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Sowood Gardens, WF5

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£172,000
all recorded sales
Recorded sales
7
Distinct homes
5
Price range
£84,950£290,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2022
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sowood Gardens is mostly semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £172,000 — roughly 9% below the WF5 norm. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; WF5 prices as a whole have held broadly level. With 7 sales across 5 homes since 2001, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Sowood Gardens prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 7 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWF5 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252001: £102,500 median · 1 sale2002: £84,950 median · 1 sale2004: £172,000 median · 1 sale2006: £218,000 median · 1 sale2007: £153,000 median · 1 sale2008: £290,000 median · 1 sale2022: £225,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the WF5 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Sowood Gardens compares

Sowood Gardens against the WF5 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Kingsway£270k · 47
Queens Drive£270k · 37
New Street£217k · 55
Towngate£214k · 40
Healey Road£178k · 30
Sowood Gardens£172k · 7*
Manor Road£170k · 43
South Parade£163k · 35
Springstone Avenue£145k · 35
Dewsbury Road£145k · 30

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£172,000
median · all recorded sales
WF5 district
£189,950
median · last 8 years · street -9%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Sowood Gardens's £172,000 median sits about 9% below WF5's £189,950.

Street and WF5 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Sowood Gardens.

Semi-detached
£172,000
5 sales
Detached
£196,250
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Sowood Gardens

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
2 Sept 20223 · WF5 0SPSemi-detached£225,000
11 Apr 200811 · WF5 0SPDetached£290,000
9 Nov 20073 · WF5 0SPSemi-detached£153,000
28 Jul 200613 · WF5 0SPSemi-detached£218,000
16 Jan 200413 · WF5 0SPSemi-detached£172,000
11 Oct 20027 · WF5 0SPSemi-detached£84,950
24 Aug 20011 · WF5 0SPDetached£102,500
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More streets in WF5

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WF5 area guide.

KingswayManor RoadDewsbury RoadMoorcroftTowngateWakefield RoadSpringstone AvenueHigh StreetQueens DriveStation RoadSouth ParadeHolly Approach
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.