Map of WF2 8QG postcode

General information
Postcode WF2 8QG
Post Town Wakefield
Nearest station Wakefield Westgate (2 km)
Bus stops
Thornes Road Gill Sike Rd (E)
Thornbury Road Thornbury Park (NW)
Thornbury Road Thornbury Park (E)
Thornes Road The Mount (NE)
Thornes Road The Mount (SW)
Horbury Rd Thornbury Road (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 41 View
Known addresses
1 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
3 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
4 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
7 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
8 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
9 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
13 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
14 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
16 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
19 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
27 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
28 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
29 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
31 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
32 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
35 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
41 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
43 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
50 Mount Crescent, Wakefield
Main property type Semi-detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.669906
Longitude -1.517571
Easting 431971
Northing 419378
Grid reference SE319193
UTM reference 30U 597936 5947817
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Plus code 9C5WMF9J+XX
Altitude 37 metres (122 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:20
Sunset (today) 20:47
Distance away
Distance to sea 53.8 KMs (33.4 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000190
Ward Wakefield West E05001463
Metropolitan District Wakefield E08000036
County West Yorkshire E11000019
Constituency (2024) Wakefield and Rothwell E14001560
MPSimon LightwoodLabour
Police forceWest Yorkshire
Water companyYorkshire Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Wakefield
NUTS/ITL 2 West Yorkshire
NUTS/ITL 1 Yorkshire and The Humber
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 85
Households (2011) 36
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
26,748 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£39,600
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)WakefieldE63008062
Census output area (2021)E00060044
Census output area (2011)E00060044
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 028CE01011905
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 028CE01011905
Middle layer super output area (2021)ThornesE02002465
Middle layer super output area (2011)ThornesE02002465
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £194,966
Annual change 2.8%
View all properties sold in the WF postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
27 Mount Crescent, WakefieldSemi-detached (freehold)Mar 2025£275,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Oct 2016£175,000
28 Mount Crescent, WakefieldDetached (freehold)Jul 2024£280,000
13 Mount Crescent, WakefieldSemi-detached (freehold)Nov 2023£186,000
41 Mount Crescent, WakefieldOther (freehold)Jan 2023£440,000
4 Mount Crescent, WakefieldSemi-detached (freehold)Jun 2022£200,000
32 Mount Crescent, WakefieldSemi-detached (freehold)Apr 2021£223,000
50 Mount Crescent, WakefieldDetached (freehold)Apr 2021£270,000
1 Mount Crescent, WakefieldSemi-detached (freehold)Sep 2019£180,000
14 Mount Crescent, WakefieldSemi-detached (freehold)Jan 2019£205,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Jul 2015£163,000
31 Mount Crescent, WakefieldSemi-detached (freehold)Jun 2018£190,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Sep 2005£173,500


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