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Thornes Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1

Land size: 1.32 acres

Key Features

Popular Thornes Lane location
1.5 miles from Wakefield City centre
Total accommodation of 57,549 sq ft
Numerous access points allowing sub-division
Secure yard areas
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Description

Location
The property is situated between Thornes Lane and New Brunswick Street in the well-established Thornes Lane Industrial Estate of the City of Wakefield.

Wakefield city centre, lying approximately 1.5 miles to the north, provides
an abundance of amenity including excellent public transport links. The East Coast main line train station provides regular train services between London and Leeds, with travel times
of 1 hour 45 minutes and 11 minutes respectively for the quickest services.

In terms of road and motorway connections, the adjacent Thornes Lane leads directly onto main A636 dual carriageway running 2 miles south west to Junction39 of the M1 motorway. For access to the north, Junction 40 of the M1 lies 4 miles to the northwest.

Nearby occupiers include Buildbase, Screwfix, Johnstone's
Decorating Centre and Edmunson Electrical Centre.

Description
The property comprises a series of interlinked industrial buildings of varying ages providing additional office, welfare and ancillary accommodation along with external service yards.

The majority of the buildings are of steel portal frame construction with varying eaves heights up to a maximum of 7.9 metres. Externally the property has numerous access points with the main access being from Thornes Lane and additional access points from New Brunswick Street.

Each access point is supplemented by full length roller shutter doors, providing access to the accommodation and flexibility for goods inwards and outwards.

Internally the industrial accommodation provides multiple overhead gantry cranes, ceiling-mounted overhead heating and screed concrete floors. Additionally, there are 2 separate well-appointed office, administration and welfare areas.

Commercial Freehold Industrial Warehouses

Map Location

Property details

Tenure: Freehold
Council Tax Band: Ask Agent
Date Posted: 2026-07-17

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity: Ask Agent
Water: Ask Agent
Heating: Ask Agent
Broadband: Ask Agent
Sewerage: Ask Agent

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way: Ask Agent
Private Rights of Way: Ask Agent
Listed Property: Ask Agent
Restrictions: Ask Agent

Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility: Ask Agent
Parking: Ask Agent
Garden: Ask Agent

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

5.5 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 89% of premises

Suitable for

4K streaming on every screen
Full-time home working
Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication Resource619 metresNo Ofsted rating
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
245
Type
Voluntary controlled school
Faith
Methodist
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School833 metresNo Ofsted rating
Ages
2 to 11
Pupils
255
Type
Voluntary aided school
Faith
Church of England
Wakefield Lawefield Primary School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
437
Type
Community school
Sandal Magna Community Academy0.8 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
255
Type
Academy sponsor led
Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
251
Type
Academy sponsor led

Secondary

Trinity Academy Cathedral0.9 milesOfsted: Outstanding
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
1,028
Type
Academy converter
Faith
Church of England
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy1.1 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
762
Type
Academy converter
Faith
Roman Catholic
Outwood Academy City Fields1.2 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
928
Type
Academy converter
Kettlethorpe High School1.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
1,616
Type
Community school
Horbury Academy2.3 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
1,070
Type
Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Sainsburys Wakefield Ings Road, Wakefield433 metres

Morrisons Wakefield, Wakefield714 metres

Spar - Doncaster Road Wakefield, Wakefield755 metres

GP surgery

Trinity Medical Centre575 metres

Pharmacy

Kingfisher Chemist Ltd553 metres

Hospital

Pinderfields General Hospital1.3 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden172 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station618 metres

Nearest bus stop

Thornes Lane Tadman St108 metres

Typical drive times

Ossett11 min · 4.4 miles

Horbury8 min · 3.2 miles

Normanton11 min · 4.9 miles

Wakefield (city)4 min · 1.2 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 3Higher risk

Surface water

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
Ground risks (included in the full report)
Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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