House prices in 'WF7 6', Featherstone

Price per square metre data and charts revealed. Latest statistics for the housing market in 'WF7 6' (Featherstone) - calculated on 04 February 2026.

Defining 'WF7 6'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "WF7 6", this is also called the postcode sector. There are no official postcode sector names so I've just labelled it WF7 6, Featherstone. It is shown in red on the map below.

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in WF7 6 is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

For example in December 2025, 24, Gladstone Street, Featherstone, WF7 6LU sold for £135,000. Given the internal area of 73 square metres recorded on the EPC, the price per sqm is £135,000 ÷ 73 sqm = £1,849.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-). You can change your prefered units from square meters to square feet for all the graphs and charts on WF7 6 and elsewhere. Just visit the My Account page and look for the m2 to ft2 toggle switch. Alternatively just multiply everything by 10, move a decimal place to go from sqm to sqft and you'll be close enough as 1 sqm = 10.76391 sqft.

Distribution of £ per sqm for 'WF7 6' vs 'WF7'

The chart above is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of house price per sqm in WF7 6 To make this chart we put all the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £2,350 to £2,500, £2,500 to £2,650, £2,650 to £2,800 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The histogram is based on 175 sales that took place in WF7 6, Featherstone in the last 24 months.

Generate a custom histogram like the one above but based on your own criteria.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in WF7 6, Featherstone. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £2,540 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of WF7 6 homes.

Box plot of £ per sqm for WF7 6

Tip: click on the chart to see the values.

The chart above is called a boxplot (or a box-and-whisker plot). Box plots, like histograms, are used to graphically represent the distribution of data, showing the central tendency, spread of the distribution. In the context of £ per square metre property price distributions, box plots represent the variation in property prices within a geographic area e.g. Featherstone. The chart above shows a boxplot for 'WF7 6' as well as the 'WF7' postcode district.

  • Median: The horizontal line inside the box represents the median (£ per square meter). This is the midpoint of the data, meaning 50% of the prices are below this value, and 50% are above. The middle price per square metre in 'WF7 6' is £1,950.
  • Interquartile Range (IQR): The box spans from the 25th percentile (Q1) to the 75th percentile (Q3). This is the range where the middle 50% of the data lies, giving a good indication of the typical price spread. Of the 175 transactions in WF7 6, Featherstone half were sold for between £1,620 and £2,540 per square metre.
  • Whiskers: In our case, the whiskers extend from the 9th percentile (at the lower end) to the 91st percentile (at the upper end), This provides a slightly broader view of the distribution by including the middle 82% of records. The whiskers capture most of the variation but exclude extreme outliers caused by data errors in recording sold house prices or internal area.
  • 'n=' is the number of property transactions the box plot is based on; 175 for WF7 6, Featherstone.

    • Property price map for Featherstone

    Have a look at the interactive price map I created for myself. Use it to explore 'WF7 6' house prices all the way down to individual property plots.

    Property price heatmap for Featherstone
    House price map for Featherstone

    Featherstone house price forecasting

    House prices in WF7 6 grew 10.8% in the last year, 6.6% after inflation. Whether or not this trend will continue depends on many factors, such as wage growth, net migration, interest rates and the level of house building. No one can predict these things with certainty however we can plot the historic trends in house prices in WF7 6 (Featherstone) compared with the wider postcode district of WF7.

    House price index for WF7 6

    Tip: click on the legend items to show/hide different lines

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    The chart above shows changes in 'WF7 6' property prices over the last 20 years. The index is calculated from the average price paid per sqm for property in WF7 6 and is set to 100 in 2004. I'm comparing the trends for WF7 6,Featherstone with the wider postcode district of WF7 What is more interesting is to look at the difference between flats and houses, even those in the same area follow a very different trend, to get a robust enough sample size to see this we need to zoom out and look at house price trends for the entire Wakefield local authority.

    The dashed lines show nominal house price changes, the solid lines show the same data adjusted for inflation. Economists call this the 'real' price change. You have to take inflation into account when comparing prices over time. It's calculated using the formula:

    Real Rate of Return = (1 + Nominal Rate) ÷ (1 + Inflation Rate) – 1
    In this formula, the nominal rate is the rate of change before any adjustments, and the inflation rate is taken from the Consumer Price Index. The real rate of return is a more accurate measure of change in value, because £1 today does not have the same buying power as £1 in the past. For example, if a savings account pays an interest rate of 3% per year and the inflation rate is 5% per year, the real rate of return is -2%. This means that the investment's value is shrinking by 2% each year.

    Historic returns for WF7 6
    WF7 6 sector WF7 district
    Nominal Real Nominal Real
    20 yr per annum 2.8% 0.0% 2.9% 0.1%
    20 yr total 72.8% 0.2% 75.7% 1.8%
    10 yr per annum 4.6% 1.5% 5.0% 1.8%
    10 yr total 57.4% 15.6% 62.9% 19.6%
    5 yr per annum 7.2% 2.5% 6.8% 2.2%
    5 yr total 41.3% 13.2% 39.0% 11.4%
    1 yr per annum 10.8% 6.6% 7.5% 3.5%
    1 yr total 10.8% 6.6% 7.5% 3.5%

    This table complements the house price index chart above, presenting the data in a more detailed format. It breaks down the information into 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, and 1-year periods, further categorized by property type. For each period, we display both a per annum rate of change and a total rate of change.

    The total rate of change represents the overall change over the entire period. The formula for total return is:

    Total return = (Index at end of period ÷ Index at start of period) - 1

    The per annum rate of change is the annualized rate of change over the period. This is equivalent to the annual bank savings rate you would need to achieve the same total return over the given period. This annualized return is also known as the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The formula for CAGR is:

    CAGR = (1 + Total return) ^ (1 ÷ Number of years) - 1

    Some specific examples:

    • Over the past 20 years, WF7 6 sector have seen a 0.0% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of 0.2% in real terms.
    • Over the past 5 years, WF7 6 sector have seen a 2.5% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of 13.2% in real terms.

    Most recent WF7 6 sales

    For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

    Tip: hover over dots to see details

    Street level data

    Street Avg size Avg £sqm Recent sales
    Featherstone Lane, Featherstone, WF7 6L 89 sqm £1,734 20
    Church Lane, Featherstone, WF7 6B 80 sqm £1,697 18
    Gladstone Street, Featherstone, WF7 6L 79 sqm £1,564 9
    Cedar Walk, Featherstone, WF7 6J 70 sqm £1,975 7
    Avon Walk, Featherstone, WF7 6J 81 sqm £2,218 7
    Robbins Terrace, Featherstone, WF7 6L 70 sqm £1,543 7
    Thistle Hill Drive, Featherstone, WF7 6G 104 sqm £2,480 7
    South View, Featherstone, WF7 6L 80 sqm £1,675 7

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    Nearby geographies

    The table below shows how 'WF7 6' compares to the other postcode sectors in WF7.

    Sector Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    WF8 4 Pontefract £2,130 sqm £2,530 sqm £3,030 sqm 279
    WF7 7 Ackworth £2,060 sqm £2,390 sqm £2,900 sqm 232
    WF7 6 Featherstone £1,620 sqm £1,950 sqm £2,540 sqm 175
    WF7 5 Featherstone £1,730 sqm £2,090 sqm £2,540 sqm 227
    WF6 1 Normanton £1,680 sqm £2,000 sqm £2,610 sqm 264
    WF4 1 Crofton £1,920 sqm £2,530 sqm £3,030 sqm 193
    WF10 5 Castleford £1,810 sqm £2,220 sqm £2,610 sqm 541
    WF10 4 Castleford £1,490 sqm £1,780 sqm £2,330 sqm 296

    Raw data

    Our analysis of WF7 6 is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

    Address Paid sqm £/sqm
    24, Gladstone St, Featherstone £135,000
    Dec-2025
    		 73 1,849
    The Poplars 3, Park Lane, Featherstone £280,000
    Dec-2025
    		 88 3,181
    2, The Links, Featherstone £245,250
    Dec-2025
    		 84 2,919

    See the entire list of all sales in WF7 6 here.

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