Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Knottingley sell for a median £185,000
That is the middle of 486 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 4.7 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.
60% of Knottingley’s sales are semi-detached houses
486 homes sold in three years: 88 detached houses, 293 semi-detached houses, 99 terraced houses and 6 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 88 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £210K–£250K
- Last 12 months
- £230K25 sold
- New build
- £225K
median sale · 293 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £160K–£208K
- Last 12 months
- £187K74 sold
- New build
- £204K
median sale · 99 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £105K–£190K
- Last 12 months
- £142K21 sold
- New build
- £195K
Flats and maisonettes: 6 sold, median £84K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 60% of sales
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.
Half of Knottingley’s homes sold for between £155K and £214K
One sale in ten was under £112K and one in ten over £242K. 92% sold for under £250K.
The median, £185,000, sits in the £150–200K band
486 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £40,750 in 1995 to £190,000 in the last 12 months (£126,995 in 2019).
About as many homes sell as usual
124 sales in the last 12 months, against 177 in 2024, the busiest year, and 42 in 2011. Sales fell by 70% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%.
Knottingley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Knottingley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £60K | £62K | £165K | — | £155K | £166K | £230K |
| Semi-detached houses | £42K | £47K | £105K | £99K | £115K | £128K | £187K |
| Terraced houses | £30K | £32K | £78K | £59K | £64K | £90K | £142K |
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 have slowed: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 41% in 2016
642 new homes have been sold in Knottingley since 1995; the share peaked at 41% in 2016.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £208,997
against £171,000 for a home sold on, 22% 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.
1% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Knottingley. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Bentley Crescent is Knottingley’s busiest street, with 51 sales in three years
24 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 9 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 | Bentley Crescent | WF11 | 51 | £225,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Pear Tree Grove | WF11 | 34 | £203,651 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | Oak Tree Crescent | WF11 | 34 | £202,245 | Mixed · new builds |
| 4 | Pear Tree Mews | WF11 | 16 | £204,497 | Mixed · new builds |
| 5 | Cherry Tree Walk | WF11 | 16 | £175,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 6 | Bagley Close | WF11 | 13 | £205,000 | Mostly terraced houses · new builds |
| 7 | Plowes Way | WF11 | 12 | £202,750 | Mixed |
| 8 | Wedgewood Way | WF11 | 12 | £180,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 9 | Seaton Crescent | WF11 | 10 | £182,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 10 | The Poplars | WF11 | 9 | £207,500 | Mostly detached houses |
| 11 | Broomhill Avenue | WF11 | 9 | £170,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 12 | Downland Crescent | WF11 | 8 | £177,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 13 | Springfields | WF11 | 7 | £182,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 14 | Woodville Way | WF11 | 7 | £170,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 15 | Shepherds Way | WF11 | 6 | £247,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Shepherds Way: £247,500
Low Green: £80,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.1 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.
Knottingley is the 72nd most expensive of 91 towns in West Yorkshire
Knottingley is in the middle of West Yorkshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in West Yorkshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Knottingley’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knottingley | — | £185K | 124 | +61% |
| Holmfield | 0.9 | £167K | 30 | +49% |
| Byram | 1.4 | £190K | 21 | +27% |
| Darrington | 2.2 | £365K | 10 | +97% |
| Pontefract | 2.6 | £205K | 318 | +32% |
| Monk Fryston and Hillam | 3.7 | £395K | 23 | +66% |
| Eggborough | 3.9 | £220K | 32 | −1% |
| Castleford | 4 | £186K | 487 | +40% |
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 Knottingley
What is the average house price in Knottingley?
The median home in Knottingley sold for £185,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 486 standard sales (£190,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £223,820, semi-detached houses £180,495, terraced houses £148,000 and flats and maisonettes £83,750.
Are house prices going up in Knottingley?
The median was £190,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£185,000), and £190,000 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 Knottingley each year?
124 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 148 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Knottingley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Shepherds Way (WF11, £247,500), Bentley Crescent (WF11, £225,000) and The Poplars (WF11, £207,500).
How much does a new build cost in Knottingley?
New homes sold for a median £208,997 over three years, against £171,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 28% of sales.
Is Knottingley expensive for West Yorkshire?
Knottingley is the 71st 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.
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