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Rother Garth, South Elmsall, Pontefract

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House prices, sold prices and local information for WF9 2AN.

Average price (last 12 months)
£150,000
3 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£172,000
20 sales
Price range
£97k – £282k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
24 Aug 2026
WF9 2AN

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At a glance

House prices£150k average30% below the Pontefract average CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 5 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station8 min walkSouth Elmsall station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 22 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

20 property sales on Rother Garth, South Elmsall, Pontefract have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 3 homes sold here for an average of £150,000. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £216,900. Average sale prices rose from £134,250 in 2016 to £162,500 in 2026 (+21%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 30% below the Pontefract average of £214,314 over the same period. 4 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 4 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 50% detached, 35% terraced, 15% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Rother Garth range from £97,000 to £282,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 194 streets in Pontefract with at least two sales in the last year, Rother Garth ranks 153rd for average price.

House prices on Rother Garth compared

Rother Garth£150,000
WF9 postcode area£190,081
Pontefract£214,314
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all WF9 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £134,250 (2 sales)2016£134k2017: £200,000 (1 sales)2017£200k2019: £126,750 (4 sales)2019£127k2020: £171,250 (2 sales)2020£171k2021: £190,000 (2 sales)2021£190k2023: £248,500 (2 sales)2023£249k2024: £173,333 (3 sales)2024£173k2025: £200,000 (2 sales)2025£200k2026: £162,500 (2 sales)2026£163k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 22 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached10£216,9005 Aug 2025
Terraced7£114,57124 Aug 2026
Semi-detached3£156,33326 Jun 2026

Sold prices on Rother Garth

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
24, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 24 Aug 2026£135,000 TerracedFreehold
20, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 26 Jun 2026£190,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 16 Dec 2025£138,000 TerracedFreehold
34, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 24 Nov 2025£125,000 TerracedFreehold
26, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 15 Aug 2025£120,000 TerracedFreehold
5, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 5 Aug 2025£275,000 DetachedFreehold
3, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 21 Jun 2024£258,000 DetachedFreehold
22, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 13 May 2024£147,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
6, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 26 Apr 2024£115,000 TerracedFreehold
1, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 15 Sep 2023£282,000 DetachedFreehold
5, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 11 Aug 2023£215,000 DetachedFreehold
11, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 14 Dec 2021£260,000 DetachedFreehold
36, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 19 Nov 2021£120,000 TerracedFreehold
7, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 28 Aug 2020£164,000 DetachedFreehold
19, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 5 Jun 2020£178,500 DetachedFreehold
32, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 19 Jul 2019£106,000 TerracedFreehold
17, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 28 Jun 2019£132,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
14, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 4 Feb 2019£104,000 TerracedFreehold
19, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 4 Feb 2019£165,000 DetachedFreehold
3, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 7 Dec 2017£200,000 DetachedFreehold
5, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 18 Apr 2016£171,500 DetachedFreehold
14, Rother Garth WF9 2AN 13 Jan 2016£97,000 TerracedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
5, Rother Garth £171,500 (Apr 2016) → £215,000 (Aug 2023) → £275,000 (Aug 2025) +60%
over 9 yrs
3, Rother Garth £200,000 (Dec 2017) → £258,000 (Jun 2024) +29%
over 7 yrs
19, Rother Garth £165,000 (Feb 2019) → £178,500 (Jun 2020) +8%
over 1 yr
14, Rother Garth £97,000 (Jan 2016) → £104,000 (Feb 2019) +7%
over 3 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Rother Garth

Crime

95 crimes were reported within about a mile of Rother Garth in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Higher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences35
Shoplifting19
Criminal damage & arson9
Anti-social behaviour7
Other theft6
Public order4

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Rother Garth is in or near 3 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • Ea Beck catchment Flood alert area
  • River Dearne catchment Flood alert area
  • Ea Beck at South Elmsall Flood warning area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Rother Garth

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School 454 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.5 mi
Ash Grove Primary Academy 265 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.7 mi
Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource 216 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.9 mi
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Moorthorpe 204 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Report 0.9 mi
Minsthorpe Community College 1,609 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 1.0 mi
Hooton Pagnell All Saints Church of England Primary School 87 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Good Report 1.6 mi
Ark Northfield Primary School 348 pupils Primary 3–11 Requires improvement Report 1.6 mi
Upton Primary School 453 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 1.9 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • South Elmsall station 0.4 mi · 8 min walk
  • Moorthorpe station 1.0 mi · 20 min walk
  • Thurnscoe station 3.3 mi · 1 hr 5 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Carlton School (Westfield Lane) 9 min walk
  • Carlton School (opp, Westfield Lane) 9 min walk
  • Ash Grove (at, High Street Ash Grove) 10 min walk
  • Miners Mews (Westfield Lane) 10 min walk

GP surgeries

  • White Rose Surgery
    Exchange Street, South Elmsall, Pontefract · 0.6 mi
  • Park Green Surgery
    Langthwaite Road, Langthwaite Grange Ind Estate, Pontefract · 1.1 mi
  • Langthwaite Surgery
    Church View Health Centre, Langthwaite Rd, Pontefract · 1.1 mi
  • Dearne Valley Group Practice
    The Thurnscoe Lift Building, Holly Bush Drive, Rotherham · 3.1 mi

Supermarkets

  • Heron Heron South Elmsall · 0.5 mi
  • Asda Supermarket Asda Moorthorpe Supermarket · 0.6 mi
  • Aldi Aldi Barnsley Road · 0.7 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Co-op South Kirkby · 2.0 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.5 mi
  • Skf. Lo (chemists) Limited · 0.6 mi
  • White Rose Pharmacy · 0.6 mi

Dentists

  • South Elmsall Family Dental Centre · 0.5 mi
  • Market Place · 0.5 mi
  • Community Dental Clinic · 1.1 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income6 of 10
Employment5 of 10
Education and skills3 of 10
Health and disability5 of 10
Crime5 of 10
Access to housing and services6 of 10
Living environment8 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned69.4%62.5%
Private rented18.8%20.3%
Social rented11.9%17.1%
Households826

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1516.4%17.4%
Aged 15–6465.9%64.1%
Aged 65+17.7%18.6%
Residents1,943

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks94%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks95%92%

Share of homes across Wakefield with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Rother Garth

Ethnic group

HereWakefield
White97.5%93%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%1.4%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%1.3%
Other ethnic group0.6%0.7%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.3%3.6%

Religion

HereWakefield
Christian52.7%49%
No religion42.7%41.3%
Not answered3.7%5.4%
Muslim0.6%3.2%
Buddhist0.2%0.2%
Hindu0.1%0.4%
Other religion0.1%0.4%
Jewish0%–

Country of birth

HereWakefield
Born in the UK94.4%91.5%
Born outside the UK5.6%8.5%

Highest qualification

HereWakefield
No qualifications23.7%24.4%
Level 4 qualifications and above20.4%24.3%
Level 3 qualifications18.6%16.3%
Level 2 qualifications15.9%14.9%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.6%10.8%
Apprenticeship6.6%6.5%
Other qualifications3.1%2.8%

General health

HereWakefield
Very good health47.2%44.7%
Good health33.3%34.3%
Fair health14%14.5%
Bad health4.2%5.1%
Very bad health1.3%1.5%

Cars or vans per household

HereWakefield
1 car or van in household37.5%41.7%
2 cars or vans in household29.7%27.4%
No cars or vans in household19.8%22.8%
3 or more cars or vans in household13%8%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Wakefield.

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