WF8 — Pontefract
The WF8 board covers Pontefract in Wakefield, built from 17,146 sales over 32 years of real Land Registry sales across 8 local areas.
The median sale here was £48,100 back in 1995. In 2026 it stood at £206,500, a 4.3× change. Peak momentum came in 2003, when the WF8 median climbed +30.7%. 2018 was the year the music stopped here: -8.8% on the median.
Median sold price in WF8
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £48,100 | 357 |
| 2000 | £59,995 | 641 |
| 2005 | £119,995 | 490 |
| 2010 | £130,500 | 250 |
| 2015 | £139,995 | 729 |
| 2020 | £174,950 | 576 |
| 2025 | £210,000 | 539 |
| 2026 | £206,500 | 79 |
The areas on the board
The game's reel draws from 8 areas, in proportion to how often property really changes hands there:
- Pontefract (WF8 2) (42% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ashworth Road, Cavendish Avenue, Willow Bank Drive
- Pontefract (WF8 4) (24% of local sales) — busiest streets: Larks Hill, Love Lane, Wakefield Road
- Pontefract (WF8 1) (19% of local sales) — busiest streets: Northgate Lodge, Priory Chase, Lake View
- Pontefract (WF8 3) (9% of local sales) — busiest streets: Carleton Road, Lynwood Crescent, Ackworth Road
- Darrington (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Estcourt Road, Valley Road, Sotheron Croft
- Thorpe Audlin (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Hillthorpe Drive, Hallgarth Road, Went View
- Kirk Smeaton (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Springfield Crescent, Main Street, Wentedge Road
- East Hardwick (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Darrington Road, Doncaster Road, Rigg 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.