Map of WF2 8RQ postcode

General information
Postcode WF2 8RQ
Post Town Wakefield
Nearest station Wakefield Westgate (2 km)
Bus stops
George A Green Rd Waterton Road (NW)
George A Green Rd Waterton Road (SE)
Horbury Rd Thornes Road (SW)
Thornes Rd Horbury Road (E)
Waterton Rd George A Green Road (SE)
Horbury Road Whinney Moor Ave (SW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 19 View
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.672377
Longitude -1.526643
Easting 431370
Northing 419649
Grid reference SE313196
UTM reference 30U 597331 5948079
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Plus code 9C5WMFCF+X8
Altitude 50 metres (163 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:44
Sunset (today) 19:19
Distance away
Distance to sea 54.4 KMs (33.8 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000299
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 September 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) 46
Households (2011) 18
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
2,341 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£34,800
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)WakefieldE63008062
Census output area (2021)E00060025
Census output area (2011)8D1
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 026CE01011901
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 026CE01011901
Middle layer super output area (2021)LupsetE02002463
Middle layer super output area (2011)LupsetE02002463
Travel to work areaWakefield and CastlefordE30000283
Property sales
Average property price in Wakefield £200,289
Annual change 3.6%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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