Fairy Hill
Suburb · 286 residents
39Modest
Modest · among the lowest-scoring suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Road noise reaches 94% of the area
- Health scores 9, below the typical 60
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The area
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Is Fairy Hill a good place to live?
Fairy Hill scores 39/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as modest — 60 is typical for the country.
No topic reaches "very good" (70+); its best is affordability (68).
It scores lowest on health (9) and food & drink (12).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Fairy Hill in Yorkshire and The Humber, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Fairy Hill
Fairy Hill is semi-detached brick, front gardens rather than driveways, and the kind of streets where the houses look like they were built for people who intended to stay a while. Walk along one of these roads and you'll notice the population skews older than the national average, and the streetscape backs that up — this isn't a place full of new-build cul-de-sacs or rental turnover, it's settled.
The property picture confirms it: freehold semis dominate, with a decent scattering of detached houses and only a handful of terraces, and nothing here is new-build. A For Sale board in Fairy Hill is selling a family home to someone planning to put down roots, not a starter flat to a first-time buyer chasing a quick sale. Prices sit comfortably below the national median and even below the regional one for detached and semi-detached stock, which is worth knowing if you're coming from somewhere pricier — Wakefield as a whole is a little cheaper still, so Fairy Hill carries a modest premium over its own borough. Schooling is a mixed bag rather than a uniform picture: Orchard Head and Airedale Infant Academy are both rated Good, which will matter more to most families than what happens next door at secondary level, where Airedale Academy is rated as requiring improvement with a progress 8 score that trails well behind the pack. If you've got young children, the primary options look fine; if you're planning for secondary school years down the line, it's worth a proper look before committing.