| Postcode | WF1 1LF | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Wakefield | 
| Nearest station | Wakefield Westgate (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Westgate (W) Westgate (E) George Street (W) N2 Northgate (NW) Almshouse Lane Ridings (N) Westmorland Street (E) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.680562 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.499466 | |
| Easting | 433159 | |
| Northing | 420572 | |
| Grid reference | SE331205 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 599107 5949027 | |
| what3words | crowd.drove.linen | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lyrics strangle unnerve | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMGJ2+66 | |
| Altitude | 39 metres (127 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:59 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:42 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 52.6 KMs (32.7 miles) | 
| Parish | Wakefield, unparished area | E43000299 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Wakefield North | E05001460 | 
| Metropolitan District | Wakefield | E08000036 | 
| County | West Yorkshire | E11000019 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Wakefield and Rothwell | E14001560 | 
| MP | Simon Lightwood | Labour | 
| Police force | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Wakefield | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Yorkshire and The Humber | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | April 1985 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | October 2002 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Wakefield | E63008062 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00180057 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 3C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 017F | E01034265 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 017D | E01011916 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield Central | E02002454 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield Central | E02002454 | 
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 | 
| Average property price in Wakefield | £199,933 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |