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Sector WF8 3 house prices

Ackworth & Darrington · Wakefield · district WF8 · 229 postcodes

Median £2,840 per m² over 147 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, up 1.1% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£2,840/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation+1.1%
Sales, 24 months147with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,520/m² to £1,700/m²: 2 sales£1,700/m² to £1,880/m²: 6 sales£1,880/m² to £2,060/m²: 12 sales£2,060/m² to £2,250/m²: 11 sales£2,250/m² to £2,430/m²: 11 sales£2,430/m² to £2,610/m²: 14 sales£2,610/m² to £2,790/m²: 14 sales£2,790/m² to £2,970/m²: 19 sales£2,970/m² to £3,150/m²: 11 sales£3,150/m² to £3,330/m²: 11 sales£3,330/m² to £3,510/m²: 12 sales£3,510/m² to £3,700/m²: 7 sales£3,700/m² to £3,880/m²: 4 sales£3,880/m² to £4,060/m²: 3 sales£4,060/m² to £4,240/m²: 3 sales£4,240/m² to £4,420/m²: 1 sale£4,420/m² to £4,600/m²: 1 sale£4,780/m² to £4,970/m²: 1 sale£4,970/m² to £5,150/m²: 4 salesWF8 3WF8£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k£6k
WF8 3
£2,840/m² middle · £2,350–£3,310/m² middle half · 147 sales
District WF8
£2,580/m² middle · £2,060–£3,000/m² middle half · 863 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020020052010201520202025WF8 3, 2026: 97WF8, 2026: 101Wakefield houses, 2026: 108
  • WF8 3
  • WF8
  • Wakefield houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverWF8 3District WF8
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year+1.1%+4.4%−3.5%−0.3%
5 years−0.5%+4.5%−1.8%+3.1%
10 years+0.6%+4.0%−0.2%+3.3%
20 years0.0%+2.8%−0.4%+2.4%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£0–£8,000/m²
  1. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
  2. WF8 3Ackworth & Darrington£2,350–£3,310/m²
  3. WF8 4Pontefract North West£2,260–£3,110/m²
  4. WF7 7Ackworth & Darrington£2,170–£3,070/m²
  5. WF8 1Pontefract North West£1,690–£2,960/m²
  6. DN6 9Askern, Campsall & Norton£1,980–£3,050/m²
  7. WF11 0Ferrybridge & West Knottingley£1,980–£2,830/m²
  8. WF8 2Pontefract North East£1,960–£2,840/m²
  9. WF9 1Upton£1,860–£2,670/m²
  10. DN6 8Carcroft£1,350–£2,270/m²
  11. WF8 9Pontefract North WestToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Carleton Road42103 m²£2,120/m²
Lynwood Crescent13116 m²£2,590/m²
Estcourt Road12118 m²£2,980/m²
Holme Farm Way11105 m²£2,790/m²
Darrington Road10151 m²£3,570/m²
Ackworth Road981 m²£2,150/m²
Maple Avenue9138 m²£2,850/m²
Valley Road9129 m²£2,640/m²
Baden Powell Crescent884 m²£2,270/m²
Carleton Green Close8108 m²£3,200/m²
Carleton Park Road882 m²£2,380/m²
Fair View8108 m²£2,540/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.