WF17 — Batley
The WF17 board covers Batley in Kirklees, built from 17,088 sales over 32 years of real Land Registry sales across 8 local areas.
The median sale here was £37,000 back in 1995. In 2026 it stood at £193,000, a 5.2× change. Peak momentum came in 2003, when the WF17 median climbed +37.0%. 2025 was the year the music stopped here: -8.1% on the median.
Median sold price in WF17
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £37,000 | 472 |
| 2000 | £45,000 | 646 |
| 2005 | £99,950 | 634 |
| 2010 | £109,000 | 333 |
| 2015 | £109,000 | 455 |
| 2020 | £131,500 | 496 |
| 2025 | £170,000 | 517 |
| 2026 | £193,000 | 91 |
The areas on the board
The game's reel draws from 8 areas, in proportion to how often property really changes hands there:
- Birstall (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bradford Road, Leeds Road, Raikes Lane
- Batley (WF17 8) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bradford Road, Carlinghow Lane, White Lee Road
- Batley (WF17 0) (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Millers Croft, Upper Batley Lane, Lansdowne Close
- Batley (WF17 7) (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Healey Lane, Halifax Road, Bunkers Lane
- Batley (WF17 6) (12% of local sales) — busiest streets: Commonside, Soothill Lane, Phoenix Court
- Batley (WF17 5) (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Princess Street, Station Road, Bankfoot Street
- Soothill (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: Grange Road, Soothill Lane, Oaks Road
- Hanging Heaton (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Street, Kirkgate, Wood Lane
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.