WF7 — Pontefract
Welcome to WF7 — Pontefract, Wakefield. What follows is 10,853 sales over 32 years of real price history, the same data the game deals from, across 8 areas.
A typical WF7 property sold for £44,250 in 1995; by 2026 the median was £176,000 — 4.0× over the period. Local prices had their best year in 2003: +40.3% in one calendar year. The local low point was 2011, when the median changed -11.5% — in the game, that's a down year waiting for your portfolio.
Median sold price in WF7
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £44,250 | 247 |
| 2000 | £46,500 | 299 |
| 2005 | £118,250 | 418 |
| 2010 | £126,500 | 192 |
| 2015 | £127,950 | 387 |
| 2020 | £159,995 | 383 |
| 2025 | £196,500 | 380 |
| 2026 | £176,000 | 50 |
The areas on the board
When you spin, the reel chooses between these 8 areas — busier markets come up more often:
- Featherstone (52% of local sales) — busiest streets: Pontefract Road, Featherstone Lane, Katrina Grove
- Ackworth (41% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wakefield Road, Turnberry Avenue, Mill Gate
- Streethouse (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Whinney Lane, Wakefield Road, Thistle Hill Drive
- Ackton (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Stretton Close, Ackton Lane, Raven Close
- Old Snydale (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: New Road, Mill Lane, The Mount
- Pontefract (WF7 5) (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Verner Street, Haigh Moor Drive, Four Stones Way
- Pontefract (WF7 7) (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lourdes Grange, Lamprey Gardens
- Pontefract (WF7 6) (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Parkfield Lane
Six slots, ten years, Pontefract's real prices. Play the WF7 board.
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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.