| Postcode | WF1 5QL | 
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| Post Town | Wakefield | 
| Nearest station | Wakefield Kirkgate (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Thornes Lane Tadman St (SW) 
Thornes Lane Seymour St (SW) 
Thornes Lane Seymour St (NE) 
Denby Dale Road Avondale St (S) 
Ings Road (W) 
Thornes Lane Field Ln (SW) 
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| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 53.674531 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.497403 | |
| Easting | 433300 | |
| Northing | 419902 | |
| Grid reference | SE332199 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 599257 5948359 | |
| what3words | ranch.formal.switch | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lyrics stick unheated | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMGF3+R2 | |
| Altitude | 25 metres (83 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:12 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:29 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 52.5 KMs (32.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Wakefield, unparished area | E43000299 | 
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| Ward | Wakefield West | E05001463 | 
| 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 | January 1980 | 
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| Date usage ended | January 1995 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| 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) | E00060021 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 030A | E01011898 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 030A | E01011898 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Agbrigg & Belle Isle | E02002467 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Agbrigg & Belle Isle | E02002467 | 
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 |