| Postcode | WF1 2QS | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Wakefield | 
| Nearest station | Wakefield Westgate (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | Wentworth St North Road Ter (SE) Northgate Albion Street (SE) Leeds Road St Johns North (NW) Rishworth Street (SW) Wentworth Street St Johns North (NW) Wakefield One W1 (SE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 3 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.686619 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.503467 | |
| Easting | 432890 | |
| Northing | 421244 | |
| Grid reference | SE328212 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 598828 5949695 | |
| what3words | flops.jungle.piles | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lyricist subdued unseen | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMFPW+JJ | |
| Altitude | 62 metres (203 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:04 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 52.9 KMs (32.8 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 | |
| Water company | Yorkshire Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Wakefield | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Yorkshire and The Humber | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | E00060144 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 019B | E01011923 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 019B | E01011923 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield St John's | E02002456 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield St John's | E02002456 | 
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 | 
| Average property price in Wakefield | £199,933 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |