Map of WF8 1JW postcode

General information
Postcode WF8 1JW
Post Town Pontefract
Nearest station Pontefract Monkhill (1 km)
Bus stops
Monkhill Avenue Skinner Ln (E)
Monkhill Avene Skinner Ln (W)
De Lacy Way (SE)
De Lacy Way (NW)
Skinner Ln Princess Drive (S)
Monkhill Avenue (W)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 29 View
Known addresses
2 Kingsway, Pontefract
4 Kingsway, Pontefract
8 Kingsway, Pontefract
12 Kingsway, Pontefract
24 Kingsway, Pontefract
26 Kingsway, Pontefract
34 Kingsway, Pontefract
36 Kingsway, Pontefract
40 Kingsway, Pontefract
42 Kingsway, Pontefract
44 Kingsway, Pontefract
46 Kingsway, Pontefract
54 Kingsway, Pontefract
56 Kingsway, Pontefract
Main property type Semi-detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.702195
Longitude -1.310499
Easting 445617
Northing 423083
Grid reference SE456230
UTM reference 30U 611530 5951714
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Plus code 9C5WPM2Q+VR
Altitude 39 metres (128 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:43
Sunset (today) 21:25
Distance away
Distance to sea 40.2 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 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) 67
Households (2011) 27
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
10,986 / 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)E00059724
Census output area (2011)E00059724
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wakefield 015AE01011834
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wakefield 015AE01011834
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 £197,971
Annual change 4.3%
View all properties sold in the WF postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
42 Kingsway, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Dec 2024£133,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Oct 2016£105,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Oct 2016£120,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Aug 2005£90,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Oct 2002£49,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Dec 1999£34,950
56 Kingsway, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Nov 2024£145,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Sep 2023£140,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Feb 2021£100,000
24 Kingsway, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Jul 2022£125,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Mar 2017£69,000
46 Kingsway, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Sep 2021£77,000
54 Kingsway, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Apr 2020£60,000
Other (freehold)Apr 2020£60,000
2 Kingsway, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Oct 2018£102,000
44 Kingsway, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Jul 2017£78,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Jan 2004£59,500
Semi-detached (freehold)Dec 2001£37,500
8 Kingsway, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Sep 2014£85,000
40 Kingsway, PontefractSemi-detached (freehold)Jul 2014£64,755
Semi-detached (freehold)Nov 2003£51,000
26 Kingsway, PontefractTerraced (freehold)Nov 2009£75,000


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