That is the middle of 1,736 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.1 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
41% of Castleford’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,736 homes sold in three years: 384 detached houses, 711 semi-detached houses, 597 terraced houses and 44 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£300K
median sale · 384 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£335K
Last 12 months
£296K97 sold
New build
£318K
Semi-detached houses£190K
median sale · 711 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£153K–£227K
Last 12 months
£190K207 sold
New build
£268K
Terraced houses£140K
median sale · 597 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£174K
Last 12 months
£140K174 sold
New build
£208K
Flats and maisonettes£105K
median sale · 44 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£94K–£124K
Last 12 months
£124K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 41% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses41%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes3%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Castleford’s homes sold for between £138K and £245K
One sale in ten was under £113K and one in ten over £310K. 76% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £186,000, sits in the £150–200K band
1,736 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,500 in 1995 to £185,000 in the last 12 months (£154,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
487 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,008 in 2002, the busiest year, and 381 in 2009. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Castleford costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Castleford, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£65K
£84K
£182K
£185K
£200K
£240K
£296K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£50K
£110K
£120K
£122K
£155K
£190K
Terraced houses
£31K
£33K
£85K
£92K
£90K
£116K
£140K
Flats and maisonettes
—
—
£89K
£95K
£82K
£103K
£124K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 35% in 2018
4,027 new homes have been sold in Castleford since 1995; the share peaked at 35% in 2018.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £300,000
against £180,000 for a home sold on, 67% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
4% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2% sold leasehold in Castleford. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Haydock Avenue is Castleford’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
125 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 38 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Haydock Avenue
WF10
26
£231,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Craig Hopson Avenue
WF10
24
£243,500
Mixed
3
Sedgefield Road
WF10
22
£287,500
Mixed · new builds
4
Sycamore Drive
WF10
21
£206,000
Mixed
5
Fryston Road
WF10
21
£140,000
Mixed
6
Lower Oxford Street
WF10
19
£136,415
Mostly terraced houses
7
Waterside Crescent
WF10
18
£345,500
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
8
Fakenham Avenue
WF10
18
£300,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
9
Smawthorne Lane
WF10
18
£160,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Ledger Way
WF10
17
£259,000
Mixed · new builds
11
Aketon Road
WF10
16
£131,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Smawthorne Grove
WF10
16
£126,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Hugh Street
WF10
15
£112,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Lotus Crescent
WF10
13
£349,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Blenheim Way
WF10
13
£244,995
Mixed
Dearest streets
Plumpton Crescent: £407,500
Castleford median£186K
Plumpton Crescent£408K
Lotus Crescent£350K
Waterside Crescent£346K
Park Avenue£335K
Brindle Park Drive£320K
Cheapest streets
Stansfield Close: £95,500
Castleford median£186K
Stansfield Close£96K
King Street£108K
Granville Street£108K
Hunt Street£111K
Grafton Street£111K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across West Yorkshire
Castleford is the 70th most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Castleford is in the middle of West Yorkshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Castleford
What is the average house price in Castleford?
The median home in Castleford sold for £186,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,736 standard sales (£185,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £299,995, semi-detached houses £190,000, terraced houses £140,000 and flats and maisonettes £105,000.
Are house prices going up in Castleford?
The median was £190,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£190,000), and £185,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Castleford each year?
487 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 749 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Castleford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Plumpton Crescent (WF10, £407,500), Lotus Crescent (WF10, £349,995) and Waterside Crescent (WF10, £345,500).
How much does a new build cost in Castleford?
New homes sold for a median £300,000 over three years, against £180,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.9% of sales.
Is Castleford expensive for West Yorkshire?
Castleford is the 70th most expensive of 91 towns of 2,500 or more in West Yorkshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.