53,000 |
A further 21 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 West Street, 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 £52,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 18.13% 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 West Street, 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 West Street, Pontefract compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. West Street, Pontefract sits below that national figure — -66.5%.
Within Pontefract the street ranks 1234 of 1302 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £109,950 (-52.0%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £8,500 to £142,000. 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.
West Street, 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
- Conisborough Way£145,750 median
- Lynwood Crescent£150,000 median
- Grove Lane£107,500 median
- Broadway£67,750 median
- Northfield Drive£106,500 median
- High Street£91,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 53 West Street8 sales
- 27 West Street6 sales
- 57 West Street6 sales
- 42 West Street6 sales
- 8 West Street5 sales
- 13 West Street5 sales
- 45 West Street5 sales
- 25 West Street4 sales
- 55 West Street4 sales
- 54 West Street4 sales
- 39 West Street4 sales
- 15 West Street3 sales
- 92 West Street3 sales
- 4 West Street3 sales
- 6 West Street3 sales
- 29 West Street3 sales
- 1 West Street3 sales
- 28 West Street2 sales
- 2 West Street2 sales
- 31 West Street2 sales
- 37 West Street2 sales
- 114 West Street2 sales
- 83 West Street2 sales
- 56 West Street2 sales
Back to Pontefract house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in West Street, Pontefract?
The median price paid in West Street, Pontefract across every sale on the register is £52,750. 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 West Street, Pontefract?
142 sales are on record for West Street, Pontefract, the most recent completing on 22 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have West Street, Pontefract house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +69.7% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +23.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were West Street, Pontefract house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £92,500, set in 2025. 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 West Street, Pontefract?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 22 May 2026. 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, “West Street, 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.