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Sowood Lane, WF5

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

Median sold price
£173,750
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,480
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
20
Distinct homes
14
Price range
£70,000£750,000
Sales recorded
2002 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sowood Lane is a mix of detached houses and semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £173,750 — roughly 9% below the WF5 norm. On floor area that works out near £2,480 per square metre, above the district's £2,335. Recent sales here have been outpacing the wider WF5 market. HM Land Registry records 20 sales across 14 homes since 2002 — homes here come up rarely.

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Sowood Lane prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 20 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£400k200520102015202020252002: £175,000 median · 3 sales2003: £86,000 median · 1 sale2004: £122,500 median · 2 sales2005: £369,950 median · 1 sale2008: £172,500 median · 1 sale2009: £190,000 median · 1 sale2011: £176,500 median · 2 sales2014: £161,475 median · 2 sales2015: £130,000 median · 1 sale2016: £177,000 median · 1 sale2017: £162,000 median · 1 sale2019: £157,500 median · 1 sale2024: £230,000 median · 3 sales

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 Lane compares

Sowood Lane 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 Lane£174k · 20*
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
£173,750
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 Lane's £173,750 median sits about 9% below WF5's £189,950; on floor space it runs £2,480/m² against the district's £2,335/m² (+6%).

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 Lane.

Detached
£206,500
8 sales
Semi-detached
£146,000
8 sales
Terraced
£132,475
4 sales

Every recorded sale on Sowood Lane

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
19 Dec 202428 · WF5 0LEnon-standardDetached£235,200
1 Nov 20247 · WF5 0LESemi-detached£230,000
26 Apr 202430 · WF5 0LEDetached£750,000
16 Feb 20241 · WF5 0LEDetached£200,000
22 Mar 20198 · WF5 0LETerraced£157,500
12 May 20179 · WF5 0LESemi-detached£162,000
2 Sept 201611 · WF5 0LEDetached£177,000
7 Aug 20159 · WF5 0LESemi-detached£130,000
28 Nov 201415 · WF5 0LESemi-detached£198,000
25 Jul 20148 · WF5 0LETerraced£124,950
20 Jun 201118 · WF5 0LEDetached£213,000
27 May 201138 · WF5 0LETerraced£140,000
23 Oct 20091 · WF5 0LEDetached£190,000
17 Oct 200815 · WF5 0LESemi-detached£172,500
11 Aug 200522 · WF5 0LEDetached£369,950
24 Jun 20045 · WF5 0LESemi-detached£125,000
2 Apr 20043 · WF5 0LESemi-detached£120,000
10 Jun 20033 · WF5 0LESemi-detached£86,000
30 Aug 20028 · WF5 0LETerraced£70,000
29 Aug 200212b · WF5 0LEDetached£275,000
23 Aug 200232 - 34 · WF5 0LEDetached£175,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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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.