| Postcode | WF5 0PZ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Ossett | 
| Nearest station | Wakefield Westgate (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | Broadowler Stores Broadacre Rd (E) Queens Drive Queens Walk (E) Queens Drive Hinchcliffe Ave (W) Queens Drive Athold St (NE) Queens Drive Athold St (SW) Broadacre Road Broadwell Rd (SE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 17 View | 
| Known addresses | 232 Towngate, Ossett 234 Towngate, Ossett 238 Towngate, Ossett 242 Towngate, Ossett 244 Towngate, Ossett 250 Towngate, Ossett 254 Towngate, Ossett 260 Towngate, Ossett | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 53.679465 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.566198 | |
| Easting | 428752 | |
| Northing | 420421 | |
| Grid reference | SE287204 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 594702 5948814 | |
| what3words | folds.shifters.awakening | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lyricist straddle uniformly | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMCHM+QG | |
| Altitude | 83 metres (272 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:05 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:37 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 57 KMs (35.4 miles) | 
| Parish | Wakefield, unparished area | E43000299 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Ossett | E05001454 | 
| Metropolitan District | Wakefield | E08000036 | 
| County | West Yorkshire | E11000019 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Ossett and Denby Dale | E14001418 | 
| MP | Jade Botterill | 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 | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 51 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 17 | |
| 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) | Ossett | E63008081 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00059664 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 021E | E01011827 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 021E | E01011827 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Ossett North | E02002458 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Ossett North | E02002458 | 
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 | 
| Average property price in Wakefield | £199,933 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 242 Towngate, Ossett | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2021 | £195,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2000 | £64,000 | |
| 250 Towngate, Ossett | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2015 | £157,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 1997 | £49,950 | |
| 260 Towngate, Ossett | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2014 | £140,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2006 | £150,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2005 | £149,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2004 | £118,500 | |
| 232 Towngate, Ossett | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2006 | £198,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2002 | £130,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2000 | £73,500 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 1998 | £70,000 | |
| 238 Towngate, Ossett | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2004 | £126,000 | 
| 244 Towngate, Ossett | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2004 | £109,000 | 
| 234 Towngate, Ossett | Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2000 | £58,750 | 
| 254 Towngate, Ossett | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 1997 | £58,995 |