Map of WF8 1BQ postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 1BQ
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Tanshelf (0 km)
Bus stops
Stuart Road Swimming Baths (W)
Southgate Jubilee Way (NE)
Southgate Jubilee Way (SW)
Southgate General Hospital (NE)
Skinner Lane Northgate Lodge (N)
Skinner Lane Northgate Lodge (S)
Number of UPRNs 84 View
Known addresses
King Charles Ii House, Headlands Road, Pontefract
Mast Site, King Charles Ii House, Headlands Road, Pontefract
Main property type Other
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 53.692312
Longitude -1.312707
Easting 445482
Northing 421982
Grid reference SE454219
UTM reference 30U 611410 5950611
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Plus code 9C5WMMRP+WW
Altitude 69 metres (228 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:53
Sunset (today) 21:13
Distance away
Distance to sea 40.3 KMs (25 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWakefield, unparished areaE43000190
Ward Pontefract North E05001455
Metropolitan District Wakefield E08000036
County West Yorkshire E11000019
Constituency (2024) Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley E14001428
MPYvette CooperLabour
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 1992
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
6,231 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£35,800
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)PontefractE63008060
Census output area (2021)E00059699
Census output area (2011)E00059699
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 015BE01011837
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 015BE01011837
Middle layer super output area (2021)Pontefract North WestE02002452
Middle layer super output area (2011)Pontefract North WestE02002452
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
King Charles Ii House, Headlands Road, PontefractOther (freehold)Jul 2024£4,714,350
Other (freehold)Jun 2020£1,030,000
Other (leasehold)Aug 2019£4,200,000
Other (freehold)Mar 2018£500,000
Other (leasehold)Dec 2016£600,000
Mast Site, King Charles Ii House, Headlands Road, PontefractOther (leasehold)Mar 2022£175,500


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